| CENTERS | WINGS | DEFENSE | |
| TOP $ | Patrice Bergeron (BOS) Brayden Point (TB) |
David Pastrnak (BOS)
* didn’t practice, expected to play Nikita Kucherov (TB) |
Shea Theodore (VGK)
Seth Jones (CBJ) |
| MID $ | William Karlsson (VGK)
Pierre-Luc Dubois (CBJ) |
Brad Marchand (BOS)
Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) Cam Atkinson (CBJ) |
Torey Krug (BOS)
Nate Schmidt (VGK) |
| VALUE $ | Boone Jenner (CBJ)
Joe Pavelski (DAL) Kirby Dach (CHI) |
Reilly Smith (VGK)
Nick Foligno (CBJ) Justin Williams (CAR) |
Duncan Keith (CHI)
Erik Gustafsson (CGY) Calvin De Haan (CHI) Brandon Carlo (BOS) |
Favorite Line Stacks
*Note: Lines are subject to change depending on morning skate lines. Revert to the chat and/or look for updates here for any impact they may have.
Boston Bruins
Marchand – Bergeron – Pastrnak
Tampa Bay Lightning
Palat – Point – Kucherov
Vegas Golden Knights
Marchessault – Stastny – Smith
Value Line Stacks
Columbus Blue Jackets
Nyquist – Jenner – Foligno
Boston Bruins
Debrusk – Krejci – Kase
Tampa Bay Lightning
Killorn – Cirelli – Johnson
Top Goalies
Marc-Andre Fleury / Robin Lehner (VGK) – I like whichever Vegas netminder we get in this game against the Blackhawks. Chicago played extremely well in their qualifying series against the fraudulent Edmonton Oilers and have the playoffs pedigree with Toews, Kane, Keith, and Crawford leading them. With all of that being said, in a game that should see some up and down action, I expect either MAF or Lehner to see a lot of work in net and be equal to the task; MAF with plenty of playoff experience and Lehner, a goalie who thrives with the more pucks he sees.
Tuukka Rask (BOS) – Rask should bounce back after losing two games in the round-robin series when he faced Tampa and Washington respectively. Carolina is a solid team but they do lack consistent scoring and quality scoring chances at times but do get pucks to the net. I’ll back Rask here and expect Boston to get their act together after an overall piss-poor showing during the round-robin series losing all three games.
GOOD LUCK!!
