Andreas Johnsson Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

Since being reunited with William Nylander 7 games ago, Auston Matthews has been dominant. He has put up 5 goals and 9 points while firing an incredible 38 shots (5.43 per game). The two are playing with Andreas Johnsson and they have been a line that looks dominant each and every time they are on the ice even if they aren't getting on the scoresheet. The unfortunate aspect of this line stack is that Matthews is on the top PP unit while the other two are on PP2, so the power play correlation is minimal. However, they are so good at even strength that they are still a top stack tonight.

William Nylander may not be picking up that many points as of late, but it's obvious when you watch him that he's playing much better than he was two months ago. Reuniting with Auston Matthews has been great for both as the line with Andreas Johnsson has controlled the play incredibly. Tonight the Toronto Maple Leafs are hosting the Philadelphia Flyers — a team that is on the tail-end of a back to back. Over the last month, the Flyers have allowed 62.23 CA/60 which is the third-most and on the flip side, the Leafs have put up 66.09 CF/60 over the same time frame. This is a lopsided matchup for this line and the Leafs and should be in strong consideration for a line stack.

This line was put back together last game with Kasperi Kapanen out, and it with coming out that Kapanen has a concussion, this line is likely to stay together for the near future. It is pretty cheap considering it can be a very effective line. Auston Matthews is centering Andreas Johnsson and William Nylander on the Toronto Maple Leafs second line and a home matchup against the Chicago Blackhawks is certainly a good one. Now, the power play correlation is a bit odd as Matthews is the only one of these three on the top unit. However, Johnsson and Nylander play on the second unit together so getting that correlation is still solid.

Auston Matthews, Andreas Johnsson and Kasperi Kapanen always looks like a threat when they are on the ice together, even if they aren't putting the puck on the net. This is encouraging, despite the difficult matchup tonight. They are taking on the Calgary Flames, in Calgary, with Dave Rittich in net. Matthews and Johnsson would make for an interesting mini-stack as they are on the same power play unit together with Johnsson taking Nazem Kadri's place. The Leafs PP has been better as of late with a 22.9 percent conversion rate since February 1st.

Auston Matthews is always in play on home ice, as he generally draws the opponent’s weaker lines. Tonight Toronto welcomes Buffalo, who is playing their second game in as many nights. Matthews will be centering the young talent of Kasperi Kapanen, and Andreas Johnsson. Toronto has posted an impressive 66.27 CF/60 over the past two weeks, only behind Vegas in that time frame. With Toronto’s top line getting the task of shutting down Eichel, Matthews and company should have no problem finding the score sheet tonight.

Andreas Johnsson is tied for the league-lead among rookies since January 1st with 17 points. In addition, he is second in the NHL among rookies in points per game behind only Elias Pettersson. He's playing with Auston Matthews and Kasperi Kapanen at even strength and this line has been dominant at times. In addition, he is playing on the top power play unit with Nazem Kadri on the shelf which gives him more upside as well. This full line stack is a great play against Edmonton at even strength and with his temporary spot on the top PP unit, there is plenty of upside.

Andreas Johnsson has been dynamite in February and has posted seven goals and four assists over his last nine games. A bulk of that production came earlier in the month when he was buried on the fourth line. However, now Johnsson is skating with Auston Matthews at even-strength. Johnsson's sub $4,500 price across the industry remains attractive in a plus-matchup on home ice. Buffalo has really struggled defensively this month, allowing 3.55 goals per game which is the worst mark in the Eastern Conference. Johnsson could stay hot.

Andreas Johnsson took a career-high 10 shots on goal last time out in route to a goal as he logged 18 minutes - his most ice time all season. Johnsson has been buried on the fourth line recently for whatever reason as Mike Babcock continues to put aging veteran Patrick Marleau into a top-six role. Even with Johnsson's limited ice time this month (12:04!), he has found six goals. With superstar Auston Matthews on his line as well as top power play minutes, Andreas could be in for another nice game against a Montreal team that is not shy about up-tempo hockey. Johnsson is a great play in all formats.

With just one goal in his last seven games, Auston Matthews is in a bit of a goal-scoring drought. With Zach Hyman back in the lineup, Mike Babcock has not only switched up the lines at even strength by putting Matthews between Andreas Johnsson and Kasperi Kapanen, he has also switched up the struggling power play units. Matthews is now on PP1(b) with Johnsson, Marleau, Nylander and Gardiner. This is actually okay for DFS because you now have Johnsson on the same power play unit as Matthews for some correlation. With Kapanen now playing on PP1(a) with the other big guns, this line stack is still an elite one due to their even strength play and presence across the two power play units.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will host the Vancouver Canucks tonight, who will be without their talented rookie Elias Pettersson. While the Toronto’s top line is in play, I will be getting plenty of exposure to Toronto’s second line of Auston Matthews, William Nylander, and Andreas Johnsson. Nylander finally got the monkey off his back and scored his first goal last game out. Nylander’s has posted an impressive 74.23 CF/60 and 15.09 HDCF at even strength in his 12 games played this year. Keep in mind many of those games he was skating on the third and fourth line without Auston Matthews. This line has the potential to post a multi goal game at reasonable ownership. I prefer to use defenseman Jake Gardiner as an addition to this stack, as he correlates the most at even strength and on the second power-play unit with this line.