A packed NHL slate tonight. Nine games on the schedule and many of them contain fruitful matchups. We will help you weed through those matchups so you can select players that are the best cash plays, and the best GPP plays tonight.

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Players to Select From Tonight: 

*Note, we discussed GPP vs. Cash Game strategy last night. If you do not see a player listed, he is not a recommended play*

Cash Games:

Single Player Choices (Non-combo)

*These are stand-alone suggestions, in cash games we do not recommend for example, to go with Tavares and Okposo on a night like tonight. Go with one or the other. Remember, in cash games we want line exposure, not stacking.

Center:

John Tavares – New York Islanders – $6,900 –

T.J. Oshie – St. Louis Blues – $4,900

Frans Nielsen – New York Islanders – $4,600

Mark Scheifele – Winnipeg Jets – $4,300

Derek Roy – St. Louis Blues – $3,900

Aleksander Barkov – Florida Panthers – $3,300 **Highly Recommended Salary Relief Pick**

Nick Bjugstad – Florida Panthers – $3,100 **Highly Recommended Salary Relief Pick**

Jessie Winchester – Florida Panthers – $2,500 – Recommended Salary Relief Option

Brock Nelson – New York Islanders – $2,500 – Recommended Salary Relief Option

Left Wing:

Alex Steen – St. Louis Blues – $6,500

James van Riemsdyk – Toronto Maple Leafs – $6,500 (Do not pair with Phil Kessel)

Max Pacioretty – Montreal Canadiens – $6,300

Sean Bergenheim – Florida Panthers – $4,600

Mason Raymond – Toronto Maple Leafs – $3,700

Nikolai Kulemin – Toronto Maple Leafs – $3,300 **Highly Recommended Salary Relief**

Right Wing:

Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals – $9,900

Phil Kessel – Toronto Maple Leafs – $8,900

Michael Grabner – New York Islanders – $3,800 – Do not pair with Brock Nelson

Chris Stewart – St. Louis Blues – $3,700 – Do not pair with Alex Steen

Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning – $2,800 – **Highly Recommended Salary Relief**

Defense:

All of these guys are in play , and they can be paired up if on same team:

Alex Pietrangelo – St. Louis Blues – $5,400

P.K. Subban – Montreal Canadiens – $5,200

Brian Campbell – Florida Panthers – $4,100

Dmitry Kulikov – Florida Panthers – $4,000

Jacob Trouba – Winnipeg Jets – $4,000 *Highly Recommended*

Tom Gilbert – Florida Panthers – $3,400

Thomas Hickey – New York Islanders – $3,100

Lubomir Visnovsky – New York Islanders – $2,900

Goalie:

Tuukka Rask – Boston Bruins – $9,300

GPP Recommendations, Line Stacks, and Team Stacks

Full Team Stacks:

1) St. Louis Blues

Sample Lineup: C- Backes, LW- Steen, RW- Tarasenko, D- Bouwmeester, D- Pietrangelo, G- Rask, U- Roy, U- Schwartz, U- Oshie

2) Toronto Maple Leafs

Sample Lineup: C- Kadri, LW- Lupul, RW- Kessel, D- Hickey, D- Gilbert, G- Rask, U- Kulemin, U- Raymond, U- van Riemsdyk

Line Stacks:

1) Lupul – Kadri – Kulemin – Toronto Maple Leafs

2) Tavares – Okposo – Vanek

3) Scheifele – Wheeler

4) Schwartz – Roy – Tarasenko

5) Erat – Backstrom – Ovechkin

6) Doan – Hanzal – Vrbata – Ribeiro

7) Nash – Stepan – Kreider

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