NHL Building Blocks – March 17
Five solid games open the week, and there’s a lot of playoff implications involved as well. Let’s dive in!
The premise of each article in this series is to feature starting spots (building blocks) for your lines. These are plays that are cash-viable as well as GPP-worthy and can be considered in all contest formats.
Starting Lineup – March 17
The Goalie: Andrei Vasilevskiy
Vas (31-18-3 / 2.28 / .919) has been his usual very good self all season, and the Tampa defense has been great as well, allowing the fifth fewest goals in the league, and he’s got a great offense in front of him (the third best goal differential). Philly isn’t terribly efficient offensively, and Tampa is the biggest (around -250) favorite on the slate tonight as well.
The Center: Quinton Byfield
Can the streak continue? He’s got a goal in each of his last six games.
The Wing: Jesper Bratt
Two goals and seven assists in his last three games and is in a great game environment tonight.
The Defenseman: Zach Werenski
Love his floor (three and a half shots per game at just under 27 minutes a night) and upside (leads the team in scoring with 69 points in 65 games).
The Value: Darren Raddysh
Two goals and five assists over his last five games.
The Stack: TOR (Matthews-Marner-Nylander-Tavares)
The Leafs have a fairly tough matchup tonight as the Flames’ defense is pretty solid, but it’s a smaller slate and they have as much upside as any team in the league, so I don’t mind some shares (and they seem to perform better when they’re not the chalk).
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Nov 27, 2024; Sunrise, Florida, USA; Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Mitch Marner (16) celebrates with teammates after scoring against the Florida Panthers during the second period at Amerant Bank Arena. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images