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The BIG news
- Filip Forsberg has been activated from IR by the Predators. He’ll likely take his regular spot on the top line with Ryan Johansen and Viktor Arvidsson, but he didn’t participate in line rushes, so figuring out the Predators lines is a bit of guesswork until the pre-game skate.
- Tarasenko has been reunited with Schenn and Schwartz on STL1. Thomas centres the third line with Maroon and Sanford. Bozak is out.
- Alex Pietrangelo is back up on the Blues PP1. Not sure who takes Bozak’s place, yet. They’re dressing 11 forwards, 7 D – so expect some rotation in the bottom-six.
- Joel Armia is up on MTL2 with Max Domi and Jonathan Drouin. Paul Byron moves down to the Finn line. Full PP1 correlation for MTL1.
Correcting an earlier item: These are the Wild lines we’re expecting tonight:
Greenway-Staal-Granlund
Parise-Coyle-Kunin
Zucker-Koivu-Niederreiter
Foligno-Fehr-BrownSuter-Spurgeon
Brodin-Pateryn
Seeler-ProsserDubnyk https://t.co/Vi0613HBj3
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) January 7, 2019
Advice:
- Word is STL1 is going to be chalk, but for good reason – take a look at the HDCF and HDCA together below. I like both top lines in this game and will be pairing each of them in stacks. If you’re looking to get away from the STL1 chalk, correlate the Jordan Binnington in net.
- Pietrangelo’s ice-time is up. He is a strong play tonight at that price point, with PP1 time.
- Check line rushes for Nashville. I wish it was a better matchup, but if Forsberg goes, he’ll be low owned.
The Little news:
- Predators forward Mike Salomaki has been placed on IR.
- Justin Braun and MA Vlasic are expected to miss tonight’s game for the Sharks.
Recent high 5v5 ice-time
LAK1: 31%
SJS3: 30%
Recent low 5v5 ice-time
STL2: 15%
MIN2: 15%
High-Danger chances for and against (5v5)
TOR2: 19.16 for, 10.95 against, (21 mins).
TOR1: 17.77 for, 6.83 against,(44 mins).
TOR3: 13.21 for, 13.21 against (177 mins).
NSH1: 14.41 for, 11.39 against (237.19 mins).
PHI1: 9.54 for, 8.15 against, (257.4o mins).
STL1: 17.68 for, 8.62 against (139.1 mins).
STL2: 10.75 for, 3.75 against (95 mins).
MTL1: 16.83 for, 9.7 against (420 minutes).
CGY1: 13.16 for, 12.53 against (474 minutes).
CGY2: 10.85 for, 10.08 against (154 minutes).
CHI2: 9.48 for, 17.38 against (113 minutes).
CHI1: 10.97 for, 13.41 against (147 minutes).
SJS3: 16.19 for, 9.96 against (48.1 minutes).
SJS1: 13.71 for, 8.80 against (61 minutes) (Couture line).
SJS2: 16.88 for, 13.75 against (95 minutes) (Thornton line).
LAK1: 9.05 for, 9.19 against (417 minutes)
