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TheLeafsNation Fantasy Gameday — Oh hey, Vancouver again!
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Zach Laing
May 1, 2021, 14:00 EDTUpdated: May 1, 2021, 18:41 EDT
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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.
In their fourth game against the Canucks in the last two weeks, the Leafs will close out their nine game series against them. The Canucks have won two of the last three, but can the Leafs still the show tonight?
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The Matchup

Toronto
Vancouver
Record
32-13-5, .690 points %
19-22-3, .466 points%
GF/GA
166-132
115-141
Power play %
21.7
19.7
Penalty kill %
76.6
78.6
CF%
50.67
46.62
xGF%
55.03
45.64
PDO
101.9
99.4
Goals in all situations, analytics at 5×5 c/o naturalstattrick.com.

Who I like

Auston Matthews ($9,100). Next.
John Tavares ($6,900) has provided solid value all year and has eight points in eight games against Vancouver. I could see him keeping up that pace tonight.
Nick Foligno ($4,100) has gotten assists in each of his three games with Toronto so far, and I like his chances to keep it up tonight.

Around the NHL

I like Devan Dubnyk ($8,100) in net tonight for the Avs against the Sharks as well as teammate Cale Makar ($6,100). He has six points in three games against San Jose this year.
Ryan McLeod ($2,500) is playing his fourth NHL game tonight, but bumps up the lineup playing alongside Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jesse Puljujarvi.
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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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