NHL DFS Expert Recap and Grading – Week of April 5th
Top NHL DFS Experts
FantasyPros delivered the top NHL DFS plays this week. They were followed by DailyFantasyInsider with NHL.com rounding out the Top 3 for the week. Overall, it is still the same trio as last week. We’ll see if any experts can make a move as we head down the stretch of the regular season.
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 |
| FantasyPros | – | – | 6.25 | 2 | – | – | 2.00 | 10 | – | – | 4.13 |
| DailyFantasyInsider | 2.50 | 11 | 1.50 | 22 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 24 | 2.50 | 11 | 3.50 |
| NHL.com | 1.25 | 23 | 6.75 | 1 | 2.40 | 16 | 2.67 | 3 | 3.25 | 3 | 3.26 |
| DFSArmy – Cheat Sheet | 5.40 | 1 | 2.63 | 17 | 3.50 | 4 | 2.50 | 5 | 1.71 | 17 | 3.15 |
| RunPureSports | 2.12 | 16 | 4.76 | 4 | 2.72 | 11 | 3.13 | 1 | 2.24 | 12 | 2.99 |
| Awesemo – Projections | 2.67 | 7 | 4.42 | 5 | 2.83 | 9 | 1.42 | 20 | 2.64 | 9 | 2.80 |
| RotoGrinders Lineup Builder | 3.11 | 2 | 3.44 | 10 | 3.11 | 7 | 1.22 | 23 | 2.89 | 5 | 2.75 |
| Industry Consensus – Cash | 2.25 | 13 | 3.71 | 9 | 3.25 | 5 | 1.80 | 15 | 2.75 | 6 | 2.75 |
| DK Playbook | 2.58 | 9 | 2.27 | 18 | 2.82 | 10 | 2.00 | 10 | 3.91 | 1 | 2.72 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 1.56 | 21 | 4.33 | 6 | 5.22 | 2 | 1.56 | 18 | 0.89 | 23 | 2.71 |
| DailyRoto – Optimizer | 1.67 | 19 | 3.44 | 10 | 2.33 | 17 | 2.56 | 4 | 3.33 | 2 | 2.67 |
| Industry Consensus – GPP | 2.20 | 15 | 5.27 | 3 | 1.31 | 22 | 2.47 | 6 | 1.94 | 13 | 2.64 |
| DFSArmy – Domination Station | 1.11 | 24 | 4.00 | 7 | 3.22 | 6 | 2.11 | 9 | 2.56 | 10 | 2.60 |
| Sportsline | 2.57 | 10 | 3.83 | 8 | 2.57 | 15 | 2.43 | 7 | 1.43 | 20 | 2.57 |
| Rotoballer | 2.88 | 5 | 3.38 | 12 | 2.67 | 13 | 2.25 | 8 | 1.57 | 18 | 2.55 |
| EliteFantasy | 1.31 | 22 | 2.65 | 16 | 2.23 | 18 | 3.13 | 1 | 2.72 | 8 | 2.41 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 2.44 | 12 | 1.89 | 19 | 3.00 | 8 | 1.33 | 21 | 3.13 | 4 | 2.36 |
| Rotowire | 2.21 | 14 | 2.81 | 13 | 1.81 | 20 | 1.86 | 14 | 2.74 | 7 | 2.29 |
| FantasyAlarm – Playbook | 1.88 | 17 | 2.75 | 15 | 2.71 | 12 | 1.92 | 13 | 1.92 | 14 | 2.24 |
| NumberFire | 2.80 | 6 | 2.80 | 14 | 2.60 | 14 | 1.00 | 24 | 1.75 | 16 | 2.19 |
| RotoGrinders Consensus | 2.67 | 7 | 1.67 | 21 | 3.58 | 3 | 1.58 | 17 | 1.08 | 21 | 2.12 |
| Rotogrinders NHL Slate Summary | 3.00 | 3 | 0.60 | 24 | – | – | 1.71 | 16 | 1.86 | 15 | 1.79 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 3.00 | 3 | 1.33 | 23 | 1.88 | 19 | 1.29 | 22 | 1.44 | 19 | 1.79 |
| Rotoworld | 1.85 | 18 | 1.81 | 20 | 1.46 | 21 | 2.00 | 10 | 0.89 | 23 | 1.60 |
| Awesemo – Power Plays | 1.67 | 19 | 0.00 | 25 | – | – | 1.50 | 19 | 1.00 | 22 | 1.04 |
Sleepers of the Week
Monday (April 5)
A+ – Kevin Fiala (FantasyAlarm – Playbook)
A+ – Ryan Hartman (RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder)
Tuesday (April 6)
A+ – David Backes (DailyRoto – Optimizer)
A+ – Casey Mittelstadt (NHL.com)
A+ – Mike Matheson (NHL.com)
A+ – Colin Blackwell (Sportsline)
Wednesday (April 7)
A+ – Joel Eriksson Ek (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Kirill Kaprizov (FantasyAlarm – Playbook)
