NHL DFS Expert Recap and Grading – Week of March 8th
Top NHL DFS Experts
While FantasyPros topped the standings for the week, they only had one day of picks, it was Awesemo who provided top NHL DFS options all week long placing in both second and third place this week.
For the year, the Top 3 remain the same with DFSArmy Cheat Sheet in the top spot with Awesemo Projections and RotoGrinders Slate Summary close behind.
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 | – | – | 4.20 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4.20 |
| Awesemo – Projections | 3.00 | 5 | 2.82 | 8 | 4.58 | 4 | 4.10 | 5 | 3.75 | 7 | 3.65 |
| Awesemo – Power Plays | 2.86 | 8 | 0.67 | 24 | 5.00 | 3 | 4.88 | 1 | 4.67 | 1 | 3.62 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 1.33 | 23 | 4.38 | 2 | 3.33 | 8 | 4.38 | 3 | 4.56 | 2 | 3.60 |
| DFSArmy – Cheat Sheet | 3.63 | 3 | 2.44 | 11 | 4.25 | 6 | 3.33 | 7 | 4.22 | 4 | 3.57 |
| DailyRoto – Optimizer | 1.78 | 19 | 2.63 | 9 | 4.50 | 5 | 4.50 | 2 | 4.22 | 4 | 3.53 |
| Sportsline | 3.71 | 2 | 4.00 | 4 | 3.57 | 7 | 3.00 | 12 | 2.43 | 16 | 3.34 |
| NumberFire | 0.60 | 24 | 2.00 | 17 | 6.00 | 1 | 2.00 | 21 | 4.00 | 6 | 2.92 |
| RotoGrinders Lineup Builder | 2.67 | 10 | 3.89 | 5 | 2.78 | 15 | 2.89 | 13 | 2.33 | 17 | 2.91 |
| DFSArmy – Domination Station | 2.89 | 7 | 4.89 | 1 | 2.33 | 18 | 2.22 | 19 | 2.00 | 19 | 2.87 |
| Rotoballer | 1.73 | 20 | 2.18 | 14 | 1.63 | 20 | 4.20 | 4 | 4.50 | 3 | 2.85 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 1.56 | 22 | 3.44 | 6 | 5.11 | 2 | 1.63 | 23 | 2.44 | 15 | 2.84 |
| Industry Consensus – Cash | 2.00 | 18 | 2.06 | 16 | 3.24 | 9 | 3.47 | 6 | 3.29 | 10 | 2.81 |
| RotoGrinders Consensus | 2.83 | 9 | 3.42 | 7 | 3.00 | 13 | 1.92 | 22 | 2.58 | 12 | 2.75 |
| DK Playbook | 2.35 | 13 | 1.89 | 20 | 3.07 | 12 | 2.83 | 15 | 3.50 | 8 | 2.73 |
| FantasyAlarm – Playbook | 2.57 | 11 | 2.33 | 13 | 2.78 | 15 | 3.21 | 9 | 2.45 | 14 | 2.67 |
| Rotowire | 2.57 | 11 | 1.65 | 21 | 3.15 | 11 | 2.71 | 16 | 3.26 | 11 | 2.67 |
| EliteFantasy | 2.28 | 14 | 1.92 | 19 | 3.23 | 10 | 2.29 | 18 | 3.50 | 8 | 2.64 |
| RunPureSports | 2.24 | 16 | 2.46 | 10 | 2.86 | 14 | 3.04 | 11 | 2.58 | 12 | 2.64 |
| Industry Consensus – GPP | 3.25 | 4 | 2.41 | 12 | 2.06 | 19 | 3.08 | 10 | 2.00 | 19 | 2.56 |
| Rotoworld | 2.94 | 6 | 2.10 | 15 | 2.38 | 17 | 2.84 | 14 | 2.27 | 18 | 2.51 |
| Rotogrinders NHL Slate Summary | 2.13 | 17 | 2.00 | 17 | – | – | 2.50 | 17 | – | – | 2.21 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 1.67 | 21 | 1.63 | 22 | 1.63 | 20 | 2.14 | 20 | 2.00 | 19 | 1.81 |
| NHL.com | 2.25 | 15 | 1.00 | 23 | 1.50 | 22 | 3.25 | 8 | 1.00 | 23 | 1.80 |
| DailyFantasyInsider | 5.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 25 | 0.00 | 23 | – | – | 2.00 | 19 | 1.75 |
Sleepers of the Week
Monday (March 8)
A+ – Brayden Schenn (FantasyAlarm – Playbook, Rotoworld)
A+ – Adam Henrique (FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator)
Tuesday (March 9)
A+ – Neal Pionk (DFSArmy – Domination Station)
A+ – Sergei Bobrovsky (FantasyAlarm – Playbook)
A+ – Ryan Johansen (RotoGrinders – Consensus)
A+ – Roope Hintz (RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder)
A+ – Brady Skjei (Rotowire – Optimizer)
