NHL DFS Expert Recap and Grading – Week of March 15th
Top NHL DFS Experts
A bunch of familiar faces atop the NHL DFS leaderboard for this week with Awesemo Projections, followed by Sportsline, and the DFSArmy Cheat Sheet taking the Top 3 spots. While the top of the Overall Leaderboard remains the same this week, there was a lot of movement in the positional standings.
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 score 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.
Also, don’t forget to sign up to be a premium member so that you don’t miss out on any content. We are still offering a FREE 7-DAY TRIAL. You’ll be glad you signed up!
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 | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| Awesemo – Projections | 3.75 | 3 | 2.92 | 4 | 3.83 | 5 | 4.25 | 3 | 3.00 | 4 | 3.55 |
| Sportsline | 3.43 | 6 | 2.71 | 10 | 5.43 | 1 | 3.57 | 4 | 2.57 | 8 | 3.54 |
| DFSArmy – Cheat Sheet | 3.14 | 8 | 2.75 | 9 | 4.25 | 3 | 5.22 | 1 | 2.25 | 10 | 3.52 |
| Industry Consensus – Cash | 2.71 | 13 | 2.76 | 6 | 3.79 | 6 | 4.60 | 2 | 2.31 | 9 | 3.23 |
| RunPureSports | 2.92 | 10 | 2.76 | 6 | 2.16 | 16 | 3.50 | 5 | 3.20 | 3 | 2.91 |
| RotoGrinders Consensus | 3.08 | 9 | 2.83 | 5 | 4.67 | 2 | 2.00 | 18 | 1.91 | 14 | 2.90 |
| RotoGrinders Lineup Builder | 2.33 | 15 | 2.44 | 15 | 2.44 | 11 | 2.89 | 10 | 3.44 | 1 | 2.71 |
| DailyFantasyInsider | 6.00 | 1 | 2.50 | 13 | 3.00 | 8 | 1.00 | 24 | 1.00 | 20 | 2.70 |
| Rotoballer | 3.55 | 4 | 3.00 | 3 | 2.20 | 15 | 2.73 | 12 | 2.00 | 12 | 2.70 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 2.11 | 17 | 1.56 | 21 | 3.56 | 7 | 3.33 | 6 | 2.78 | 7 | 2.67 |
| Rotogrinders NHL Slate Summary | 1.86 | 19 | 3.83 | 1 | 1.86 | 18 | 2.86 | 11 | – | – | 2.60 |
| FantasyAlarm – Playbook | 2.20 | 16 | 2.76 | 6 | 2.55 | 10 | 2.58 | 13 | 2.92 | 5 | 2.60 |
| Awesemo – Power Plays | 4.33 | 2 | 2.57 | 12 | 2.67 | 9 | 2.14 | 17 | 1.00 | 20 | 2.54 |
| DFSArmy – Domination Station | 2.78 | 11 | 1.56 | 21 | 2.44 | 11 | 3.00 | 7 | 1.78 | 16 | 2.31 |
| EliteFantasy | 2.72 | 12 | 2.50 | 13 | 1.36 | 24 | 3.00 | 7 | 1.83 | 15 | 2.28 |
| DailyRoto – Optimizer | 1.78 | 20 | 2.33 | 16 | 4.11 | 4 | 1.78 | 20 | 1.33 | 18 | 2.27 |
| NHL.com | 3.50 | 5 | 3.75 | 2 | 2.25 | 14 | 1.00 | 24 | 0.75 | 23 | 2.25 |
| Rotoworld | 1.73 | 21 | 2.17 | 17 | 1.65 | 20 | 2.57 | 14 | 2.81 | 6 | 2.19 |
| Industry Consensus – GPP | 3.36 | 7 | 1.29 | 23 | 1.53 | 21 | 2.36 | 16 | 2.13 | 11 | 2.13 |
| NumberFire | 2.40 | 14 | 1.60 | 20 | 1.40 | 22 | 3.00 | 7 | 2.00 | 12 | 2.08 |
| DK Playbook | 1.61 | 23 | 2.69 | 11 | 2.27 | 13 | 1.39 | 22 | 1.44 | 17 | 1.88 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 1.63 | 22 | 1.88 | 19 | 1.38 | 23 | 2.44 | 15 | 1.25 | 19 | 1.72 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 0.89 | 24 | 0.89 | 24 | 2.00 | 17 | 1.50 | 21 | 3.22 | 2 | 1.70 |
| Rotowire | 1.89 | 18 | 1.95 | 18 | 1.71 | 19 | 1.88 | 19 | 0.92 | 22 | 1.67 |
| FantasyPros | – | – | 0.50 | 25 | – | – | 1.20 | 23 | – | – | 0.85 |
Sleepers of the Week
Monday (March 15)
A+ – Tristan Jarry (DFSArmy – Domination Station)
A+ – Ivan Provorov (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Noah Hanifin (RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder)
Tuesday (March 16)
A+ – Miro Heiskanen (Awesemo – Power Plays)
A+ – Dmitry Orlov (DraftKings Playbook)
A+ – Nazem Kadri (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Alexander Radulov (NHL.com)
A+ – Jonathan Bernier (RotoGrinders Consensus)
Wednesday (March 17)
A+ – Calvin Peterson (Rotowire, Sportsline)
Thursday (March 18)
A+ – Seth Jones (DailyFantasyNerd)
A+ – Travis Zajac (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Gabriel Landeskog (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Cam Talbot (FantasyAlarm – Playbook)
A+ – Mikko Rantanen (RunPureSports)
A+ – Juuse Saros (RunPureSports)
Friday (March 19)
A+ – Alec Martinez (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Nils Hoglander (RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder)
A+ – Mark Giordano (Rotowire – Optimizer)
A+ – Alex Iafallo (Rotoworld)
Leaderboard – Overall
Be sure to check out the full NHL Expert Standings to see how your favorite experts check out.
