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TheLeafsNation Fantasy Game Day — Toronto Maple Leafs look to pile on Calgary Flames
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Zach Laing
Feb 22, 2021, 18:29 ESTUpdated: Feb 22, 2021, 18:44 EST
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Welcome to TheLeafsNation Game Day where we take a look at today’s Leafs game and a few other things happening around the league all with daily fantasy in mind.
The Toronto Maple Leafs take on the visiting Calgary Flames, who are coming off a huge 7-1 loss to the Oilers. Can Toronto keep pouring it on them?

The Matchup

Toronto
Calgary
Record
14-3-2, .789 points %
8-9-1, .472 points %
GF/GA
72-51
46-54
Power play %
37.5
20.3
Penalty kill %
80.3
77.1
CF%
48.53
51.99
xGF%
50.88
53.43
PDO
103.9
100
Goals in all situations, analytics at 5×5 c/o naturalstattrick.com.

Who I like

Auston Matthews ($9,000) continues to be one of the hottest players in the NHL right now. He’s up to 18 goals in 18 games and has totalled another 11 assists on top of that.
With Freddie Andersen out for the Leafs tonight, I would fade Michael Hutchinson ($8,100) in what I see as a high scoring game.
John Tavares ($6,400) will replace an injured Joe Thornton on the first line and could be some great value tonight. WIlliam Nylander ($5,100) could step up, too.

Around the NHL

In net, I like Kaapo Kahkonen ($8,000) against a Sharks team struggling to score.
Some solid depth value plays today: Ryan Pulock ($4,700) and Anders Lee ($5,800) against Buffalo, Blake Coleman against Carolina ($3,900), Andreas Athanasiou ($2,800) against St. Louis and Patric Hornqvist ($6,000) against Dallas.
The Leafs Nation is a partner of DraftKings. 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.
Zach Laing is the Nation Network’s news director and senior columnist. He can be followed on Twitter at @zjlaing, or reached by email at zach@oilersnation.com.
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