NHL DFS Expert Recap and Grading – Week of February 22nd
Top NHL DFS Experts
The top NHL DFS analysts for the past week were DailyFantasyInsider, FantasyPros, and the DFSArmy Domination Station. Meanwhile, the Top 3 in the Overall Standings remains the same this week with DFSArmy Cheat Sheet, RotoGrinders Slate Summary, and Awesemo Projections. However, there was some movement in the position-by-position standings with a few different sites taking the lead.
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 | Avg |
| DailyFantasyInsider | 5.00 | 1 | 4.00 | 3 | 0.00 | 22 | 5.00 | 1 | 3.50 |
| FantasyPros | – | – | 3.50 | 7 | – | – | 2.60 | 12 | 3.05 |
| DFSArmy – Domination Station | 1.00 | 19 | 4.22 | 2 | 2.22 | 9 | 3.78 | 3 | 2.81 |
| RotoGrinders Consensus | 1.25 | 16 | 3.58 | 6 | 2.82 | 3 | 2.75 | 9 | 2.60 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 1.56 | 13 | 4.38 | 1 | 2.33 | 6 | 2.00 | 19 | 2.57 |
| Awesemo – Projections | 2.08 | 7 | 3.92 | 4 | 1.50 | 17 | 2.75 | 9 | 2.56 |
| NHL.com | 4.00 | 2 | 1.40 | 21 | 2.25 | 8 | 2.40 | 15 | 2.51 |
| Rotogrinders NHL Slate Summary | 0.67 | 21 | 2.50 | 11 | – | – | 4.33 | 2 | 2.50 |
| NumberFire | 1.60 | 12 | 3.80 | 5 | 3.40 | 1 | 1.00 | 25 | 2.45 |
| RotoGrinders Lineup Builder | 1.78 | 11 | 2.11 | 14 | 3.38 | 2 | 2.44 | 13 | 2.43 |
| FantasyAlarm – Playbook | 2.30 | 4 | 2.48 | 12 | 2.80 | 4 | 1.96 | 20 | 2.39 |
| DFSArmy – Cheat Sheet | 1.91 | 10 | 1.17 | 22 | 2.71 | 5 | 3.13 | 5 | 2.23 |
| EliteFantasy | 2.34 | 3 | 1.57 | 18 | 1.96 | 11 | 2.86 | 7 | 2.18 |
| RunPureSports | 2.23 | 5 | 2.76 | 9 | 1.44 | 18 | 2.12 | 17 | 2.14 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 0.89 | 20 | 2.78 | 8 | 1.71 | 13 | 3.00 | 6 | 2.10 |
| Industry Consensus – GPP | 2.17 | 6 | 2.11 | 14 | 2.29 | 7 | 1.13 | 24 | 1.93 |
| Industry Consensus – Cash | 1.05 | 18 | 2.67 | 10 | 1.13 | 20 | 2.84 | 8 | 1.92 |
| DailyRoto – Optimizer | 1.11 | 17 | 1.56 | 19 | 2.22 | 9 | 2.44 | 13 | 1.83 |
| Rotowire | 2.05 | 8 | 1.50 | 20 | 1.52 | 16 | 2.10 | 18 | 1.79 |
| Rotoballer | 0.63 | 22 | 1.67 | 17 | 1.00 | 21 | 3.75 | 4 | 1.76 |
| Sportsline | 0.57 | 23 | 2.29 | 13 | 1.38 | 19 | 2.71 | 11 | 1.74 |
| Awesemo – Power Plays | 1.38 | 15 | – | – | 1.83 | 12 | 1.44 | 21 | 1.55 |
| Rotoworld | 1.92 | 9 | 0.88 | 24 | 1.67 | 14 | 1.43 | 22 | 1.48 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 1.44 | 14 | 0.89 | 23 | 1.56 | 15 | 1.22 | 23 | 1.28 |
| DK Playbook | 0.50 | 24 | 1.79 | 16 | 0.00 | 22 | 2.28 | 16 | 1.14 |
Sleepers of the Week
Monday (Feb 22)
A+ – Victor Hedman (Awesemo – Projections)
A+ – Sam Bennett (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Jake Bean (NHL.com)
A+ – Marc-Andre Fleury (Rotoworld)
A+ – Jonathan Quick (RunPureSports)
Tuesday (Feb 23)
A+ – Carl Soderberg (DFSArmy – Domination Station)
A+ – Pekka Rinne (FantasyAlarm – Playbook)
A+ – Patrik Laine (RunPureSports)
Wednesday (Feb 24)