A+ – Jordan Binnington (RunPureSports)
Thursday (April 8)
A+ – Alex Nedeljkovic (DailyRoto – Optimizer)
A+ – Roope Hintz (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Jack Hughes (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Viktor Arvidsson (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Yegor Sharangovich (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Connor Murphy (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Kris Letang (RunPureSports)
A+ – Pavel Zacha (RunPureSports)
A+ – Jack Roslovic (RunPureSports)
Friday (April 9)
A+ – Brent Burns (DailyFantasyNerd, DailyRoto – Optimizer)
A+ – Jonas Johansson (FantasyAlarm – Playbook, Rotowire)
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: 3.36) continues to lead heading into the final stretch of the season
#2) Awesemo – Projections (Score: 3.07) maintains their hold on 2nd place overall
#3) DailyOverlay – Cash Consensus (Score: 2.74) our Cash Consensus have been solid all season long
Our DailyOverlay – Cash Consensus picks are in 3rd 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) DailyFantasyNerd (4.88) – NEW LEADER
#2) DFSArmy – Domination Station (4.82) – NEW
Top Value –RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (2.07 DK Pts/$1000)
Center
#1) DailyFantasyInsider (4.00)
#2) Sportsline (3.81)
Top Value – RotoGrinders – Consensus (2.06 DK Pts/$1000)
Wing
#1) FantasyPros (2.03) – NEW LEADER
#2) Awesemo – Projections (1.99)
Top Value – FantasyPros (2.26 DK Pts/$1000) – NEW LEADER
Defensemen
#1) Awesemo – Projections (2.92)
#2) RotoGrinders – Slate Summary (2.71)
Top Value – RotoGrinders – Slate Summary (2.93 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 | 69.6% | 69.6% | |||
| 16 | 61.7% | 61.7% | |||
| 15 | 63.1% | 62.4% | 63.0% | ||
| 14 | 45.6% | 55.3% | 54.3% | ||
| 13 | 46.7% | 53.0% | 31.7% | 48.0% | |
| 12 | 32.0% | 50.1% | 44.7% | 24.2% | 41.2% |
| 11 | 26.9% | 41.1% | 28.3% | 32.2% | 36.0% |
| 10 | 30.8% | 32.0% | 36.6% | 33.5% | |
| 9 | 26.7% | 34.3% | 30.9% | 28.5% | 30.5% |
| 8 | 21.3% | 29.8% | 25.5% | 21.9% | 24.9% |
| 7 | 19.3% | 25.2% | 25.7% | 16.0% | 21.8% |
| 6 | 13.6% | 20.2% | 19.8% | 14.3% | 17.1% |
| 5 | 12.5% | 16.7% | 15.1% | 12.8% | 14.4% |
| 4 | 10.3% | 11.9% | 12.2% | 8.1% | 10.9% |
| 3 | 7.4% | 9.1% | 9.5% | 8.2% | 8.8% |
| 2 | 5.0% | 6.1% | 6.5% | 5.5% | 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 | 49.4% | 49.4% | |||
| 16 | 41.1% | 41.1% | |||
| 15 | 46.7% | 46.2% | 46.6% | ||
| 14 | 36.4% | 40.0% | 39.7% | ||
| 13 | 35.1% | 36.9% | 21.6% | 34.3% | |
| 12 | 23.1% | 33.6% | 37.9% | 20.8% | 30.1% |
| 11 | 25.7% | 28.6% | 21.5% | 25.6% | 26.9% |
| 10 | 26.3% | 21.7% | 26.7% | 25.1% | |
| 9 | 22.6% | 25.0% | 23.2% | 22.0% | 23.5% |
| 8 | 17.9% | 20.8% | 18.9% | 18.2% | 19.0% |
| 7 | 15.6% | 20.1% | 19.9% | 12.1% | 17.2% |
| 6 | 11.7% | 16.5% | 15.8% | 11.0% | 13.8% |
| 5 | 11.9% | 14.5% | 13.0% | 10.7% | 12.5% |
| 4 | 10.2% | 11.5% | 10.4% | 7.7% | 10.0% |
| 3 | 8.0% | 9.5% | 8.9% | 7.0% | 8.4% |
| 2 | 5.9% | 7.1% | 6.5% | 5.4% | 6.3% |
| 1 | 3.4% | 4.4% | 4.1% | 3.5% | 3.9% |
