Counterattack - Stack Sabres When Everyone's Rolling Rangers
Here are the top low-ownership plays for Tuesday, March 8:
G Robin Lehner, Sabres (vs. Rangers)
One team has been worse than the Sabres at 5v5 possession over the past two weeks. The Rangers have posted a Corsi For Percentage of just 43.5% over their past seven games, coming in behind Buffalo's 43.7% rate. Both teams have even goal differentials at 5v5 over their past seven games.
Lehner has just one win in his past five games, but he's allowed a total of just 10 goals in that time, twice making 30-plus saves. The Rangers remain without W Rick Nash, G Henrik Lundqvist and D Marc Staal. Buffalo has a chance for an upset, making Lehner an ideal GPP target.
D Rasmus Ristolainen, Sabres (vs. Rangers)
Target Ristolainen for many of the same reasons as Lehner. Primarily, he won't be facing Lundqvist. Rangers G Antti Raanta is no slouch, but he allowed five goals on 31 shots in his most recent outing.
Ristolainen has just one goal and one assist in his past seven games, but he's tallied 12 shots on goal in his past five games. He's twice registered four shots. He has also blocked seven shots in his past four games, providing a safe floor for his production.
C Patrice Bergeron, Bruins (at Lightning)
Bergeron has racked up an impressive five goals in his past four games while scoring in each one. He has one assist, 19 SOG and five blocked shots in that span. With the hot streak bound to end eventually, DFS owners may choose to side with the likes of Tyler Seguin, Sidney Crosby or John Tavares on Tuesday.
The matchup against the Lightning seems difficult based on statistics for the season, but the Lightning are coming off an embarrassing loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday in which they were outshot 40-18. A similar performance in terms of puck possession would highly favor Bergeron, as he's decided to be more than a set-up man on offense.
LW Taylor Hall, Oilers (vs. Sharks)
Hall recorded two goals and an assist in the final three games of the Oilers recent road trip. He totaled 18 SOG in the four road games. He's averaging over a point per game at home for the season, compared to just 0.64 points per game on the road.
The Sharks are on the second half of a back-to-back and are likely to start G James Reimer. Reimer has allowed more than two goals in all but three of his past 10 games, posting a save percentage of .864.