#1) DFSArmy – Cheat Sheet (Score: 3.19) maintains their lead over the pack for another week
#2) Awesemo – Projections (Score: 3.06) has a stronghold on the 2nd spot in the overall standings
#3) RotoGrinders – Slate Summary (Score: 2.78) continues to round out the Top 3 for the season
Our DailyOverlay – Cash Consensus picks are in 6th place while our GPP Consensus picks are in 19th place out of 25 experts graded this season.
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) DailyFantasyNerd (4.79) – NEW LEADER
#2) DFSArmy – Domination Station (4.69) – NEW
Top Value – RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (2.10 DK Pts/$1000)
Center
#1) DailyFantasyInsider (4.13) – NEW LEADER
#2) Sportsline (3.89) – NEW
Top Value – DailyFantasyInsider (2.16 DK Pts/$1000)
Wing
#1) Awesemo – Projections (2.05) – NEW LEADER
#2) NumberFire (1.89) – NEW
Top Value – RotoGrinders – Consensus (2.25 DK Pts/$1000)
Defensemen
#1) Awesemo – Projections (3.05)
#2) RotoGrinders – Slate Summary (2.73)
Top Value – RotoGrinders – Slate Summary (2.08 DK Pts/$1000) – NEW LEADER
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 single-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 |
| 19 | 82.1% | 82.1% | |||
| 18 | |||||
| 17 | 71.9% | 71.9% | |||
| 16 | 64.3% | 64.3% | |||
| 15 | 63.2% | 57.1% | 62.2% | ||
| 14 | 45.6% | 57.0% | 55.1% | ||
| 13 | 53.8% | 53.8% | 31.7% | 49.3% | |
| 12 | 33.0% | 50.1% | 38.9% | 24.2% | 42.6% |
| 11 | 29.2% | 42.6% | 24.9% | 34.8% | 36.8% |
| 10 | 32.5% | 32.0% | 39.8% | 34.9% | |
| 9 | 28.0% | 36.6% | 31.4% | 30.6% | 32.0% |
| 8 | 21.4% | 28.6% | 25.7% | 24.7% | 25.0% |
| 7 | 19.6% | 25.9% | 25.2% | 14.2% | 21.5% |
| 6 | 13.6% | 20.7% | 20.0% | 15.1% | 17.6% |
| 5 | 12.8% | 17.8% | 15.5% | 14.1% | 15.0% |
| 4 | 9.8% | 12.5% | 12.5% | 7.3% | 11.0% |
| 3 | 7.0% | 8.9% | 9.8% | 8.2% | 8.9% |
| 2 | 5.0% | 6.1% | 6.4% | 5.4% | 6.0% |
| 1 | 2.5% | 3.4% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 3.4% |
GPP by Position
| Count | G | C | W | D | Total |
| 19 | 53.9% | 53.9% | |||
| 18 | |||||
| 17 | 50.6% | 50.6% | |||
| 16 | 42.5% | 42.5% | |||
| 15 | 46.9% | 37.1% | 45.3% | ||
| 14 | 36.4% | 39.9% | 39.3% | ||
| 13 | 39.9% | 34.6% | 21.6% | 34.1% | |
| 12 | 20.7% | 33.6% | 32.9% | 20.8% | 30.0% |
| 11 | 26.0% | 27.8% | 18.0% | 25.6% | 25.9% |
| 10 | 26.3% | 21.7% | 27.9% | 25.2% | |
| 9 | 23.8% | 25.6% | 23.3% | 22.2% | 24.0% |
| 8 | 18.1% | 19.5% | 18.0% | 19.1% | 18.5% |
| 7 | 16.3% | 19.7% | 18.9% | 10.9% | 16.7% |
| 6 | 11.5% | 16.5% | 15.5% | 11.1% | 13.8% |
| 5 | 12.1% | 14.9% | 13.0% | 11.0% | 12.7% |
| 4 | 9.5% | 12.0% | 10.5% | 7.4% | 10.0% |
| 3 | 7.7% | 9.5% | 9.2% | 6.9% | 8.4% |
| 2 | 5.9% | 7.2% | 6.5% | 5.3% | 6.3% |
| 1 | 3.4% | 4.4% | 4.0% | 3.6% | 3.9% |
