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Get today's top DraftKings daily fantasy hockey lineup picks for January 10, 2026. Doug's expert NHL DFS goalies picks, value plays, stacks, and power play picks.
Tonight’s 10-game slate is loaded with great spots for fantasy up and down the schedule. The night starts off with a few potential blowouts, as Anaheim may be more focused on their plane ride back to California than their game in snowy Buffalo. In Ottawa, the Senators will try to bounce back against the defending champion Panthers after getting stomped by the Islanders on Thursday amid allegations of locker-room turmoil.
The slate concludes with a white-hot Edmonton team facing the backup goalie for Los Angeles, and Vegas looking to continue their strong play against the Blues. Sandwiched in between all of this, Nashville will get to take shots against Arvid Soderblom and a reeling Blackhawks defense.
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NHL DFS Analysis And Picks For 1/10/26
Montreal Canadiens (MTL1 - Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki, Alexandre Texier; $16,700 DK)
Defensive Addition: Lane Hutson ($5,700 DK)
Montreal’s top line of Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki, and Alexandre Texier has the best matchup of any line on tonight’s slate. They’ll spend a large portion of their night squaring off against Detroit’s defensive pairing of Ben Chiarot and Axel Sandin-Pellikka. That pairing has allowed a slate-high 4.03 expected goals and 19.38 high-danger chances per 60 minutes over their prior 10 road games.
Goalie John Gibson has played well recently, but advanced data shows that he’s surrendered a full goal fewer than expected, meaning he’s due for significant regression. Having a defense in front of him that struggles to reduce high-pressure chances isn’t going to help him continue his hot play.
The matchup isn’t the only reason to like Montreal tonight; their top line can hold its own against even the best of opponents. While they haven’t played a lot together, this line has averaged an insane 12.24 even-strength goals per 60 minutes over their past 10 games.
Even if they were to regress to where advanced data expected them to be over those games, they’d still be at 4.32 goals, which puts them among the best in the league. Texier is the newest addition to the line, and he’s clearly unlocked something, combining for six goals and assists over his past two games, leading the team to an average of five goals per game.
Au lendemain de son 1er match à 3 pts en carrière NHL, Alexandre Texier 🇫🇷 signe son 1er triplé 🎩 en NHL...
Tex en est à 14 pts en 22 matchs... 8 pts à ses 5 derniers matchs ! 🔥
Dingue !#nhlfr #GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/0RD8hYDi8T
— Nicolas Jacquet (@Nico_Jt_) January 9, 2026
Buffalo Sabres (BUF1 - Peyton Krebs, Tage Thompson, Josh Doan; $15,600 DK)
Defensive Addition: Rasmus Dahlin ($6,500 DK)
If the Canadiens don’t suit your fancy, the Buffalo Sabres should. They get not only the benefit of facing a weak Anaheim defense, but they are doing so on a night where the Ducks may be looking ahead to their plane ride back home after a four-game East Coast swing. The Ducks have surrendered a slate-high 3.85 even-strength goals and 12.34 high-danger chances over their past 10 road games.
Over the first three games of this road trip, they’ve allowed 17 goals, with no games of fewer than five goals allowed. Goalie Lukas Dostal has given up at least four goals in each of his past five starts, saving just 70% of the high-danger shots he’s faced over the team’s past 10 road games.
Buffalo has been white-hot at home, scoring 3.48 even-strength goals per 60 minutes over their past 10 games. Josh Doan and Tage Thompson are playing as well as they have all year, having combined for 10 goals and assists over their past four games.
The duo, along with Peyton Krebs, has averaged 5.15 even-strength goals per 60 minutes over the team’s past 10 home games. They put massive pressure on opposing goalies, averaging 15.45 high-danger chances per 60 minutes, and with Dostal being so weak under pressure, a big night should be coming for Thompson and friends.
Edmonton Oilers (EDM1 - Connor McDavid, Zach Hyman, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins; $22,200 DK)
Defensive Addition: Evan Bouchard ($7,200 DK)
Do you really need to be convinced to click the name Connor McDavid into your lineup? He’s merely one of the two best players in fantasy, averaging 19.4 fantasy points per game on the season. He’s been on a massive run recently, combining for 41 goals and assists during his current 17-game point scoring streak.
He’s scored at least 20 DraftKings points in 15 of those games, and over 30 in seven. Nobody is playing better than McDavid right now. Along with Zach Hyman and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, they have averaged 5.46 even-strength goals per 60 minutes over their past 10 home games, and advanced data shows that this insanely high number is legitimate, as they were expected to score 5.6 goals.
They may be the most expensive stack on the slate, especially when you include defender Evan Bouchard, but the data shows that this stack is well worth the price of admission. It doesn’t hurt that they have a good matchup tonight, going up against the Kings’ defensive pairing of Brian Dumoulin and Cody Ceci. The duo has allowed 2.86 even-strength goals and 12.61 high-danger chances per 60 minutes over their past 10 road games.
Although those numbers aren’t eye-poppingly bad, Edmonton is significantly better than the average NHL line and should be able to take full advantage of any holes they find in the Los Angeles defense.
OH MY CONNOR MCDAVID!
📹: Sportsnet pic.twitter.com/JyNdir1lwb
— Oilersnation.com, Oily Since ‘07 (@OilersNation) January 9, 2026
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NHL DFS Value Stack of the Night
Nashville Predators (NSH2 - Luke Evangelista, Erik Haula, Michael Bunting; $10,800 DK)
Although the team has been relatively hot recently, Chicago’s defense still struggles when on the road. The team has allowed 3.51 even-strength goals and 14.65 high-danger chances per 60 minutes over their past 10 games. They got torched by Washington last night, and tonight will have backup goalie Soderblom in net.
He’s allowed 5.25 even-strength goals per game over the team’s past 10 road games, despite saving 88% of the high-danger shots he’s faced. Imagine how rough his night could get if he sees any regression when put under pressure. Unfortunately for him, he should see a lot of high-danger shots, as the defensive pairing of Wyatt Kaiser and Artyom Levshunov has allowed 15.17 high-danger chances per 60 minutes over their past 10 road games.
Despite all of this, the Predators could be sneaky tonight since it’s their second line of Luke Evangelista, Erik Haula, and Michael Bunting who get to face Kaiser and Levshunov, not Nashville’s top line. At just $10,800, you can pair the Preds with just about any other line, making them an attractive value stack.
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Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF - $7900 DK)
We don’t generally think of Buffalo when talking about defensive stalwarts, but Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has been incredible at home. His 1.98 goals against average at home is outstanding, leading to an average of 15.4 DraftKings points per game. Luukkonen hasn’t allowed more than three goals in any start at home this year, giving him a chance for a solid score every time he hits the ice.
Tonight he’s facing an Anaheim squad that, despite having a ton of young talent, has struggled recently on the road, scoring just 2.06 even-strength goals per 60 minutes over their past 10 games. This will be their fourth East Coast game in six nights, a road trip that has seen them go 0-3 thus far.
Tonight is the last game of the trip, a situation in which teams often overlook their opponent, dreaming of sleeping in their own beds afterward. This is a great spot for Luukkonen in both cash and tournament lineups.
Others in consideration: Filip Gustavsson (MIN), Brandon Bussi (CAR), Juuse Saros (NSH)
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