Line Matching: October 26th
11 games tonight, my softball championship, and some good contests on DraftKings makes for a good Thursday night. With my home internet going down after starting the article, today’s offering is much more condensed than normal – apologies!
Boston Bruins vs. San Jose Sharks
| San Jose | Boston | Advantage |
| SJ1 (Donskoi-Pavelski-Thornton) | BOS1 (Marchand-Bergeron-Bjork) | Even |
| SJ2 (Hertl-Couture-Karlsson) | BOS2 (DeBrusk-Backes-Pastrnak) | SJ2
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| LINES TO TARGET: SJ2, SJ PP1, BOS1, Joonas Donskoi |
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Carolina Hurricanes
| Carolina | Toronto | Advantage |
| CAR2 (McGinn-Rask-Teravainen) | TOR1 (Nylander-Matthews-Hyman) | TOR1 |
| CAR1 (Aho-Staal-Lindholm) | TOR2 (Marleau-Kadri-Komarov) | Even |
| CAR3 (Skinner-Ryan-Williams) | TOR3 (JVR-Bozak-Brown) | CAR3 |
| LINES TO TARGET: TOR1, CAR3 |
New York Rangers vs. Arizona Coyotes
| Arizona | New York Rangers | Advantage |
| ARI1 (Domi-Stepan-Keller) | NYR1 (Nash-Zibanejad-Miller) | NYR1 |
| ARI2 (Perlini-Dvorak-Rieder) | NYR2 (Kreider-Desharnais-Zuccarello) | NYR2 |
| LINES TO TARGET: NYR1, ARI1 One note: Brendan Perlini is back for the Coyotes, so the assumption at writing is that he replaces Mario Kempe on L2 |
Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Winnipeg Jets
| Winnipeg | Pittsburgh | Advantage |
| Pittsburgh doesn’t line match, but this game should see fireworks on both ends of the rink. One thing to consider in this game is Malkin and Wheeler’s history against each other – when they end up on the ice at the same time, they may end up taking each other off it for five minutes. LINES TO TARGET: PIT1, WPG1, PIT2, WPG2 |
Montreal Canadiens vs. Los Angeles Kings
| Los Angeles | Montreal | Advantage |
| LAK2 (Pearson-Kempe-Toffoli) | MTL1 (Lehkonen-Drouin-Byron) | Even |
| LAK1 (Iafallo-Kopitar-Brown) | MTL3 (Hudon-Plekanec-Gallagher) | LAK1 |
| LAK3 (Cammalleri-Shore-Lewis) | MTL2 (Pacioretty-Danault-Shaw) | MTL2 |
| LINES TO TARGET: MTL2, LAK1 |
Ottawa Senators vs. Philadelphia Flyers
| Philadelphia | Ottawa | Advantage |
| PHI1 (Giroux-Couturier-Voracek) | OTT1 (Burrows-Brassard-Stone) | PHI1 |
| PHI2 (Weal-Filppula-Simmonds) | OTT2 (Hoffman-Pageau-Pyatt) | Even |
| PHI3 (Lehtera-Patrick-Konecny) | OTT3 (DiDomenico-Thompson-Dzingel) | PHI3 |
| LINES TO TARGET: PHI1, PHI3, PHI PP1, OTT2 |
Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Detroit Red Wings
| Detroit | Tampa Bay | Advantage |
| DET2 (Tatar-Larkin-Abdelkader) | TB1 (Namestnikov-Stamkos-Kucherov) | TB1 |
| DET1 (Nyquist-Zetterberg-Mantha) | TB2 (Palat-Point-Gourde) | DET1 |
| LINES TO TARGET: TB1, DET1, DET3 |
Florida Panthers vs. Anaheim Ducks
| Anaheim | Florida | Advantage |
| ANA2 (Cogliano-Vermette-Silfverberg) | FLA1 (Huberdeau-Barkov-Dadonov) | FLA1 |
| ANA1 (Rakell-Getzlaf-Perry) | FLA2 (McGinn-Trocheck-Vrbata) | ANA1 |
| LINES TO TARGET: FLA1, ANA1 |
Minnesota Wild vs. New York Islanders
| New York Islanders | Minnesota | Advantage |
| NYI2 (Beauvillier-Barzal-Bailey) | MIN1 (Zucker-Koivu-Granlund) | MIN1 |
| NYI1 (Lee-Tavares-Eberle) | MIN2 (Ennis-Staal-Kunin) | NYI1 |
| LINES TO TARGET: NYI1, MIN1 |
Edmonton Oilers vs. Dallas Stars
| Dallas | Edmonton | Advantage |
| DAL2 (Roussel-Hanzal-Spezza) DAL3 (Shore-Janmark-Radulov) | EDM1 (Maroon-McDavid-Draisatl) | EDM1: And it’s not close. |
| DAL1 (Benn-Seguin-Ritchie) | EDM2 (Lucic-NugentHopkins-Letestu) | DAL1 |
| LINES TO TARGET: EDM1, DAL1 |
Vancouver Canucks vs. Washington Capitals
| Washington | Vancouver | Advantage |
| Vancouver doesn’t line match, at all. LINES TO TARGET: WSH1, WSH2, VAN1 |