Which linemates to stack for maximum points

Regardless of squad sport, the cardinal to success, phantasy and otherwise, is the operation of skill/talent and opportunity. Which is wherefore a skater's lineup spot is truthful hugely important, successful summation to however good they execute arsenic an individual. In that view, here's a roundup of 10 blossoming phantasy favorites - immoderate aboriginal NHL stars, others little young and/or stellar - who are bound to lend much to your squad due to the fact that of the institution they're keeping. Every 1 of them much disposable than not successful ESPN.com leagues, and tagged with a projected guardant stack to suit your phantasy fancy, DFS oregon otherwise.

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Mason McTavish, C, Anaheim Ducks (Rostered successful 17.0% of ESPN.com leagues): This kid is going to beryllium a star, of which the Ducks look good aware. Settled connected a apical scoring enactment and powerfulness play with Troy Terry and Ryan Strome, McTavish contributed 2 superior assists, including 1 with the other skater, successful Wednesday's 5-4 OT triumph against Seattle. Along with Trevor Zegras and defenseman Jamie Drysdale, McTavish forms the corps of a younker question that volition yet transportation Anaheim backmost into postseason competition.

Fantasy stack: Terry/McTavish

Seth Jarvis, C/RW, Carolina Hurricanes (17.5%): I fishy Seth won't beryllium overmuch of a phantasy concealed for long. The 2nd twelvemonth skater is sliding close retired of the gates connected a No. 1 enactment and powerfulness play with Sebastien Aho and Teuvo Teravainen. Sweet gig. After scoring successful Wednesday's opening triumph against the Blue Jackets, the 20-year-old, who scored 40 points successful 68 games his rookie season, isn't giving manager Rod Brind'Amour immoderate origin to fiddle yet.

Fantasy Stack: Aho/Jarvis

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Seth Jarvis nets extremity vs. Blue Jackets

Arturi Lehkonen, LW/RW, Colorado Avalanche (29.4%): There was already a batch to similar astir however Lehkonen looked connected Colorado's apical enactment successful preseason play, and that was before the 27-year-old erupted for 2 goals and 1 assistance successful the club's archetypal regularisation game/win. It's worthy noting that Mikko Rantanen earned superior assists connected some of Lehkonen's tallies, portion the 2 of them contributed to Valeri Nichushkin's power-play goal. So there's your present-day stack. Are we truthful definite Jared Bednar volition shuffle Lehkonen disconnected that apical portion erstwhile Gabriel Landeskog is steadfast capable to return? At this stage, and yes it's early, the me portion of that we isn't definite astatine all.

Fantasy stack: Rantanen/Lehkonen

Dylan Holloway, C/LW/RW, Edmonton Oilers (5.8%): No, helium didn't people successful Edmonton's opener, but let's springiness the young lad a minute, shall we? Holloway impressed everyone capable successful campy to merit a spot alongside halfway Leon Draisaitl - the slightest we tin bash is hold retired however the 14th wide draught prime (2020) manages present that it counts.

Fantasy stack: Draisaitl/Holloway

Nino Niederreiter, RW/LW, Nashville Predators (41.0%): I mean, however tin you disregard 3 goals successful 2 games, careless of wherever they were scored? Until the caller Predator cools off, conscionable tally with it. Two contests successful and that caller guardant pairing of Niederreiter and Ryan Johansen already looks dynamic. Sharing the crystal with elite defenseman Roman Josi connected juncture doesn't wounded either. Let's spot however they each negociate backmost present astatine home, opening Thursday versus the visiting Stars. Also, support an oculus connected Kiefer Sherwood (0.4%) and whether helium manages to instrumentality alongside Niederreiter and Johansen long-term. Despite the erstwhile AHL regular's extremity and assistance to date, I'm not yet convinced.

Fantasy stack: Johansen/Niederreiter

Dawson Mercer, C/RW, New Jersey Devils (3.8%): Whoever skates connected a Devils' apical enactment with a steadfast Jack Hughes is going to enactment up points this season. To start, that's Ondrej Palat and Dawson. While the erstwhile is mostly accounted for successful ESPN.com phantasy leagues, the second is not. This year, look for the sophomore to importantly amended upon his rookie season's 42-point output. The Devils didn't draught Mercer 18th wide successful 2020 to hide him successful the bottom-six.

Fantasy stack: Hughes/Mercer

Luke Kunin, C/LW/RW, San Jose Sharks (4.2%): The Sharks aren't going to triumph a ton of games this season, but they're inactive going to people goals. Most of them coming from a 3 forwards: Timo Meier, Tomas Hertl, and Logan Couture. Right now, Kunin is skating connected a No. 1 scoring enactment with the archetypal two, and apical powerfulness play with each three. Which is partially why, of the lone 3 squad goals scored overseas, the erstwhile Minnesota/Nashville skater was successful connected 2 of them.

Line Stack: Meier/Kunin.

Denis Malgin, C, Toronto Maple Leafs (0.7%): Everyone's steadfast and Malgin is inactive skating connected a Toronto's scoring enactment with John Tavares and William Nylander. The erstwhile Panther was 1 of 3 Maple Leafs who potted a extremity successful Wednesday's 4-3 nonaccomplishment to Montreal, assisted by - you guessed it - Tavares and Nylander. He was besides the lone Leaf to spell plus-two connected the evening. Promising worldly from the 25-year-old, who hadn't scored successful the NHL since 2019-20, and was hardly a slam-dunk to marque the roster retired of camp. But we get these out-of-the-woodwork players each year. Perhaps, backmost from 2 years is Europe, Malgin is 1 of those who yet figures it retired implicit here.

Fantasy stack: Tavares/Malgin

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Denis Malgin scores extremity for Maple Leafs

Andrei Kuzmenko, LW, Vancouver Canucks (35.0%): The 26-year-old NHL "rookie" won't beryllium rostered successful little than 50% of ESPN.com leagues for long. Competing connected a scoring enactment and apical powerfulness play with Elias Pettersson, Kuzmenko scored his archetypal NHL extremity successful Wednesday's 5-3 nonaccomplishment to Edmonton. There volition beryllium galore more. After 8 years successful the KHL - helium collected 53 points successful 45 games with St. Petersburg past play - the winger is intelligibly easy adjusting to play successful North America.

Fantasy Stack: Pettersson/Kuzmenko

Cole Perfetti, C/RW, Winnipeg Jets (11.6%): I've been each implicit this kid for weeks now. He's a scoring instrumentality and he's skating connected a No. 2 enactment that needs to nutrient with Pierre-Luc Dubois and Blake Wheeler. Pick up Perfetti earlier a chap manager beats you to it.

Fantasy stack: Dubois/Perfetti

See also:

• Rickard Rakell, C/LW/RW, Pittsburgh Penguins (62.0%)

• Andre Burakovsky, LW/RW, Seattle Kraken (60.9%)

• Andrew Copp, C/LW/RW, Detroit Red Wings (47.8%)

• Carter Verhaeghe, C/LW, Florida Panthers (29.3%)

• Pavel Zacha, C/LW/RW, Boston Bruins (4.4%)

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