NHL DFS Expert Recap and Grading – Week of February 1st

Top NHL DFS Experts

Another week of NHL action and DFS grading is in the books. This past week saw DailyFantasyInsider provide the top plays of the week. They were followed by Awesemo Projections which also took over the led in the Overall Standings. Also, make note that our DailyOverlay – Cash Consensus picks finished 3rd for the week and have moved up to 5th overall. A great tool for building your NHL Cash game lineups.

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	Thur	Rk	Fri	Rk	Avg
DailyFantasyInsider	2.00	12	1.50	18	5.50	1	10.00	1	4.75
Awesemo – Projections	3.08	5	2.17	12	3.92	4	4.67	2	3.46
Industry Consensus – Cash	2.64	8	2.58	7	2.31	15	4.33	3	2.97
NumberFire	4.80	1	0.75	23	3.20	8	3.00	5	2.94
Rotogrinders NHL Slate Summary	2.63	9	3.25	3	2.43	12	–	–	2.77
DFSArmy – Cheat Sheet	1.50	17	3.63	1	2.38	14	3.43	4	2.74
FantasyAlarm – Playbook	3.14	4	2.26	11	2.00	17	2.76	8	2.54
Rotoballer	3.08	5	3.42	2	1.83	19	1.73	18	2.52
Rotoworld	2.33	11	2.81	5	2.50	10	2.40	12	2.51
RotoGrinders Consensus	1.92	15	1.40	20	3.90	5	2.82	6	2.51
Rotowire	3.80	3	1.75	15	2.05	16	2.29	14	2.47
DailyFantasyNerd	1.33	18	2.56	9	3.89	6	1.78	17	2.39
DK Playbook	–	–	2.69	6	–	–	2.00	16	2.35
EliteFantasy	4.23	2	1.58	16	1.08	22	2.26	15	2.29
DFSArmy – Domination Station	0.78	21	3.13	4	4.11	2	1.00	21	2.26
RotoGrinders Lineup Builder	0.78	21	1.89	14	4.00	3	2.33	13	2.25
Industry Consensus – GPP	2.70	7	2.38	10	2.50	10	1.40	20	2.25
Awesemo – Power Plays	2.00	12	1.14	21	3.11	9	2.71	10	2.24
Rotowire – Optimizer	2.56	10	1.56	17	1.78	20	2.78	7	2.17
Sportsline	1.00	20	2.57	8	2.43	12	2.57	11	2.14
NHL.com	1.20	19	2.00	13	2.00	17	2.75	9	1.99
DailyRoto – Optimizer	2.00	12	0.89	22	3.22	7	1.56	19	1.92
FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator	1.67	16	1.50	18	1.63	21	1.00	21	1.45
FantasyPros	–	–	0.60	24	0.33	23	–	–	0.47

Sleepers of the Week

Monday (Feb 1)
A+ – Mark Scheifele (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Kyle Connor (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Mikael Granlund (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Jeff Petry (Rotowire)

Tuesday (Feb 2)
A+ – Josh Anderson (DK Playbook)
A+ – Colton Parayko (Rotoballer)
A+ – Joe Pavelski (Rotoworld)
A+ – Calvin Petersen (Sportsline)

Thursday (Feb 4)
A+ – Antti Raanta (Awesemo – Power Plays)
A+ – Dougie Hamilton (Awesemo – Projections)
A+ – Ryan Strome (Rotowire)
A+ – Ryan O’Reilly (Rotowire – Optimizer)
A+ – Christian Dvorak (Rotoworld)
A+ – Igor Sesterkin (Rotoworld)

Friday (Feb 5)
A+ – James van Riemsdyk (FantasyAlarm – Playbook)
A+ – Vladislav Namestnikov (RotoGrinders Consensus)

Leaderboard – Overall

Be sure to check out the full NHL Expert Standings to see how your favorite experts check out.

#1) Awesemo – Projections (Score: 3.40) glides into the top spot overall by finishing 2nd for the week

#2) RotoGrinders – Slate Summary (Score: 3.31) drops one spot in the overall standings

#3) DFSArmy – Cheat Sheet (Score: 3.00) moves up into the Top 3 with a 6th place finish this past week

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 tie) Awesemo – Power Plays (6.00)

#1 tie) NumberFire (6.00)

Top Value –Awesemo – Power Plays (2.06 DK Pts/$1000)

Center

#1) Sportsline (4.22)

#2) Awesemo – Projections (3.75)

Top Value – EliteFantasy (2.13 DK Pts/$1000)

Wing

#1) RotoGrinders – Slate Summary (2.30) – NEW LEADER

#2) Awesemo – Projections (2.09) – NEW

Top Value – DFSArmy – Domination Station (2.75 DK Pts/$1000) – NEW

Defensemen

#1) Awesemo – Projections (3.62)

#2) NHL.com (3.62)

Top Value – NHL.com (2.24 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
17		66.9%			66.9%
16		63.4%			63.4%
15
14		58.3%			58.3%
13
12		67.0%	37.6%		52.3%
11	33.6%	53.6%	19.0%	33.8%	37.9%
10	36.7%		56.3%		43.2%
9	42.4%	39.0%	33.2%	21.3%	35.1%
8	25.7%	31.3%	28.3%	26.4%	28.6%
7	18.9%	32.3%	35.0%	16.6%	26.1%
6	14.6%	27.0%	22.5%	20.2%	21.0%
5	13.4%	22.3%	20.6%	16.6%	18.7%
4	9.4%	15.4%	13.7%	6.7%	12.1%
3	6.5%	9.1%	9.4%	9.0%	8.9%
2	5.8%	6.0%	6.7%	6.0%	6.3%
1	3.1%	3.3%	3.9%	3.6%	3.6%

GPP by Position

Count	G	C	W	D	Total
17		46.5%			46.5%
16		35.8%			35.8%
15
14		43.7%			43.7%
13
12		33.6%	31.4%		32.5%
11	33.3%	28.6%	12.6%	25.3%	25.6%
10	26.1%		31.3%		27.8%
9	28.2%	22.8%	19.7%	13.4%	21.1%
8	19.6%	20.8%	17.6%	21.5%	19.5%
7	15.3%	22.7%	20.1%	14.0%	18.5%
6	10.7%	18.3%	16.8%	12.1%	14.5%
5	12.7%	19.2%	15.3%	12.5%	15.2%
4	9.0%	13.4%	10.5%	7.2%	10.3%
3	7.2%	10.3%	9.1%	7.1%	8.6%
2	6.8%	7.3%	7.2%	5.8%	6.8%
1	4.1%	4.4%	4.4%	3.8%	4.2%