NHL Grind Down: Tuesday, November 10th - Page Three

New York Islanders at San Jose Sharks – 10:30 PM EST

New York Islanders San Jose Sharks
Article Image Jaroslav Halak Article Image Martin Jones
Record Record
7-5 7-7
Stats GF/GP GA/GP PP% PK% Stats GF/GP GA/GP PP% PK%
Team Stats 2.67 2.40 23.10% 87.80% Team Stats 2.64 2.57 11.90% 76.10%

One of the last games of the night features the New York Islanders, who head to San Jose to start a three-game road trip through California, and a Sharks team that has been struggling after getting off to a 4-0 start.

Both teams have great offensive players and the potential for big scoring nights, although predicting when they will come is sometimes a challenge. This leads us to considering the players on both teams as GPP-only options, with the top two lines from both teams worth stacking. It is likely also that both teams will have low ownership in tournaments, so if one of these lines goes off it could lead to great results.

The Islanders have a top five ranked power play and the Sharks are bottom five in penalty kill, so this could be an area to exploit with the Islanders’ number power play unit (John Tavares, Kyle Okposo, Anders Lee, Frans Nielsen, Nick Leddy)

Elite Plays

NYI: John Tavares, Kyle Okposo

SJ: Joe Pavelski, Brent Burns

Secondary Plays

NYI: Brock Nelson, Anders Lee, Nick Leddy

SJ: Joe Thornton, Joel Ward, Joonas Donskoi, Patrick Marleau

Arizona Coyotes at Los Angeles Kings – 10:30 PM EST

Arizona Coyotes Los Angeles Kings
Article Image Mike Smith Article Image Jonathan Quick
Record Record
6-6 9-5
Stats GF/GP GA/GP PP% PK% Stats GF/GP GA/GP PP% PK%
Team Stats 2.69 2.92 11.30% 84.00% Team Stats 2.50 2.07 20.00% 84.90%

The Los Angeles Kings are the biggest favorite of the night, facing the Coyotes on home ice at the Staples Center. Arizona played last night in Anaheim and then made the short trip to Los Angeles. The Kings last played on Saturday, winning at home 4-1 over the Panthers

Last night the Coyotes overcame a 2-0 deficit and ended up beating the Ducks 4-3 in overtime on a goal by Mikkel Boedker. Rookie Max Domi had another big game with two goals, three shots and a +3 rating. The Coyotes’ top power play unit with Domi, Boedker, Anthony Duclair, Martin Hanzal and Oliver Ekman-Larsson is a possible contrarian stack in tournaments, with the Kings among the league leaders in times shorthanded.

Los Angeles has won five of their past six home games and are showing the home dominance that has been their trademark in years past. They are also one of the top teams in the league defensively and rank number one for shot attempts percentage (aka Corsi %). The Kings have a balanced offence with multiple lines that can score and players moving in and out of lines frequently. The line of Jeff Carter, Tyler Toffoli and Milan Lucic has been the hot one lately, and any of those players is worth considering in lineups, or as a full line stack for tournaments. In goal, Jonathan Quick is a great play for all game types.

Elite Plays

ARI: None

LA: Jonathan Quick, Jeff Carter, Tyler Toffoli, Anze Kopitar

Secondary Plays

ARI: Max Domi, Anthony Duclair, Mikkel Boedker, Oliver Ekman-Larsson

LA: Drew Doughty, Tanner Pearson, Milan Lucic

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Sean Chard (maxdout) is a Daily Fantasy Sports veteran, starting back during the 2011/12 NHL season. He lives in the Toronto area so naturally he is a fan of the Blue Jays, Raptors and Maple Leafs. maxdout is a grinder for all DFS sports and most notably NHL and MLB. His biggest DFS result to date is a 7th place finish in the FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Championship in 2013. He can be found on twitter at @maxdoutDFS.