Patrick Marleau Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

Matthews has 3 goals in his last 4 games (just 1 goal in his previous 13), and is averaging 4 shots per game over this recent scoring surge. With that said, it seems that Matthews has come out of his scoring slump. He is back playing with Patrick Marleau and Kasperi Kapanen, a line that he had plenty of success with earlier in the season, so we hope he can continue that success tonight. Unfortunately, neither Marleau nor Kapanen are on the top power play unit with Matthews which is discouraging. So this is a line that needs to thrive at even strength, or using Matthews as a one-off play is also reasonable.

Auston Matthews always draws a good matchup on home ice. He saw almost 60% of his ice time against Washington’s second line, and 20% against their third line in their last home game. With Mitchell Marner and Patrick Marleau on his wings, you get 2/3 of the team’s top power-play unit. With one of the highest projected goal totals on the slate (3.54), look for Matthews and company to stay hot on home ice. I prefer to use power-play quarterback Morgan Rielly in place on Marleau in this stack, however Marleau provides great value and brings the overall price of the complete line stack down.

With just two goals and eight points in his 10 games prior to the All Star break, Auston Matthews is looking to get back on the scoresheet with some regularity. He's going to once again be playing with Mitch Marner and Patrick Marleau on the Toronto Maple Leafs, and as their first game after the break they should be plenty rested. They are in Detroit to take on the Red Wings which is a solid matchup for them. Going with a Matthews/Marner mini-stack is an elite play as they also play on the top power play unit together and having the two best Leafs in a stack with full-game correlation is ideal.

Mike Babcock has decided to put Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner together in what is a very rare occurrence. The two will be playing with Patrick Marleau on the Toronto Maple Leafs top line. The Leafs host the Washington Capitals tonight, a team that is coming in on a back-to-back after losing an incredibly high-scoring overtime game against the San Jose Sharks. Marner and Matthews make for a fantastic mini-stack if you choose to leave Marleau off as they play on the top power play unit together. Stacking them with Morgan Rielly may be the better play with PP correlation.

With the Christmas break over, Auston Matthews could finally be back to full health. As he took some time to get back up to speed following his shoulder injury, the final games before Christmas he was looking more like his old self and we could see an explosion moving forward — as if he wasn't dominant enough as it was. He'll be lining up with Kasperi Kapanen and Patrick Marleau, which has been a solid even strength line. However, the fact that neither winger plays on the top PP unit makes it a bit less desirable. Matthews as a one off play is always an elite one and is perhaps the move to make tonight.

Auston Matthews makes for the perfect core play here as his line mates in Kasperi Kapanen and Patrick Marleau could provide some salary relief if you choose to match them up in the 5x5 situations. The Maple Leafs however should be able to jump start a power play that has connected just five times over the last nine games. The Rangers on the other hand have given up eight power play goals in their last seven games which is the reason for the optimism. Matthews has collected 33 points in the 21 games he has suited up for with a third of those points coming with the extra attacker. Toronto is one of the more explosive teams in the league which should favor them this evening against a Ranger team that has won just four of the 15 road games they have played this season.

The William Nylander holdout has come to close, and the talented playmaker will make his season debut for the Leafs tonight against the Red Wings. In morning the skate, he was slotted on the second line with Auston Matthews and Patrick Marleau, a nice spot for fantasy production. It's possible the team will ease him back in, but reports have said he's been training hard in Sweden during the holdout. The matchup against the Red Wings is as good as it gets as Detroit ranks in the bottom 5 in the NHL in goals allowed.

Although it's been just two games, Auston Matthews has returned to his early-season form since returning from injury. He's put up three goals and four points in those two games and looks as good as ever. He's lining up with Patrick Marleau and Kasperi Kapanen as the team takes on the Buffalo Sabres — a team on the tail-end of a back to back. Because neither of Matthews linemates play on the power play with him, that hurts the value of the stack a bit, but he's been so good at 5-on-5 that the line is still a great play and Matthews makes for a fantastic one-off play as well.

It is uncertain who will play with Auston Matthews tonight — he was playing alongside Patrick Marleau and Kasperi Kapanen before his injury — so the play is to use Matthews and his corresponding linemates, whomever they end up being. Matthews was on a torrid pace prior to his injury as had 10 goals and 16 points in 11 games. Obviously that goal pace would slow down considerably and the point pace would also see a decrease, but he was showing the league that he belonged among the best handful of players, without question. The Toronto Maple Leafs host the San Jose Sharks — a team coming off a loss to the Buffalo Sabres last night — they kept trucking without Matthews and look to continue their dominance with him back in the lineup.

Nazem Kadri, Kasperi Kapanen and Patrick Marleau are going to need to step up for the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight in Los Angeles. The Kings are going to be looking to shut down John Tavares, Mitch Marner and Zach Hyman, leaving lesser lines matching up against Kadri and Co. Kadri has seven points in his last eight games which is encouraging, but with Auston Matthews still out and William Nylander remaining unsigned, the Leafs need their depth to step up.