Wednesday (March 10)
A+ – Jacob MacDonald (DailyRoto – Optimizer, EliteFantasy)
A+ – Matt Roy (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Adrian Kempe (Rotowire, Rotoworld)
A+ – Antti Raanta (Rotowire – Optimizer)
Thursday (March 11)
A+ – Carl Soderberg (Awesemo – Power Plays)
A+ – Pierre Engvall (DraftKings Playbook)
A+ – Ondrej Palat (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Adam Boqvist (FantasyAlarm – Playbook)
A+ – Ilya Samsonov (FantasyAlarm – Playbook)
A+ – Mikhail Sergachev (Rotoworld)
A+ – Brayden Point (RunPureSports)
A+ – Alexandre Carrier (RunPureSports)
Friday (March 12)
A+ – Jonathan Marchessault (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Alec Martinez (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Mattt Dumba (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Ryan O’Reilly (FantasyAlarm – Playbook)
A+ – Jonas Brodin (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: 3.12) remains on top of the Overall Leaderboard
#2) Awesemo – Projections (Score: 2.99) moves up one spot into 2nd place for the season
#3) RotoGrinders – Slate Summary (Score: 2.81) drops one spot but remains in the Top 3 overall
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) NumberFire (4.93)
#2) Awesemo – Power Plays (4.90) – NEW
Top Value –RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (2.13 DK Pts/$1000)
Center
#1) RotoGrinders – Slate Summary (3.97)
#2) DailyFantasyInsider (3.96)
Top Value – DailyFantasyInsider (2.08 DK Pts/$1000)
Wing
#1) FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator (1.91)
#2) Awesemo – Projections / NumberFire (1.90)
Top Value – RotoGrinders – Consensus (2.31 DK Pts/$1000) – NEW LEADER
Defensemen
#1) Awesemo – Projections (3.07) – NEW LEADER
#2) RotoGrinders – Slate Summary (2.73)
Top Value – FantasyPros (2.28 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 | 64.3% | 64.3% | |||
| 15 | 63.2% | 57.1% | 62.2% | ||
| 14 | 60.5% | 60.5% | |||
| 13 | 53.8% | 53.8% | 31.7% | 49.3% | |
| 12 | 33.0% | 51.3% | 38.9% | 44.5% | |
| 11 | 29.2% | 40.9% | 19.0% | 34.8% | 35.1% |
| 10 | 36.1% | 31.4% | 39.3% | 34.9% | |
| 9 | 30.4% | 37.8% | 31.4% | 30.6% | 33.0% |
| 8 | 20.2% | 28.6% | 26.3% | 24.7% | 24.7% |
| 7 | 19.9% | 26.0% | 26.4% | 15.2% | 22.2% |
| 6 | 13.6% | 21.5% | 20.2% | 14.8% | 17.9% |
| 5 | 13.3% | 18.7% | 15.4% | 14.2% | 15.2% |
| 4 | 9.6% | 12.7% | 12.4% | 7.4% | 11.0% |
| 3 | 6.7% | 8.2% | 9.8% | 8.4% | 8.8% |
| 2 | 5.2% | 6.2% | 6.5% | 5.4% | 6.0% |
| 1 | 2.6% | 3.4% | 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 | 42.5% | 42.5% | |||
| 15 | 46.9% | 37.1% | 45.3% | ||
| 14 | 42.5% | 42.5% | |||
| 13 | 39.9% | 34.6% | 21.6% | 34.1% | |
| 12 | 20.7% | 33.6% | 32.9% | 30.6% | |
| 11 | 26.0% | 25.0% | 12.6% | 25.6% | 24.4% |
| 10 | 28.9% | 21.0% | 26.0% | 24.9% | |
| 9 | 25.4% | 26.0% | 23.3% | 22.2% | 24.4% |
| 8 | 17.0% | 19.1% | 18.2% | 19.1% | 18.1% |
| 7 | 16.4% | 19.8% | 19.6% | 11.0% | 17.0% |
| 6 | 11.2% | 17.0% | 15.4% | 10.6% | 13.8% |
| 5 | 12.6% | 15.7% | 12.6% | 11.1% | 12.8% |
| 4 | 9.5% | 12.2% | 10.3% | 7.7% | 10.0% |
| 3 | 7.6% | 9.0% | 9.2% | 6.9% | 8.3% |
| 2 | 6.0% | 7.4% | 6.5% | 5.3% | 6.3% |
| 1 | 3.5% | 4.4% | 4.1% | 3.6% | 4.0% |
