This past week it was Rotoballer with the top DailyOverlay score which continues to put them solidly atop the Overall Standings as well. RotoGrinders Consensus got 2nd place for the week and are closing in the second spot in the overall leaderboard which is currently held by NumberFire.
Check out the top experts on the Overall Leaderboard and as always you can check out the full NHL Expert Standings to make sure that you’re up to speed on who is making the grade. Also, review how all the NHL DFS analysts fared this past week with a day-by-day breakdown of each scored and ranking for the day and the week. We also post the Ownership Percentages by position by count which are used to help project player ownership in our Weighted Consensus article every day.
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As a reminder, we are currently gathering selections and publishing the NHL Industry Weighted Consensus article each weekday when there are at least four games on the slate, so be sure to check back about an hour or so before the puck drops for the first game to get a look at the consensus picks for the day.
Week in Review
| Site | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| Rotoballer | 5.60 | 1 | 1.20 | 18 | 5.00 | 1 | – | – | 3.93 |
| RotoGrinders Consensus | 3.50 | 4 | 4.33 | 2 | 4.58 | 3 | 2.00 | 9 | 3.60 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | 4.23 | 2 | 2.64 | 7 | 2.90 | 7 | 2.67 | 5 | 3.11 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 3.67 | 3 | 1.44 | 16 | 2.00 | 13 | 5.33 | 1 | 3.11 |
| NumberFire | 1.60 | 15 | 3.20 | 4 | 4.60 | 2 | 3.00 | 3 | 3.10 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 2.56 | 7 | 2.22 | 12 | 2.33 | 11 | 4.33 | 2 | 2.86 |
| Rotowire | 3.13 | 6 | 2.88 | 5 | 3.00 | 6 | 2.13 | 8 | 2.79 |
| ScoutFantasySports | 2.34 | 9 | 2.63 | 8 | 3.97 | 4 | 1.82 | 11 | 2.69 |
| FantasyCPR | 2.56 | 7 | 2.82 | 6 | 2.87 | 8 | 2.36 | 7 | 2.65 |
| DK Playbook | 3.25 | 5 | 3.31 | 3 | 1.75 | 16 | 1.90 | 10 | 2.55 |
| DailyRoto – Optimizer | 1.89 | 14 | 4.56 | 1 | 2.00 | 13 | 1.44 | 15 | 2.47 |
| Industry Consensus | 2.23 | 10 | 2.44 | 9 | 2.53 | 10 | 2.64 | 6 | 2.46 |
| DFSArmy | 2.21 | 11 | 2.28 | 11 | 2.81 | 9 | – | – | 2.43 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | – | – | 2.36 | 10 | – | – | – | – | 2.36 |
| FantasyAlarm | 2.17 | 12 | 1.86 | 15 | 3.40 | 5 | 1.72 | 13 | 2.29 |
| RotoGrinders Lineup Builder | 2.00 | 13 | 1.89 | 14 | 0.78 | 17 | 2.89 | 4 | 1.89 |
| Sportsline | 1.44 | 16 | 1.44 | 16 | 2.22 | 12 | 1.75 | 12 | 1.71 |
| Rotogrinders NHL Grind Down | 0.43 | 17 | 2.03 | 13 | 1.92 | 15 | 1.50 | 14 | 1.47 |
Sleepers of the Week
Monday (March 11)
A+ – Nikita Zaitsev (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Thomas Greiss (FantasyTeamAdvice)
A+ – Andrej Sekera (Rotowire – Optimizer)
A+ – Ryan Pulock (Rotoballer)
A+ – Tyler Johnson (DraftKings Playbook)
A+ – Ryan McDonagh (DraftKings Playbook)
A+ – Jonathan Toews (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – Marc-Edouard Vlasic (ScoutFantasy)
Tuesday (March 12)
A+ – Derek Ryan (DailyRoto – Optimizer)
Thursday (March 14)
A+ – Lars Eller (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Dmitry Orlov (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Cody Ceci (Rotowire)
A+ – Oliver Ekman-Larsson (Rotoballer)
A+ – Tim Heed (NumberFire)
A+ – Miro Heiskanen (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – Matt Niskanen (ScoutFantasy)
Friday (March 15)
A+ – Nikita Zaitsev (FantasyCPR)
A+ – James van Riemsdyk (Rotowire – Optimizer)
A+ – Corey Perry (Rotowire – Optimizer)
Leaderboard – Overall
Be sure to check out the full NHL Expert Standings to see how your favorite experts check out.
