Fantasy picks: Beauvillier, Barzal worth stacking for Islanders

All season long, NHL.com's fantasy staff will provide daily picks for DraftKings NHL contests. These targets at each position can be used as a basis for your roster decision-making.

PICK'EM TARGETS

Tier 3
Top pick: Jamie Benn, DAL at LAK -- The Dallas Stars left wing had a goal, an assist and two shots on goal in their 5-3 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Friday. Benn extended his point streak to four games totaling seven points (five goals, two assists) and 11 SOG. He has 76 points (33 goals, 43 assists) in 81 games and has 39 points (18 goals, 21 assists), including 10 power-play points (4.1 DraftKings points per game) in 40 road games.
Tier 5
Top pick: Drew Doughty, LAK vs. DAL -- The Los Angeles Kings defenseman had a power-play assist, three shots on goal and two blocked shots in their 5-4 win against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday. He has nine points (one goal, eight assists), 19 blocked shots and 22 SOG in his past 10 games (4.0 DraftKings points per game). He will look to extend his point streak to five games against the Dallas Stars on Saturday (10:30 p.m. ET; NHLN-US, FS-W, FS-SW+, NHL.TV). Doughty has one goal and five SOG in two games against the Stars.

CLASSIC TARGETS

CENTER
Value pick: Kyle Brodziak, STL ($3,600 at COL) --The St. Louis Blues center had two assists and three shots on goal in their 4-1 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday. Brodziak has at least one assist in three straight games and has nine assists and 13 SOG in his past 10 games. The Blues will end their two-game road trip against the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday (9 p.m. ET; NHL-N (JIP), ALT, FS-MW, NHL.TV). Brodziak has five assists in his past five road games.
WING
Value pick: Anthony Beauvillier, NYI ($5,100 at DET) -- The New York Islanders forward has scored a goal in five consecutive games and has 11 points (seven goals, four assists) and 31 shots on goal in his past 10 games (4.9 DraftKings points per game). He can be stacked with linemates Mathew Barzal ($6,300) and Jordan Eberle ($5,700) in a favorable matchup Saturday against the Detroit Red Wings (7 p.m. ET; FS-D, MSG+ 2, NHL.TV), who are tied with the Ottawa Senators for allowing the third-most goals in the League (66) since March 1.

DEFENSE
Value pick: Shea Theodore, VGK ($4,800 at CGY) -- The Vegas Golden Knights defenseman extended his point streak to three games with an assist and three shots on goal in their 4-3 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday. Theodore has four points (one goal, three assists) on the point streak and has nine points (two goals, seven assists) and 35 SOG in his past 10 games (4.3 DraftKings points per game). He has a favorable matchup against the Calgary Flames (10 p.m. ET; SNE, SNO, SNW, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV), who rank last in the League with nine points (4-11-1) since March 1.
GOALTENDER
Value pick: Juuse Saros, NSH ($7,700 vs CBJ)* --The Nashville Predators goaltender stopped 29 of 32 shots faced in their 4-3 win against the Washington Capitals on Thursday. He is 6-1-2 with a .927 save percentage in his past 10 games (nine starts). He could start against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday (8 p.m. ET; FS-TN, FS-O, NHL.TV), who are expected to be without forwards Artemi Panarin and Alex Wennberg and defensemen Zach Werenski, Seth Jones and Ryan Murray.
\Saros has not been confirmed to start. Pekka Rinne ($7,800), who is 1-4-0 with an .880 save percentage in his past fiveappearancescould also start for the Predators.
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