Tyler Johnson Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

It's a four-game slate and the Tampa Bay Lightning are taking on a Washington Capitals team that is on the tail-end of a back to back. It's difficult to ignore the best offensive player in hockey this season. Nikita Kucherov is lapping the field with a 12-point lead in the Art Ross race. Additionally, he has a 13-assist lead and an 8-point lead in power play points. His offensive dominance has been fascinating this season and center Brayden Point has been along for the ride. Don't get me wrong, Point is an incredible talent, and the two of them definitely play off each other, but I don't think Point is putting up 38 goals, 87 points — 33 with the man advantage — without playing with Kucherov.

Tampa Bay is simply in play every night. A home matchup against a Washington team isn’t anything to shy away from here. Washington has given up 13.95 scoring chances per 60 minutes of play in their past seven road games. I usually prefer the Stamkos line in GPP’s on home ice. However, with Tampa bay likely hard matching Nikitia Kucherov, Brayden Point, and Tyler Johnson against the Cap’s top line, this is the line I prefer here. Nicklas Backstrom is Washington’s best defensive center, and this line should see minimum ice time against him.

Nikitia Kucherov, Brayden Point, and Tyler Johnson are in an excellent spot tonight, as well as the entire Tampa Bay Lightening roster. Detroit will likely be without their most talented player Dylan Larkin. Detroit has given up 23 goals in their past five games. I expect Tampa Bay to come out strong after getting shutout at home against Minnesota the other night. Victor Hedman is the defenseman you want to correlate this trio with as he skates with Point and Kucherov on the top special teams unit.

Brayden Point has increased his goal, assist and point total in three consecutive seasons and is going to get a huge raise this summer. He's benefited greatly from playing alongside Nikita Kucherov, but in the same breath, Kucherov has benefited from playing with Point. The two have been dominant together. Tyler Johnson rounds out their line for this evening as the Tampa Bay Lightning host the Winnipeg Jets. Everybody knows how great Tampa has been, but over the last month the Jets have struggled from a possession standpoint. He has a 48.15 CF% which ranges 24th and a 64.23 CA/60 which is the third-worst in the NHL over the same time frame.

Nikitia Kucherov, Brayden Point, and Tyler Johnson are in an excellent spot tonight, as well as the entire Tampa Bay Lightening roster. Tampa Bay has the highest projected goal total tonight at a whopping 4.64. Ottawa continued to be sellers at the recent trade deadline, and have now fired their head coach Guy Boucher. Since the trade deadline Ottawa has allowed 14.72 HDCA/60. Victor Hedman makes a nice addition to the stack, as he quarterbacks the team's top power-play unit against an Ottawa team who has continued to be poor on the penalty kill.

When talking about core plays I try to deviate from the very best players to give you another angle on how to get more money in your bankroll. I can’t do that with Nikita Kucherov today. Yes, I know he is leading the league in scoring with 74 assists and 104 points but if you aren’t on him today you just may lose. There are a few reasons for this as not only is Tampa coming in after a humbling 4-1 loss at Boston but the Senators come in as the most decimated team in the league after the trading deadline. If you still think that his salary isn’t worth paying up for then I’d take a look at the five times that he has put up three or more points over the team’s last game. With the Lightning being favored at -400 even Vegas thinks this will be a blowout. Even if it isn’t I’d expect the Lightning to put up a lot of goals tonight in which the Senators would have to match. Brayden Point and Tyler Johnson are his line mates on the top line but really and Lightning player is in play this evening. Again, it’s easy to say that the best player in the league will score this evening but we may get way more than that out of Kucherov this evening.

Kucherov has been dominant on the leagues best power play with a league-leading 39 power play points — 8 more than second place. The Tampa Bay Lightning have the leagues best power play, as mentioned, and are taking on the second-worst penalty kill in the Los Angeles Kings. This could be a special teams dominance. Additionally, Kucherov is playing with Brayden Point and Tyler Johnson at even strength which is a great stack. Kucherov and Point make for a great two-man stack as they also play on the top power play unit together.

Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point, and Tyler Johnson draw a fantastic matchup tonight at Madison Square Garden. The New York Rangers have been shorthanded 172 times in 50 games so far this season. That is good for the third most times shorthanded in the NHL. Tampa Bay is leading the league in power-play conversion percentage at 29.6% and New York has killed only 76.7% of their penalties. Look for Tampa Bay’s power play to have plenty of opportunities tonight and convert a couple of them. Adding power-play quarterback Victor Hedman is ideal in this matchup, and with salary restrictions it’s a sure way to be a bit more contrarian.

After putting up 53 points in 29 games through November and December, Nikita Kucherov has "just" 13 points in 9 January games. He is still playing on a line with Brayden Point and Tyler Johnson, a line that has been fantastic this season. The Tampa Bay Lightning visit Pittsburgh to take on the Penguins in what is expected to be a high-scoring game. Kucherov and Point make for an interesting two-man mini-stack as they both play on the top power play unit while Johnson is relegated to PP2.

Nikita Kucherov is the first player since Mario Lemieux in 1997 to have 75 points in his first 45 games over the weekend. Kucherov continues to put up numbers that no player in the NHL has done in two decades and there is no signs of him slowing down. Considering he "only" had 12 points in 11 October games, this pace is even more incredible. He's playing on a line with Brayden Point who has joined in on the offensive barrage with 61 points this season with Tyler Johnson playing on the other wing. Point and Kucherov play on the top power play unit together and considering the Lightning power play leads the league with a 29.9 percent success rate, this is a good mini-stack if you want to leave Johnson off the full stack.