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<p><em>Welcome to TheLeafsNation Game Day where we take a look at today&#8217;s Leafs game and a few other things happening around the league. </em></p>
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<p>If there&#8217;s one thing that North Division teams love this year, it&#8217;s playing the struggling Ottawa Senators. Stuck amid a rebuild, they&#8217;ve struggled to win games and tonight, Toronto has an opportunity to continue their hot start.</p>
<h1>The Matchup</h1>
<table style="border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%" border="1">
<tbody>
<tr style="height: 19px">
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px"></td>
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">Toronto</td>
<td style="width: 50%;height: 19px">Ottawa</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 19px">
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">Record</td>
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">11-3-1, .767 points %</td>
<td style="width: 50%;height: 19px">3-12-1, .219 points %</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 19px">
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">GF/GA</td>
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">53-38</td>
<td style="width: 50%;height: 19px">34-64</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 19px">
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">Power play %</td>
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">34.1</td>
<td style="width: 50%;height: 19px">
<div class="rt-td primarySort" role="gridcell">13.1</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 19px">
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">Penalty kill %</td>
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">76.9</td>
<td style="width: 50%;height: 19px">74.6</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 19px">
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">CF%</td>
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">49.75</td>
<td style="width: 50%;height: 19px">50.24</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 19px">
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">xGF%</td>
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">49.99</td>
<td style="width: 50%;height: 19px">49.68</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 19px">
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">PDO</td>
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">103.5</td>
<td style="width: 50%;height: 19px">94.7</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><em>Goals in all situations, analytics at 5&#215;5 c/o naturalstattrick.com.</em></p>
<h1>Who I like</h1>
<p>The Maple Leafs big guns should keep rolling today with Auston Matthews ($8,800), Freddie Andersen ($8,500), Mitch Marner ($7,500) John Tavares ($6.500) and William Nylander ($5,300) all providing what should be great value.</p>
<p>Ilya Mikheyev ($3,700) has provided good, cheaper value all season averaging 8.4 FPPG and Joe Thornton ($2,900) could provide some too in his return.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s not much to like from Ottawa, but Thomas Chabot ($6,000) and</p>
<h1>Around the NHL</h1>
<p>There&#8217;s tons of action happening around the league today and here&#8217;s a few plays I like on this busy Family Day.</p>
<p>I like Semyon Varlamov ($8,200) in net against a Buffalo Sabres team that has sat for the last number of weeks, and I think Kevin Lankinen ($7,800) provides great value, too.</p>
<p>Up front, Sebastian Aho ($6,300) has been a stud for the Carolina Hurricanes averaging 16.3 FPPG while some of my favourite plays this year — Patric Hornqvist ($5,800, 13.7 FPPG) and Carter Verhaeghe ($4,900, 7 FPPG) will look to continue rolling.</p>
<p>On the backend, Brett Pesce ($4,000) has provided great value scoring 11.2 FPPG this year.</p>
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<p><em><a href="https://dkdfs.sng.link/Avkw3/hmmu?_dl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.draftkings.com%2Fgateway%3Fs%3D496360476%26wpcid%3D125683%26wpcn%3DNHL_PlayFree%26wpsrc%3DThe%2520Leafs%2520Nation%26wpcrid%3D&amp;pcid=125683">The Leafs Nation is a partner of DraftKings.</a> I am also an avid fan and user (my username is zachlaing) and may sometimes play on my personal account in the games that I offer advice on. Although I have expressed my personal view on the games and strategies above, they do not necessarily reflect the view(s) of DraftKings and I may also deploy different players and strategies than what I recommend above. I am not an employee of DraftKings and do not have access to any non-public information.</em></p>
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<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400">Zach Laing is the Nation Network’s news director and senior columnist. He can be followed on Twitter at </span></i><a href="http://www.twitter.com/zjlaing"><span style="font-weight: 400">@zjlaing</span></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400">, or reached by email at zach@oilersnation.com.</span></i></p>
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<em>Welcome to TheLeafsNation Game Day where we take a look at today's Leafs game and a few other things happening around the league. </em>



If there's one thing that North Division teams love this year, it's playing the struggling Ottawa Senators. Stuck amid a rebuild, they've struggled to win games and tonight, Toronto has an opportunity to continue their hot start.
<h1>The Matchup</h1>
<table style="border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%" border="1">
<tbody>
<tr style="height: 19px">
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px"></td>
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">Toronto</td>
<td style="width: 50%;height: 19px">Ottawa</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 19px">
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">Record</td>
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">11-3-1, .767 points %</td>
<td style="width: 50%;height: 19px">3-12-1, .219 points %</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 19px">
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">GF/GA</td>
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">53-38</td>
<td style="width: 50%;height: 19px">34-64</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 19px">
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">Power play %</td>
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">34.1</td>
<td style="width: 50%;height: 19px">
<div class="rt-td primarySort" role="gridcell">13.1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 19px">
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">Penalty kill %</td>
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">76.9</td>
<td style="width: 50%;height: 19px">74.6</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 19px">
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">CF%</td>
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">49.75</td>
<td style="width: 50%;height: 19px">50.24</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 19px">
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">xGF%</td>
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">49.99</td>
<td style="width: 50%;height: 19px">49.68</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 19px">
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">PDO</td>
<td style="width: 25%;height: 19px">103.5</td>
<td style="width: 50%;height: 19px">94.7</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<em>Goals in all situations, analytics at 5x5 c/o naturalstattrick.com.</em>
<h1>Who I like</h1>
The Maple Leafs big guns should keep rolling today with Auston Matthews ($8,800), Freddie Andersen ($8,500), Mitch Marner ($7,500) John Tavares ($6.500) and William Nylander ($5,300) all providing what should be great value.

Ilya Mikheyev ($3,700) has provided good, cheaper value all season averaging 8.4 FPPG and Joe Thornton ($2,900) could provide some too in his return.

There's not much to like from Ottawa, but Thomas Chabot ($6,000) and
<h1>Around the NHL</h1>
There's tons of action happening around the league today and here's a few plays I like on this busy Family Day.

I like Semyon Varlamov ($8,200) in net against a Buffalo Sabres team that has sat for the last number of weeks, and I think Kevin Lankinen ($7,800) provides great value, too.

Up front, Sebastian Aho ($6,300) has been a stud for the Carolina Hurricanes averaging 16.3 FPPG while some of my favourite plays this year — Patric Hornqvist ($5,800, 13.7 FPPG) and Carter Verhaeghe ($4,900, 7 FPPG) will look to continue rolling.

On the backend, Brett Pesce ($4,000) has provided great value scoring 11.2 FPPG this year.

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<em><a href="https://dkdfs.sng.link/Avkw3/hmmu?_dl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.draftkings.com%2Fgateway%3Fs%3D496360476%26wpcid%3D125683%26wpcn%3DNHL_PlayFree%26wpsrc%3DThe%2520Leafs%2520Nation%26wpcrid%3D&amp;pcid=125683">The Leafs Nation is a partner of DraftKings.</a> I am also an avid fan and user (my username is zachlaing) and may sometimes play on my personal account in the games that I offer advice on. Although I have expressed my personal view on the games and strategies above, they do not necessarily reflect the view(s) of DraftKings and I may also deploy different players and strategies than what I recommend above. I am not an employee of DraftKings and do not have access to any non-public information.</em>

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<i><span style="font-weight: 400">Zach Laing is the Nation Network’s news director and senior columnist. He can be followed on Twitter at </span></i><a href="http://www.twitter.com/zjlaing"><span style="font-weight: 400">@zjlaing</span></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400">, or reached by email at zach@oilersnation.com.</span></i>

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