NHL DFS Expert Recap and Grading – Week of March 22nd
Top NHL DFS Experts
It was another strong week for the DFSArmy Cheat Sheet which took home top honors this week and remains atop the Overall Leaderboard this season. FantasyPros finished 2nd place this week, followed by our DailyOverlay – Cash Consensus picks.
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.
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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 | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| DFSArmy – Cheat Sheet | 4.80 | 3 | 5.00 | 1 | 4.25 | 4 | 5.67 | 1 | 6.14 | 1 | 5.17 |
| FantasyPros | – | – | 3.40 | 4 | – | – | 5.00 | 3 | – | – | 4.20 |
| Industry Consensus – Cash | 3.44 | 6 | 3.06 | 5 | 3.92 | 6 | 4.94 | 4 | 3.57 | 6 | 3.79 |
| RotoGrinders Lineup Builder | 5.50 | 2 | 2.67 | 8 | 4.00 | 5 | 3.11 | 11 | 3.33 | 8 | 3.72 |
| Awesemo – Projections | 2.30 | 13 | 2.33 | 12 | 5.08 | 3 | 5.17 | 2 | 2.73 | 15 | 3.52 |
| RotoGrinders Consensus | 5.57 | 1 | 2.25 | 13 | – | – | 2.00 | 18 | 3.18 | 11 | 3.25 |
| Rotowire | 3.35 | 7 | 3.00 | 6 | 3.21 | 11 | 4.18 | 7 | 2.24 | 18 | 3.20 |
| Rotogrinders NHL Slate Summary | 4.33 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 1.86 | 23 | – | – | 3.10 |
| NumberFire | 1.00 | 22 | 4.00 | 3 | 2.00 | 20 | 4.20 | 6 | 3.60 | 5 | 2.96 |
| RunPureSports | 2.82 | 10 | 2.65 | 9 | 3.60 | 9 | 2.75 | 13 | 2.71 | 16 | 2.91 |
| FantasyAlarm – Playbook | 2.83 | 9 | 2.52 | 10 | 3.67 | 8 | 3.19 | 10 | 2.28 | 17 | 2.90 |
| Rotoballer | 4.40 | 4 | 1.45 | 20 | 3.00 | 16 | 2.50 | 14 | 3.00 | 13 | 2.87 |
| DailyRoto – Optimizer | 2.22 | 14 | 2.88 | 7 | 3.11 | 14 | 2.00 | 18 | 3.67 | 4 | 2.78 |
| Industry Consensus – GPP | 2.44 | 11 | 1.94 | 14 | 3.00 | 16 | 4.42 | 5 | 2.06 | 21 | 2.77 |
| DFSArmy – Domination Station | 2.00 | 15 | 1.78 | 16 | 3.00 | 16 | 2.00 | 18 | 4.89 | 3 | 2.73 |
| Sportsline | 3.00 | 8 | 1.71 | 17 | 3.14 | 13 | 2.25 | 17 | 3.29 | 9 | 2.68 |
| Awesemo – Power Plays | 1.33 | 21 | 1.20 | 21 | 3.17 | 12 | 2.38 | 15 | 5.20 | 2 | 2.66 |
| EliteFantasy | 1.57 | 18 | 1.85 | 15 | 2.81 | 19 | 3.64 | 8 | 2.92 | 14 | 2.56 |
| DK Playbook | 1.80 | 16 | 2.36 | 11 | 3.40 | 10 | 1.94 | 21 | 3.18 | 11 | 2.54 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | – | – | 1.67 | 18 | 1.00 | 22 | 3.57 | 9 | 3.44 | 7 | 2.42 |
| DailyFantasyInsider | 1.00 | 22 | 0.00 | 24 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 24 | 0.00 | 22 | 2.40 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 1.56 | 19 | 1.50 | 19 | 3.75 | 7 | 1.89 | 22 | 3.25 | 10 | 2.39 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 1.67 | 17 | 4.22 | 2 | 3.11 | 14 | 0.56 | 25 | 2.22 | 20 | 2.36 |
| NHL.com | 1.50 | 20 | 0.80 | 23 | 5.75 | 2 | 3.00 | 12 | 0.00 | 22 | 2.21 |
| Rotoworld | 2.43 | 12 | 1.13 | 22 | 1.11 | 21 | 2.33 | 16 | 2.23 | 19 | 1.85 |
Sleepers of the Week
Monday (March 22)
A+ – Chris Kreider (DraftKings Playbook)
Tuesday (March 23)
A+ – Sean Couturier (DraftKings Playbook)
