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GOALIE
Tuukka Rask, BOS at OTT ($7,900): The Bruins are a good team and Rask has racked up 240 career wins, but he's so unreliable you never feel completely confident with him. The Bruins 4-2-2 record is also misleading because three of the teams they've beaten currently have more losses than wins, and now they've lost two straight games. However, Rask was 3-0 with a .959 save percentage against the Sens last season and returns after nearly a full week of rest.
CENTER
Connor McDavid, EDM vs. PIT ($7,900): McDavid is coming off a rare zero-point performance in a shutout loss to the Preds, but that won't happen against the Pens with their shaky (and thin) defense and goaltending. The Pens' penalty killing has been excellent, but the Oilers power play has improved significantly this season and ranks sixth thanks to McDavid's five points.
Vincent Trocheck, FLA at NYR ($6,500):Alexandar Georgiev's last start was so bad David Quinn skipped him when the Rangers played back-to-back, and after a weekend stint in the minors, now has to face a potentially explosive Panthers offense. Trocheck is a high-volume shooter and off to a great start with seven points in six games, running a 1A-1B setup with Aleksander Barkov with both centers averaging over 22 minutes per game.
WING
Johnny Gaudreau, CGY at MON ($7,300): If you're putting together Team USA, Gaudreau's one of the guys you're building around on offense. He's scored 12 points in eight games this season and currently red-hot with a four-game point streak facing a team anchored by Jeff Petry and Mike Reilly on defense and a very mortal Carey Price. Gaudreau has 11 points in eight career games against the Habs.
Jamie Benn, DAL vs. LA ($6,900): The Kings can't score, but are we sure they're not bad on defense, too? The Stars sleepwalked through their two-game road trip and Benn has not scored in three games, but against a rival team that likes to play physical perhaps it'll wake the bear. Benn's career numbers have always skewed better at home and the usually stout Kings are surprisingly bottom-10 on defense.
Alex Galchenyuk, ARI at CLS ($5,000): He's expected to make his season debut Tuesday though officially he's a game-time decision. Even at less than 100 percent, Galchenyuk brings scoring talent to a team that has struggled with only Clayton Keller and Vinnie Hinostroza scoring more than one goal. Galchenyuk skated with Keller at practice, giving him A-plus opportunities right off the bat. The Jackets have allowed 15 goals in their past three games.
DEFENSE
Seth Jones, CLS vs. ARI ($6,200): John Tortorella isn't the type to ease into anything, so expect no minutes limit for Jones, who will make his season debut Tuesday and again be tasked to carry everything. He led all Jackets defensemen with 57 points, 24 of which came on the power play, blocked 124 shots, dished 92 and averaged nearly 25 minutes per game last season. Even with Alex Galchenyuk, the Coyotes offense is barren.
John Klingberg, DAL vs. LA ($6,100): Klingberg can be boom-or-bust because if he doesn't score he doesn't contribute to any other fantasy categories, but the Kings are showing major weakness. Defense, once synonymous with the Kings during Darryl Sutter's peak, is now bottom-of-the-barrel under John Stevens, with 28 goals allowed in eight games and the sixth-worst penalty kill at 71.4 percent. Klingberg has five points and a plus-8 rating in his career against the Kings.
