NHL DFS Expert Recap and Grading – Week of March 29th
Top NHL DFS Experts
The top NHL DFS recommendations for the week came from FantasyPros, who was followed by Awesemo – Power Plays and DFSArmy – Cheat Sheet. In the overall standing, the Top 2 spots remained the same but our very own DailyOverlay – Cash Consensus picks moves up into 3rd place and have provided strong Cash game plays at each position all 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 | – | – | 4.00 | 3 | – | – | 3.50 | 1 | – | – | 3.75 |
| Awesemo – Power Plays | 4.50 | 4 | 2.75 | 9 | – | – | 2.25 | 12 | 4.40 | 1 | 3.48 |
| DFSArmy – Cheat Sheet | 4.00 | 5 | 3.50 | 5 | 4.33 | 3 | 2.63 | 8 | 2.43 | 7 | 3.38 |
| RotoGrinders Consensus | 3.75 | 8 | 4.67 | 2 | 2.91 | 12 | 3.00 | 2 | 1.64 | 18 | 3.19 |
| RotoGrinders Lineup Builder | 3.33 | 11 | 5.56 | 1 | 1.89 | 19 | 2.67 | 7 | 1.78 | 15 | 3.05 |
| Awesemo – Projections | 2.67 | 18 | 2.67 | 11 | 3.58 | 6 | 2.50 | 9 | 3.50 | 3 | 2.98 |
| RunPureSports | 3.68 | 9 | 2.56 | 13 | 3.17 | 7 | 2.79 | 3 | 2.63 | 6 | 2.97 |
| NHL.com | 3.00 | 12 | 4.00 | 3 | 5.75 | 1 | 1.25 | 21 | 0.50 | 23 | 2.90 |
| Industry Consensus – Cash | 2.87 | 16 | 3.13 | 6 | 2.92 | 11 | 2.31 | 11 | 2.17 | 12 | 2.68 |
| DFSArmy – Domination Station | 5.33 | 1 | 1.56 | 18 | 3.11 | 8 | 1.11 | 22 | 2.22 | 10 | 2.67 |
| Industry Consensus – GPP | 4.00 | 5 | 2.65 | 12 | 2.50 | 14 | 1.48 | 19 | 2.41 | 9 | 2.61 |
| DK Playbook | 4.85 | 3 | 1.80 | 16 | 0.71 | 23 | 2.78 | 4 | 2.18 | 11 | 2.46 |
| Rotoballer | 3.00 | 12 | 2.75 | 9 | 2.29 | 17 | 2.71 | 5 | 1.14 | 22 | 2.38 |
| NumberFire | 2.40 | 19 | 1.00 | 21 | 4.60 | 2 | 2.20 | 13 | 1.60 | 19 | 2.36 |
| FantasyAlarm – Playbook | 2.88 | 15 | 3.13 | 6 | 1.71 | 21 | 2.00 | 16 | 1.88 | 13 | 2.32 |
| DailyFantasyInsider | 5.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 24 | 4.00 | 4 | 2.50 | 9 | 0.00 | 24 | 2.30 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 1.56 | 24 | 2.22 | 14 | 2.56 | 13 | 0.89 | 24 | 3.67 | 2 | 2.18 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 2.11 | 20 | 1.56 | 18 | 3.00 | 9 | 1.00 | 23 | 3.22 | 4 | 2.18 |
| Rotogrinders NHL Slate Summary | 2.00 | 21 | 0.67 | 23 | 3.71 | 5 | 2.71 | 5 | 1.60 | 19 | 2.14 |
| EliteFantasy | 2.85 | 17 | 1.74 | 17 | 2.44 | 15 | 1.77 | 18 | 1.86 | 14 | 2.13 |
| DailyRoto – Optimizer | 4.00 | 5 | 3.11 | 8 | 1.78 | 20 | 0.44 | 25 | 1.22 | 21 | 2.11 |
| Sportsline | 3.00 | 12 | 0.86 | 22 | 3.00 | 9 | 1.86 | 17 | 1.71 | 16 | 2.09 |
| Rotowire | 1.61 | 23 | 1.81 | 15 | 2.41 | 16 | 2.05 | 15 | 2.43 | 7 | 2.06 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 1.78 | 22 | – | – | 1.22 | 22 | 2.13 | 14 | 3.00 | 5 | 2.03 |
| Rotoworld | 3.44 | 10 | 1.35 | 20 | 2.00 | 18 | 1.32 | 20 | 1.65 | 17 | 1.95 |
Sleepers of the Week
Monday (March 29)
A+ – Claude Giroux (Awesemo – Power Plays)
A+ – Timo Meier (DFSArmy – Domination Station)
A+ – Tyson Jost (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Nikolaj Ehlers (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Kris Russell (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Nick Bonino (RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder)
Tuesday (March 30)
A+ – Elvis Merzlikins (DailyRoto – Optimizer)
A+ – Artemi Panarin (FantasyAlarm – Playbook)
