Justin Williams Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

Sebastian Aho, Justin Williams, and Nino Niederreiter need a win tonight to avoid the Tampa Bay Lightening in round one of the playoffs. Carolina has played well down the stretch while posting a 66.69 CF/60 over the past month and generating 14.01 HDCF/60 during that span. If you want to pair defenseman with this top line, look to Justin Faulk for power-play correlation.

Sebastian Aho is having a career season for the Carolina Hurricanes this year. The Carolina Hurricanes are fighting it out with the Montreal Canadiens and Columbus Blue Jackets for the final two playoff spots. Right now, the Habs are on the outside looking in and the Hurricanes control their own fate considering if they win out they are in. Tonight they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs who are on the tail-end of a back to back. Over the last month, the Hurricanes have been dominant as they have a 66.59 CF/60 which ranks second — the Leafs 73.83 ranks 1st — and they have had a 3rd ranked 55.83 CF% with the Leafs right behind them ranked 4th with a 55.67 CF%. This is likely to be a back-and-forth game with a tired Leafs team and their struggling backup Garret Sparks between the pipes. Aho along with his wingers Justin Williams and Nino Niederreiter make for an elite line stack tonight in a plus-matchup.

For the reputation that the Winnipeg Jets have, they have struggled over the last month. They have the tenth-worst CF% with a 48.99 rate and a 61.67 CA/60 which is the fifth-worst in the NHL over the last month. This bodes well for the top line of the Carolina Hurricanes which is comprised of Nino Niederreiter, Sebastian Aho and Justin Williams — a line that thas really clicked since Nino was brought in. Aho leads or is tied for the team lead in goals with 7, assists with 11, points with 18 and shots with 56 over the last month and continues to be the most reliable offensive player on the team.

Nino Niederreiter has 9 goals in 17 games with the Carolina Hurricanes. He had 9 goals in 46 games on the Minnesota Wild this season. Clearly this change of scenery for Niederreiter has been incredible and playing alongside Sebastian Aho and Justin Williams has been a career-rejuvenater. As with the other two lines I've written about today, this entire line play on the top power play which gives them full-game correlation and elite upside. They are hosting the St. Louis Blues who are rolling out Jake Allen who has well-publicized struggles and his 2.95 GAA and .902 SV% back up those critics.

Don’t look now but the Carolina Hurricanes have scratched and clawed their way to within one point of the Eastern Conference playoff cut line. It seems that the acquisition of Nino Niederreiter was exactly what the doctor ordered for a team who had plenty of problems putting the puck into the net. In only 15 games Niederreiter’s nine goals ranks eighth on the team as he is paired up with Sebastian Aho and Justin Williams on the team’s top line. Their opponent in the Dallas Stars has been a bit leaky of late as they have given up 16 goals over the past four games. Look for Niederreiter and the Hurricanes to outlast the home team in this one.

Sebastian Aho and the “jerks” in Carolina continue to be completely dominant from a possession standpoint. Over the last month, Aho ranks 6th overall in the NHL with a stunningly impressive 77.57 CF/60 at even strength. He’s an upcoming RFA that is going to get a big payday. He plays on the top line and top power play unit with Justin Williams and Nino Niederreiter which is a line that has clicked since Niederreiter was picked up from Minnesota. The Hurricanes visit the Florida Panthers who will be throwing James Reimer in net tonight. He has struggled mightily this season with a putrid 3.01 goals against average and a .903 save percentage. While the Hurricanes do struggle to score, they fire a ton of pucks towards the net and when taking on a poor goaltender like Reimer, they should have no problem coming out on top.

Sebastian Aho is an RFA this upcoming summer and he's going to get paid. He's been dominant this season with 24 goals and 63 points in 56 games. He has improved in goals, assists and points in each of the first three seasons of his career (this season's numbers are paced out) and is showing further signs of improvement. Since January 1st, Aho has 9 goals and 24 points in those 18 games and should be able to continue that tonight. Aho will be playing with Justin Williams and Nino Niederreiter as the Carolina Hurricanes visit the Ottawa Senators tonight. Carolina has been dominant possession-wise with a 65.7 CF/60 over the last month which ranks third and league-best 57.63 CF%. Additionally, the Sens have allowed a league-worst 68.52 CA/60 over the last month and are in for a world of pain tonight.

The red-hot Hurricanes look to keep their recent surge in goal-scoring going at Madison Square Garden tonight. After struggling to score goals all season long, Carolina is starting to find the back of the net. This month alone the Hurricanes are averaging 4.14 goals per game. Much of that can be attributed to Sebastian Aho, but Justin Williams has been sizzling with six goals and an assist in seven games while averaging over three shots on goal per game. Carolina will see some ownership tonight but most of that will go toward the team's top line. Williams makes for an under-the-radar tournament play as he looks to score a goal for the sixth consecutive game.

Jordan Staal, Justin Williams and Warren Foegele have been the best possession line in the NHL with an incredible 67.87 CF%. Due to their dominance, it makes sense that the Carolina Hurricanes as a whole have been the best possession team with a 60.67 CF%. Tonight they visit another great possession team in the Arizona Coyotes, a team that has struggled to score this season. Although both of these teams are fantastic possession-wise, there is some home that we're going to get plenty of scoring chances in both directions. Carolina may get more scoring chances, but they'll be taking on a much better goaltender in Antti Raanta who is sporting a 1.99 GAA and a .926 SV%.

You may be surprised to know that Jordan Staal, Warren Foegele and Justin Williams have been one of the best lines in the NHL this season with an astounding 67.93 CF% which is second-best. Additionally, they have a 65.36 xGF% which ranks sixth. Unfortunately, even strength is where they thrive and there only chance to play together as Staal is on the top power play unit, Williams is on the second unit and Foegele doesn't get much — if any — power play time. This is a GPP play because of the lack of power play correlation and even strength inconsistencies they present, despite the elite numbers 5v5.