A+ – Claude Giroux (FantasyAlarm – Playbook)
A+ – David Rittich (Rotoworld)
Thursday (Feb 25)
A+ – Sergei Bobrovsky (DailyFantasyNerd)
A+ – Matt Irwin (DailyRoto – Optimizer)
A+ – Alexsander Barkov (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Calvin de Haan (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Lars Eller (Rotoballer)
A+ – Nicklas Backstrom (Rotowire)
A+ – Urho Vaakanainen (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: 3.07) maintains the top spot for the second week in a row
#2) RotoGrinders – Slate Summary (Score: 2.99) continues to post strong picks and holds onto 2nd place
#3) Awesemo – Projections (Score: 2.91) rounds out the Top 3 for another 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) DailyFantasyNerd (5.29) – NEW LEADER
#2) NumberFire (5.16)
Top Value –DFSArmy – Domination Station (2.13 DK Pts/$1000) – NEW LEADER
Center
#1) RotoGrinders – Slate Summary (3.94) – NEW LEADER
#2) DailyFantasyInsider (3.87) – NEW
Top Value – DailyFantasyInsider (2.11 DK Pts/$1000) – NEW LEADER
Wing
#1) FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator (2.08)
#2) Awesemo – Projections (1.84)
Top Value – DFSArmy – Domination Station (2.28 DK Pts/$1000)
Defensemen
#1) NHL.com (2.96) – NEW LEADER
#2) RotoGrinders – Slate Summary (2.92) – NEW
Top Value – FantasyPros (2.32 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 | 69.9% | 69.9% | |||
| 16 | 63.9% | 63.9% | |||
| 15 | 66.6% | 66.6% | |||
| 14 | 60.5% | 60.5% | |||
| 13 | 54.7% | 54.0% | 54.4% | ||
| 12 | 28.9% | 52.8% | 37.6% | 46.3% | |
| 11 | 29.2% | 47.8% | 19.0% | 33.8% | 35.3% |
| 10 | 38.7% | 33.3% | 52.4% | 40.1% | |
| 9 | 42.2% | 38.5% | 32.2% | 24.8% | 35.1% |
| 8 | 21.3% | 27.8% | 27.3% | 24.7% | 25.3% |
| 7 | 20.5% | 29.4% | 28.3% | 13.5% | 23.1% |
| 6 | 13.9% | 22.5% | 20.3% | 16.0% | 18.7% |
| 5 | 12.8% | 20.8% | 19.0% | 15.6% | 17.0% |
| 4 | 9.7% | 12.9% | 12.1% | 7.3% | 10.9% |
| 3 | 6.1% | 8.5% | 10.2% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 2 | 5.4% | 6.0% | 6.6% | 5.7% | 6.2% |
| 1 | 2.7% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3.5% |
GPP by Position
| Count | G | C | W | D | Total |
| 19 | 53.9% | 53.9% | |||
| 18 | |||||
| 17 | 48.8% | 48.8% | |||
| 16 | 38.3% | 38.3% | |||
| 15 | 48.4% | 48.4% | |||
| 14 | 42.5% | 42.5% | |||
| 13 | 40.3% | 36.2% | 38.3% | ||
| 12 | 19.2% | 34.4% | 31.4% | 31.3% | |
| 11 | 26.0% | 29.1% | 12.6% | 25.3% | 25.4% |
| 10 | 31.0% | 21.7% | 33.7% | 28.2% | |
| 9 | 33.4% | 25.0% | 21.6% | 19.0% | 24.6% |
| 8 | 17.1% | 18.6% | 17.9% | 19.1% | 17.9% |
| 7 | 16.0% | 21.2% | 20.3% | 10.4% | 17.1% |
| 6 | 10.5% | 17.3% | 15.2% | 10.6% | 13.8% |
| 5 | 12.7% | 17.5% | 14.4% | 11.5% | 14.0% |
| 4 | 9.3% | 12.0% | 10.1% | 7.5% | 9.9% |
| 3 | 7.1% | 9.3% | 9.5% | 7.3% | 8.6% |
| 2 | 6.4% | 7.2% | 6.8% | 5.6% | 6.5% |
| 1 | 3.7% | 4.5% | 4.2% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
