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NHL Plays will highlight the best and the most underrated daily fantasy options among forwards, defensemen and goaltenders.
Please note, these players were chosen early in the day, so make sure to check NBCSports Edge’s player news for any lineup changes, injuries and potential changes in the crease for starting goaltenders.
Additionally, it is worth reminding everyone that FanDuel allows you to roster nine players (2C, 2W, 2D, 2UTIL, 1G) with a salary cap of $55,000, while DraftKings has a cap of $50,000 for nine players (2C, 3W, 2D, 1G, 1UTIL). Yahoo has a $200 cap for nine players (2C, 3W, 2D, 2G).
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There are 10 games in the NHL on Sunday. The Carolina-Pittsburgh and Toronto-Buffalo games are stand-alone games.
Forwards
Aleksandar Barkov (Florida), C $9,400 (FanDuel), $8,800 (Draft Kings), $34 (Yahoo)
Barkov has six multi-point games in his last seven contests and has three goals and 14 points in the seven games. He is having another great season and has 59 points including 26 goals in only 45 games, one point better than last season in five fewer contests. One of the best centers in hockey, Barkov is a strong play Sunday in Los Angeles.
Brock Nelson (New York Islanders), C $6,500 (FanDuel), $5,500 (Draft Kings), $18 (Yahoo)
Nelson has goals in four straight games and looks to extend his streak against the Ducks at home Sunday. On the season Nelson has 23 goals and 34 points in 46 games and is also on a five-game points streak at this time.
Anders Lee (New York Islanders), W $5,100 (FanDuel), $3,500 (Draft Kings), $18 (Yahoo)
There is no hotter player this week than Anders Lee who has six goals and an assist in three games. He has to be a favorite for player of the week, especially if he manages to hit the scoresheet Sunday. Lee has 20 goals but only seven assists in 49 games. He is a great price, especially in Draft Kings.
Kyle Connor (Winnipeg), W $9,600 (FanDuel), $7,200 (Draft Kings), $27 (Yahoo)
Connor is a star but a quiet one as most fantasy players like to overlook how good he really is. Connor is on a three-game goal-scoring streak and has 36 goals and 66 points in 59 games. Connor has six goals and 10 points in his last seven games and has good value in Yahoo and Draft Kings.
Michael Bunting (Toronto), W $5,800 (FanDuel), $7,800 (Draft Kings), $21 (Yahoo)
Bunting has starred since his move to the top line with Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner. Bunting is on a seven-game points streak with three goals and 12 points, giving him 47 points in 58 games, tops among all rookies in the NHL. He has 20 goals and is now part of what could be the best line in the NHL. He has great value in FanDuel and Yahoo.
Bargain Bin: Elias Pettersson (Vancouver), C $6,300 (FanDuel), $4,900 (Draft Kings), $20 (Yahoo), Phillip Danault (Los Angeles), C $5,300 (FanDuel), $4,100 (Draft Kings), $18 (Yahoo), Andre Burakovsky (Colorado), W $5,200 (FanDuel) $3,500 (Draft Kings), $15 (Yahoo), Kyle Palmieri (New York Islanders), W $4,000 (FanDuel), $2,900 (Draft Kings), $17 (Yahoo), Cam Atkinson (Philadelphia), W $5,900 (FanDuel), $4,500 (Draft Kings), $18 (Yahoo)
Defensemen:
Roman Josi (Nashville), $7,200 (FanDuel), $8,000 (Draft Kings), $28 (Yahoo)
Josi has a five-game points streak and has been hot with a goal and nine points in the five games. He is second in NHL scoring for defensemen, with 15 goals and 62 points in 56 games and is definitely in the Norris conversation with Cale Makar and Victor Hedman.
Cale Makar (Colorado), $7,200 (FanDuel), $7,200 (Draft Kings), $31 (Yahoo)
Speaking of Makar, he saw his 13-game points streak come to an end on Thursday in a shutout loss to Carolina. Makar has 21 goals and 65 points to lead all blueliners and has done so in just 55 games. The Avs are home to Calgary in a big Western Conference match involving the two division leaders so look for Makar to take charge.
Devon Toews (Colorado), $6,600 (FanDuel), $5,600 (Draft Kings), $24 (Yahoo)
Toews has been under the radar for Colorado with Makar getting all the headlines but do not forget about the just turned 28-year-old defenseman. Toews has 12 goals and 45 points in 48 games with a plus-44 rating which is tied for second-best in the NHL.
Quinn Hughes (Vancouver), $6,100 (FanDuel), $5,700 (Draft Kings), $21 (Yahoo), Justin Faulk (St. Louis), $5,100 (FanDuel), $4,100 (Draft Kings), $17 (Yahoo), Ryan Pulock (New York Islanders), $4,700 (FanDuel), $5,500 (Draft Kings), $19 (Yahoo), Christopher Tanev (Calgary), $4,800 (FanDuel), $2,700 (Draft Kings), $15 (Yahoo)
Goaltenders:
Sergei Bobrovsky (Florida), $8,400 (FanDuel), $8,400 (Draft Kings), $32 (Yahoo)
Bobrovsky has won four straight games and is 30-6-3 this season, with a 2.57 GAA and a .917 save percentage. It has been a season to remember for Bobrovsky who had two poor seasons for Florida before this one, making his seven-year/$70 million contract look like a bad signing. But the turnaround has been astounding and he will look for win 31 against the Kings. If the Panthers give the start to Spencer Knight, use him instead.
Ilya Sorokin (New York Islanders), $7,400 (FanDuel), $8,000 (Draft Kings), $37 (Yahoo)
Sorokin has given up only one goal in his last two starts, both wins, on 56 shots and is 19-12-7 with a 2.32 GAA and a .925 save percentage. His six shutouts are second-best in the NHL and he has become the undisputed number one goaltender with the Islanders, supplanting Semyon Varlamov. The Islanders face Anaheim at home Sunday and this is a good spot to use Sorokin.
Other plays:
Laurent Brossoit (Vegas), $7,600 (FanDuel), $8,500 (Draft Kings), $27 (Yahoo), Elvis Merzlikins (Columbus), $7,000 (FanDuel), $6,900 (Draft Kings), $25 (Yahoo