A+ – T.J. Oshie (NHL.com)
Wednesday (March 31)
A+ – Tyson Jost (DFSArmy – Domination Station)
A+ – Tomas Hertl (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Casey Mittelstadt (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Gabriel Landeskog (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Linus Ullmark (NHL.com)
A+ – William Karlsson (RotoGrinders – Consensus)
A+ – Brandon Montour (Rotowire)
A+ – Ryan Hartman (RunPureSports)
Thursday (April 1)
A+ – Esa Lindell (Awesemo – Power Plays)
A+ – Mathew Barzal (FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator)
A+ – Casey DeSmith (FantasyPros)
A+ – Jared Spurgeon (Rotoballer)
A+ – Cam Talbot (RotoGrinders – Consensus)
A+ – Jesper Fast (Rotowire)
A+ – Brayden Point (RunPureSports)
A+ – Max Domi (RunPureSports)
Friday (April 2)
A+ – Nick Schmaltz (Awesemo – Power Plays)
A+ – Timo Meier (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Brandon Saad (RunPureSports)
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) holds strong in the top spot for the season
#2) Awesemo – Projections (Score: 3.10) seems to have a stranglehold on 2nd place overall
#3) DailyOverlay – Cash Consensus (Score: 2.74) moves up into the Top 3 for the year
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) RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (4.87) – NEW LEADER
#2) DailyFantasyNerd (4.83) – NEW
Top Value – RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (2.23 DK Pts/$1000)
Center
#1) DailyFantasyInsider (3.89)
#2) Sportsline (3.82)
Top Value – RotoGrinders – Consensus (2.03 DK Pts/$1000)
Wing
#1) Awesemo – Projections (2.03)
#2) NumberFire (1.85) – NEW
Top Value – RotoGrinders – Consensus (2.26 DK Pts/$1000)
Defensemen
#1) Awesemo – Projections (3.03)
#2) RotoGrinders – Slate Summary (2.71)
Top Value – RotoGrinders – Slate Summary (2.11 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 | 61.7% | 61.7% | |||
| 15 | 63.2% | 62.4% | 63.0% | ||
| 14 | 45.6% | 57.2% | 55.9% | ||
| 13 | 53.8% | 53.0% | 31.7% | 50.2% | |
| 12 | 35.3% | 50.1% | 44.7% | 24.2% | 42.8% |
| 11 | 30.8% | 41.1% | 24.9% | 32.2% | 36.9% |
| 10 | 32.5% | 32.0% | 38.0% | 34.5% | |
| 9 | 26.9% | 34.3% | 30.8% | 28.5% | 30.3% |
| 8 | 21.8% | 30.2% | 25.7% | 21.9% | 25.3% |
| 7 | 19.1% | 25.2% | 25.7% | 15.1% | 21.7% |
| 6 | 13.1% | 20.2% | 19.9% | 14.5% | 17.1% |
| 5 | 12.6% | 17.1% | 14.9% | 13.4% | 14.5% |
| 4 | 10.3% | 12.0% | 12.3% | 7.5% | 10.9% |
| 3 | 7.5% | 9.2% | 9.7% | 8.4% | 9.0% |
| 2 | 5.0% | 6.1% | 6.6% | 5.5% | 6.0% |
| 1 | 2.5% | 3.6% | 3.5% | 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 | 41.1% | 41.1% | |||
| 15 | 46.9% | 46.2% | 46.7% | ||
| 14 | 36.4% | 41.5% | 41.0% | ||
| 13 | 39.9% | 36.9% | 21.6% | 35.5% | |
| 12 | 25.5% | 33.6% | 37.9% | 20.8% | 31.3% |
| 11 | 29.6% | 28.6% | 18.0% | 25.6% | 27.5% |
| 10 | 26.3% | 21.7% | 27.0% | 25.0% | |
| 9 | 22.5% | 24.4% | 23.1% | 22.0% | 23.2% |
| 8 | 18.2% | 21.0% | 18.9% | 18.2% | 19.1% |
| 7 | 15.7% | 20.1% | 19.9% | 11.6% | 17.3% |
| 6 | 11.3% | 16.6% | 15.9% | 11.0% | 13.8% |
| 5 | 12.0% | 14.9% | 12.9% | 11.0% | 12.6% |
| 4 | 10.2% | 11.6% | 10.4% | 7.5% | 9.9% |
| 3 | 8.1% | 9.6% | 9.0% | 7.0% | 8.5% |
| 2 | 5.8% | 7.2% | 6.6% | 5.3% | 6.3% |
| 1 | 3.5% | 4.5% | 4.0% | 3.6% | 4.0% |
