NHL DFS Strategy and Core Plays for March 20

The puck drops for Monday’s five-game NHL main slate at 7:00 p.m. ET. As always, I’ll also be on Discord throughout the day to answer all of your questions.

Below you’ll see a list of all the games on the NHL slate along with the goal total for each:

Ottawa Senators at Pittsburgh Penguins – 6.5 Florida Panthers at Detroit Red Wings – 6.5 Chicago Blackhawks at Colorado Avalanche – 6 San Jose Sharks at Edmonton Oilers – 7 Calgary Flames at Los Angeles Kings – 6 Top Line Stacks (Ranked) Please keep in mind that you don’t have to play the entire stack. You can take two guys from any of these stacks and play them as a mini-stack. You can also use the off-offs and individual plays in the rankings to fill your lineups out.

Ottawa Senators Line 1 Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stutzle, Drake Batherson (with Jake Sanderson)

Florida Panthers Power Play 1 Sam Reinhart, Aleksander Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk, Carter Verhaeghe, Brandon Montour

Pittsburgh Penguins Line 2 Jason Zucker, Evgeni Malkin, Bryan Rust

Colorado Avalanche Line 1 Evan Rodrigues, Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen (with Cale Makar Bowen Byram )

Edmonton Oilers Line 1 Evander Kane, Connor McDavid, Zach Hyman

Los Angeles Kings Line 1 Quinton Byfield, Anze Kopitar, Adrian Kempe (with Drew Doughty)

Favorite Individual Plays Centers Aleksander Barkov, Panthers (DK: $6,700, FD: $7,900) Tim Stutzle, Senators (DK: $7,100, FD: $8,600) Nathan MacKinnon, Avalanche (DK: $9,700, FD: $10,400) Leon Draisaitl, Oilers (DK: $8,200, FD: $10,100) – can also play McDavid Tomas Hertl , Sharks (DK: $5,200, FD: $6,200) Andrew Copp, Red Wings (DK: $3,400, FD: $4,500) Shane Pinto, Senators (DK: $3,500, FD: $4,400) Wingers Evan Rodrigues, Avalanche (DK: $4,900, FD: $5,500) – eligible at C on FD; can also play Rantanen Drake Batherson , Senators (DK: $5,300, FD: $6,100) – can also play B. Tkachuk Sam Reinhart , Panthers (DK: $5,500, FD: $5,700) Evander Kane , Oilers (DK: $6,200, FD: $7,100) Matthew Tkachuk , Panthers (DK: $8,500, FD: $10,000) – can also play Verhaeghe Viktor Arvidsson , Kings (DK: $5,600, FD: $6,000) – can also play Moore Tyler Toffoli , Flames (DK: $6,400, FD: $6,600) Quinton Byfield , Kings (DK: $3,500, FD: $3,800) – eligible at C on FD William Eklund, Sharks (DK: $3,600, FD: $3,400) Alexander Barabanov , Sharks (DK: $4,000. FD: $5,800) Jason Zucker , Penguins (DK: $4,800, FD: $5,500) Defensemen Bowen Byram, Avalanche (DK: $4,000, FD: $5,200) Brandon Montour, Panthers (DK: $6,100, FD: $7,300) Cale Makar, Avalanche (DK: $7,400, FD: $7,800) Evan Bouchard , Oilers (DK: $4,100, FD: $4,300) Drew Doughty, Kings (DK: $4,800, FD: $5,700) MacKenzie Weegar, Flames (DK: $4,200, FD: $4,300) Jake Sanderson , Senators (DK: $3,800, FD: $4,900) Jarred Tinordi, Blackhawks (DK: $2,700) Goalies Remember, shots = saves = points, so I am generally very aggressive with my goalie choices. I want goalies who provide some sort of floor and a lot of upside due to the potential high shot volume.

Sergei Bobrovsky, Panthers (DK: $7,900, FD: $7,300) Pheonix Copley , Kings (DK: $8,100, FD: $8,300) PrizePicks Play of the Day Jason Zucker OVER 2.5 SOG Drake Batherson OVER 3 SOG Carter Verhaeghe OVER 3 SOG Aleksander Barkov OVER 3 SOG Jake Sanderson OVER 2 blocked shots Cale Makar UNDER 3.5 SOG Alexander Barabanov OVER 1.5 SOG Andreas Athanasiou UNDER 2 SOG Plays will be added throughout the day (check Discord and the pick tracker) Check out our PrizePicks picks in the pick tracker. Use this link to sign up for Prize Picks to get started and use promo code FTN for $100 match on first $100 deposit.

NHL DFS Strategy and Core Plays for March 20

Top Line Stacks (Ranked)

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