On every game day this season, THN Fantasy will highlight players and goalies for fantasy managers to stream or roster for the rest of the season. The recommended players and goalies are rostered in less than 50 percent of Yahoo leagues and can be selected in standard fantasy leagues and/or for daily fantasy games.
14 games on Thursday, October 9
* = confirmed
Arvid Soderblom, CHI at Joonas Korpisalo, BOS (7 p.m. ET)
Igor Shesterkin, NYR at Alex Lyon, BUF (7 p.m. ET)
Jakub Dobes, MTL* at John Gibson, DET* (7 p.m. ET)
Linus Ullmark, OTT at Andrei Vasilevskiy, TB (7 p.m. ET)
Samuel Ersson, PHI at Daniil Tarasov, FLA (7 p.m. ET)
Ilya Sorokin, NYI at Arturs Silovs, PIT (7 p.m. ET)
Jacob Markstrom, NJ at Frederik Andersen, CAR (7:30 p.m. ET)
Filip Gustavsson, MIN at Jordan Binnington, STL (8 p.m. ET)
Jet Greaves, CBJ at Juuse Saros, NSH (8 p.m. ET)
Jake Oettinger, DAL at Connor Hellebuyck, WPG (8 p.m. ET)
Karel Vejmelka, UTA at Mackenzie Blackwood, COL (9 p.m. ET)
Devin Cooley, CGY at Thatcher Demko, VAN (10 p.m. ET)
Akira Schmid, VGK at Alex Nedeljkovic, SJ (10 p.m. ET)
Lukas Dostal, ANA at Joey Daccord, SEA (10 p.m. ET)
Goalies
Thatcher Demko, VAN vs. CGY (84% rostered) – FanDuel $6,600
My favorite value play of the night. (No bias). It seems like the market is way too low on the Canucks, who face the Flames playing the second game of a back-to-back and likely starting Devin Cooley, who did not play a minute in the NHL last season and had a rough preseason. Demko is an elite, Vezina-level goalie when healthy, and all indications are he’s ready to go. The Canucks have won five of their past seven meetings.
Jet Greaves, CBJ at NSH (37% rostered) – FanDuel $7,100
Dean Evason wouldn’t name his starter after Wednesday’s skate but it could be Greaves, who was excellent late last season and whom everyone expects to take over from Elvis Merzlikins at some point. The Jackets and Preds are headed in opposite directions, and no doubt I like the Jackets’ odds much better. Greaves is not without risk, however, given his small sample size.
Arturs Silovs, PIT vs. NYI (18% rostered) – FanDuel $6,900
Run. It. Back. After shutting out the Rangers in his Pens debut, Silovs is setting up to be yet another strong value play and gaining momentum in fantasy leagues. Pens-Isles matchups tend to be spicy (ie. lots of goals and PIM) and the Isles have won five of their past six meetings, so there’s definitely some risk here.
Daniil Tarasov, FLA vs. PHI (2% rostered) – FanDuel $7,800
Definitely more of a streaming play than a value play on DFS. With another home game on Saturday and keeping their long-term three-peat goal in mind, I have a feeling the Panthers will give Tarasov a shot against what should be a pretty easy opponent. Tarasov has a career .923 SP and 2.54 GAA in three career games against the Flyers.
Joonas Korpisalo, BOS vs. CHI (2% rostered) – FanDuel $7,200
Compared to Tarasov, Korpisalo is the better value play. I think the Bruins were a little lucky to escape with a win against the Caps last night, but still they're the favored team against the Hawks. This could also be a battle of the backups, so if the Hawks start Arvid Soderblom, the Bruins’ goal support might be better than usual.
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