JayWilly's Core Plays: Friday, November 17th

Each day, one of our NHL experts will be providing recommended player picks for your daily fantasy hockey lineups. The goal is to help you build the optimal cash game (50/50s/double-ups/head-to-head) lineup.

Friday, November 17th

Welcome everyone to our Friday two-game slate core play bonanza! I’m JayWilly, and I’m going to back taking you through some plays that I believe should be the foundation to your cash lineups this evening.

Goaltenders

Jimmy Howard, Detroit Red Wings

A big issue for the Buffalo Sabres is goal scoring. They lack the depth outside of their top guys to consistently produce, and as a result see themselves with the worst goals per game of any team in the league. Jimmy Howard may not be as good as Sergei Bobrovsky, but his matchup is much better, and tonight, he’s well worth rostering at his price.

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About the Author

JayWilly
James Willemse (JayWilly)

JayWilly is a NHL fanatic who loves studying advanced hockey analytics and using it to his advantage in DFS. He is a two time Top 5 finisher at the DraftKings Fantasy Hockey World Championships, and finished the 2015-16 season ranked 13th on the RotoGrinders hockey leaderboard.