Welcome to Monday's one-game NHL DFS slate with the Montreal Canadiens vs. Buffalo Sabres. We get Tage Thompson and Nick Suzuki both looking to lead their teams to victory and both players should be quite popular on this daily fantasy hockey showdown slate. We still need to dig deep and find value to allow us to pay up for both superstars, so let’s take a look at some options. You can build daily fantasy hockey lineups on DraftKings, FanDuel, and Yahoo Fantasy for Monday, October 23rd, but before you build those NHL daily fantasy lineups, don’t forget to check out our NHL DFS projections, the NHL Value Finder, and the NHL DFS lineup generator. Let's now take a closer look at the daily fantasy hockey top plays for tonight's NHL DFS Showdown slate.

 

Highest Expected Goal Totals 

Buffalo Sabres Vs Jake Allen (3.8)

Montreal Canadiens Vs. Eric Comrie (2.9)

Montreal Canadiens vs. Buffalo Sabres

Players to target: Tage Thompson, Jeff Skinner, Alex Tuch, Rasmus Dahlin, Eric Comrie, Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, Michael Matheson

As a showdown this should be an interesting matchup. There will certainly be some intrigue with Tage Thompson who has averaged more than five shots per game, but he has only amassed a single point so far this season. That trend will change, but he is the highest-priced player, so I'm not certain I would want to pay up to find out if tonight is the night. You could look to players such as Dylan Cozens who has played well so far this season for the Sabres, or Alex Tuch and Jeff Skinner who will also get time on the top powerplay if you want to save a bit of your budget. For the Canadiens, Cole Caufield is a fine pick for your captain spot. He is averaging five shots per game, and he has four points in three games so far. Nick Suzuki can also be of value in this forward group, but thus far in the season, the Canadien's forwards have lacked excitement.

On the backend, Rasmus Dahlin should be a solid play for the Sabres. He continues to produce points and he will shoot the puck and get you some blocks, and Michael Matheson has been solid for Montreal. He gets the top powerplay time, and he averages more than three blocked shots per game which gives him a solid floor.

I don't think you need to play a goalie in this matchup. I don't have a lot of confidence in either Jake Allen or Eric Comrie, but if I had to pick one I would take the odds for Comrie to get the win at home, there is definitely risk there and I wouldn't be surprised if we saw eight or more goals scored in this game which would have me preferring skaters to goalies.