A+ – Kevin Lankinen (RotoGrinders – Consensus)
A+ – Phil Kessel (Rotowire – Optimizer)
Wednesday (March 24)
A+ – Brandon Montour (Rotowire)
Thursday (March 25)
A+ – Connor Murphy (DFSArmy – Cheat Sheet)
A+ – Pavel Buchnevich (Rotowire)
Friday (March 26)
A+ – Tucker Poolman (DFSArmy – Cheat Sheet)
A+ – Blake Wheeler (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Tom Wilson (RotoGrinders – Consensus)
A+ – Oliver Ekman-Larsson (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: 3.40) increased their lead in the overall standings
#2) Awesemo – Projections (Score: 3.11) remains in 2nd place on the leaderboard
#3) RotoGrinders – Slate Summary (Score: 2.77) rounds out the Top 3 for yet another week
Our DailyOverlay – Cash Consensus picks are in 4th place while our GPP Consensus picks are in 18th 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) DFSArmy – Domination Station (4.92) – NEW LEADER
#2) NumberFire (4.82) – NEW
Top Value –RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (2.24 DK Pts/$1000)
Center
#1) DailyFantasyInsider (4.03)
#2) Sportsline (3.91)
Top Value – RotoGrinders – Consensus (2.05 DK Pts/$1000) – NEW LEADER
Wing
#1) Awesemo – Projections (2.13)
#2) DFSArmy – Cheat Sheet (1.96) – NEW
Top Value – RotoGrinders – Consensus (2.26 DK Pts/$1000)
Defensemen
#1) Awesemo – Projections (3.04)
#2) RotoGrinders – Slate Summary (2.73)
Top Value – RotoGrinders – Slate Summary (2.08 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 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 | 62.8% | 62.8% | |||
| 15 | 63.2% | 62.4% | 63.0% | ||
| 14 | 45.6% | 58.9% | 57.2% | ||
| 13 | 53.8% | 53.8% | 31.7% | 50.1% | |
| 12 | 38.3% | 50.1% | 44.7% | 24.2% | 44.1% |
| 11 | 30.8% | 42.6% | 24.9% | 32.2% | 36.7% |
| 10 | 32.5% | 32.0% | 38.0% | 34.5% | |
| 9 | 29.2% | 34.3% | 30.8% | 28.5% | 31.2% |
| 8 | 21.8% | 30.2% | 26.9% | 21.9% | 25.7% |
| 7 | 19.1% | 26.1% | 25.2% | 14.2% | 21.6% |
| 6 | 13.3% | 20.1% | 20.1% | 14.8% | 17.4% |
| 5 | 12.8% | 17.2% | 15.2% | 14.2% | 14.8% |
| 4 | 9.9% | 12.2% | 12.3% | 7.6% | 10.9% |
| 3 | 7.3% | 9.0% | 9.9% | 8.3% | 9.0% |
| 2 | 5.0% | 6.0% | 6.4% | 5.4% | 6.0% |
| 1 | 2.5% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3.5% | 3.5% |
GPP by Position
| Count | G | C | W | D | Total |
| 19 | 53.9% | 53.9% | |||
| 18 | |||||
| 17 | 50.6% | 50.6% | |||
| 16 | 41.4% | 41.4% | |||
| 15 | 46.9% | 46.2% | 46.7% | ||
| 14 | 36.4% | 43.6% | 42.7% | ||
| 13 | 39.9% | 35.9% | 21.6% | 34.8% | |
| 12 | 27.1% | 33.6% | 37.9% | 20.8% | 32.1% |
| 11 | 29.6% | 29.1% | 18.0% | 25.6% | 27.5% |
| 10 | 26.3% | 21.7% | 27.0% | 25.0% | |
| 9 | 24.2% | 24.4% | 23.1% | 22.0% | 23.7% |
| 8 | 18.4% | 21.0% | 19.1% | 16.6% | 19.2% |
| 7 | 15.9% | 20.2% | 19.2% | 10.9% | 16.9% |
| 6 | 11.5% | 16.2% | 16.1% | 11.3% | 14.0% |
| 5 | 12.1% | 14.8% | 12.9% | 11.4% | 12.7% |
| 4 | 9.7% | 11.8% | 10.3% | 7.6% | 10.0% |
| 3 | 7.9% | 9.6% | 9.2% | 7.1% | 8.5% |
| 2 | 5.9% | 7.1% | 6.6% | 5.3% | 6.2% |
| 1 | 3.5% | 4.4% | 4.1% | 3.6% | 3.9% |