#1) Rotoballer (Score: 3.49) builds their lead in the top spot by also finishing 1st this past week
#2) NumberFire (Score: 3.20) remains in 2nd place overall with a solid 5th place showing this week
#3) RotoGrinders Consensus (Score: 3.18) continues to round out the Top 3 and are closing the gap on 2nd place overall
Leaderboard – By Position
Here are the top experts at each position this season including which site has provided the top DraftKings points per $1000 of salary.
Goalie
#1) NumberFire (5.96)
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (5.74)
Top Value –NumberFire (0.76 DK Pts/$1000) – NEW LEADER
Center
#1) Rotoballer (4.28)
#2) RotoGrinders Consensus (3.43) – NEW
Top Value – Rotoballer (0.87 DK Pts/$1000)
Wing
#1) Rotoballer (2.87)
#2) NumberFire (2.81) – NEW
Top Value – Rotoballer (0.76 DK Pts/$1000)
Defensemen
#1) Rotowire – Optimizer (4.32)
#2) NumberFire (3.67) – NEW
Top Value – Rotowire – Optimizer (0.80 DK Pts/$1000)
Ownership Percentage Tracking
Below is the current table showing the data we have tracked so far this season. Results are using DraftKings Double-Up or 50/50s for Cash and large field multi-entry tournaments for GPP. The Count column shows the number of times a player was selected by the experts for a given day. The Cash % chart shows the average ownership percentage of those players in a Cash game. The GPP % chart shows the average ownership percentage of those players in a GPP tournament.
Cash by Position
| Count | G | C | W | D | Total |
| 12 | 54.9% | 54.9% | |||
| 11 | 51.7% | 51.7% | |||
| 10 | 44.1% | 40.2% | 45.8% | 44.0% | |
| 9 | 19.1% | 31.1% | 42.8% | 32.2% | |
| 8 | 28.7% | 37.4% | 47.8% | 50.2% | 39.3% |
| 7 | 29.7% | 22.2% | 30.2% | 25.7% | 26.9% |
| 6 | 27.0% | 29.9% | 28.9% | 19.8% | 27.3% |
| 5 | 14.5% | 18.2% | 18.2% | 13.4% | 16.5% |
| 4 | 15.6% | 15.8% | 16.6% | 12.1% | 15.1% |
| 3 | 9.5% | 10.7% | 10.0% | 8.6% | 9.7% |
| 2 | 6.9% | 7.8% | 7.4% | 7.3% | 7.4% |
| 1 | 3.2% | 3.9% | 3.9% | 3.4% | 3.7% |
GPP by Position
| Count | G | C | W | D | Total |
| 12 | 34.1% | 34.1% | |||
| 11 | 38.7% | 38.7% | |||
| 10 | 35.8% | 27.2% | 35.2% | 33.8% | |
| 9 | 16.1% | 27.6% | 32.1% | 26.0% | |
| 8 | 26.3% | 30.6% | 37.5% | 32.2% | 31.9% |
| 7 | 24.2% | 17.5% | 23.3% | 16.2% | 20.7% |
| 6 | 19.0% | 24.9% | 23.6% | 15.2% | 21.6% |
| 5 | 13.1% | 15.5% | 15.8% | 12.1% | 14.4% |
| 4 | 14.9% | 13.8% | 15.3% | 10.1% | 13.4% |
| 3 | 9.7% | 10.4% | 10.0% | 7.8% | 9.4% |
| 2 | 7.6% | 7.7% | 7.4% | 6.4% | 7.3% |
| 1 | 4.2% | 4.5% | 4.1% | 3.5% | 4.0% |
