Welcome to TheLeafsNation Game Day where we take a look at today’s Leafs game and a few other things happening around the league all with daily fantasy in mind.
It is Clinchmas! Toronto can clinch a playoff spot with a regulation win and a Senators regulation win today. Let’s see what happens!
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| Toronto | Montreal | |
| Record | 30-13-5, .677 points % | 21-17-9, .543 points% |
| GF/GA | 158-130 | 135-133 |
| Power play % |
21.5 |
25.7 |
| Penalty kill % | 76.6 |
80.5 |
| CF% | 50.69 | 48 |
| xGF% | 54.74 | 77.3 |
| PDO | 101.5 | 100 |
Goals in all situations, analytics at 5×5 c/o naturalstattrick.com.
Fade the goalies.
But don’t fade Auston Matthews ($9,200)! Look, he’s incredible. He’s almost a sure-fire lock to win the Rocket Richard, and has four goals and 10 points in six games against Montreal. Fire away.
Alex Kerfoot ($2,900) has two points in his last three games and has two in six against the Habs this year. He’s going to be point-dependent, though, so proceed with caution.
Rasmus Sandin ($2,500)? He’s got two points in his first four NHL games and will look to add to that total tonight.
My favourite fantasy play this year has easily been Jakob Chychrun ($6,400). He’s got 36 points in 49 games and has really strong peripherals. Against San Jose this year, he averages 16.9 fantasy points.
Kirill Kaprizov ($6,900) continues to be electric this season with eight goals in his last 10 games. I like him to stay hot against the Blues.
Jesse Puljujavi ($4,300) has had a strong season with the Oilers and has been heating up with eight points in his last 10 games. He has a favourable matchup tonight against the Jets.
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Zach Laing is the Nation Network’s news director and senior columnist. He can be followed on Twitter at @zjlaing, or reached by email at [email protected]
