NHL DFS Expert Recap and Grading – Week of March 9th

Top NHL DFS Experts

In what may be our last NHL DFS expert grading recap due to the NHL season being put on pause due to the coronavirus, RotoGrinders Consensus has been the top NHL DFS expert this season. They were followed by our very own DailyOverlay – Cash Consensus which provided strong recommendations for the core of your lineups. Rounding out the Top 3 for the season is DailyFantasySportsRankings who was near the top of the standings all season long. Also, read on to find out who the top NHL DFS experts were for each position this season.

For this previous shortened week, NumberFire was the top expert, followed by FullTimeFantasy, and RotoGrinders Lineup Builder.

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	Avg
NumberFire	2.00	10	2.40	13	8.25	1	4.22
FullTimeFantasy	2.88	2	2.45	12	5.88	2	3.74
RotoGrinders Lineup Builder	1.25	14	3.78	2	5.56	4	3.53
Industry Consensus – GPP	1.17	15	3.33	7	5.77	3	3.42
DailyFantasyNerd	2.67	4	3.67	5	3.67	11	3.34
DailyRoto – Optimizer	3.38	1	2.22	14	4.33	6	3.31
Industry Consensus – Cash	2.64	5	3.71	4	3.50	13	3.28
DFSArmy	2.56	6	2.76	8	4.25	7	3.19
DK Playbook	1.91	11	3.38	6	4.13	8	3.14
RotoGrinders Consensus	2.17	8	3.75	3	2.92	16	2.95
FantasyAlarm	2.50	7	2.52	11	3.82	10	2.95
Sportsline	2.78	3	1.67	19	4.11	9	2.85
Awesemo	1.55	13	1.90	16	5.00	5	2.82
Rotogrinders NHL Slate Summary	–	–	2.76	8	–	–	2.76
Rotowire	2.13	9	2.63	10	2.89	17	2.55
Rotowire – Optimizer	1.89	12	1.67	19	3.44	14	2.33
Rotoworld	0.91	18	1.68	18	3.58	12	2.06
DFSArmy – Domination Station	0.78	19	1.89	17	3.11	15	1.93
NHL.com	1.00	16	2.00	15	2.50	18	1.83
DailyFantasyInsider	1.00	16	4.00	1	0.00	19	1.67
FantasyPros	–	–	1.00	21	–	–	1.00

Sleepers of the Week

Monday (Mar 9)
A+ – Ben Hutton (DFSArmy)
A+ – Phil Kessel (DailyFantasyNerd, Rotowire-Optimizer)
A+ – Brett Connolly (DailyRoto-Optimizer, Sportsline)
A+ – Shea Theodore (FantasyAlarm, FullTimeFantasy)
A+ – Mark Scheifele (FullTimeFantasy, Rotowire)

Tuesday (Mar 10)
A+ – Kaapo Kakko (DailyFantasyNerd)
A+ – Tuukka Rask (DailyRoto-Optimizer, FantasyAlarm)

Wednesday (Mar 11)
A+ – Colin White (DraftKings Playbook)
A+ – Duncan Keith (Rotoworld)
A+ – J.T. Compher (FantasyAlarm, FullTimeFantasy)

Leaderboard – Overall

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

#1) RotoGrinders – Consensus (Score: 3.05) had been on top for most of the season and continues to be the top dog

#2) DailyOverlay – Cash Consensus (Score: 2.71) have provided strong picks all season long to anchor your lineups

#3) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 2.66) rounds out the Top 3 and has been high on the leaderboard all year

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 (5.16)

#2) DFSKarma – Value Vault (4.97)

Top Value –RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (2.25 DK Pts/$1000)

Center

#1) NumberFire (3.68)

#2) RotoGrinders – Consensus (3.45)

Top Value – RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (2.12 DK Pts/$1000)

Wing

#1) DailyFantasyInsider (2.34)

#2) RotoGrinders – Consensus (2.28)

Top Value – DraftKings Playbook (2.19 DK Pts/$1000)

Defensemen

#1) RotoGrinders – Consensus (2.69)

#2) Awesemo (2.37)

Top Value – DailyOverlay – GPP Consensus (2.03 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
15		67.1%	70.3%		68.1%
14			62.0%		62.0%
13		65.8%	47.4%		59.6%
12		51.5%			51.5%
11		44.8%	39.5%	40.0%	42.2%
10	39.2%	47.6%	38.5%	24.7%	41.6%
9	33.5%	37.0%	35.7%	27.1%	34.9%
8	24.0%	33.1%	30.5%	22.2%	29.1%
7	26.2%	29.7%	28.3%	18.7%	26.3%
6	20.1%	23.8%	22.4%	17.9%	21.5%
5	17.7%	16.8%	16.9%	12.5%	16.1%
4	11.1%	12.6%	11.8%	9.8%	11.5%
3	8.7%	8.8%	9.8%	7.1%	8.8%
2	6.6%	6.7%	6.3%	5.7%	6.3%
1	3.5%	3.3%	3.3%	3.5%	3.4%

GPP by Position

Count	G	C	W	D	Total
15		47.2%	47.8%		47.4%
14			29.7%		29.7%
13		37.6%	27.2%		34.1%
12		32.1%			32.1%
11		30.5%	26.3%	25.3%	28.2%
10	24.8%	35.1%	26.7%	18.6%	29.9%
9	28.5%	26.3%	25.3%	18.1%	25.3%
8	19.5%	24.2%	23.6%	18.2%	22.2%
7	20.6%	22.0%	21.7%	14.6%	20.1%
6	16.1%	18.5%	17.3%	14.0%	16.8%
5	14.5%	15.2%	14.2%	10.4%	13.7%
4	10.2%	12.1%	10.7%	8.9%	10.6%
3	8.5%	9.0%	9.0%	6.6%	8.3%
2	6.8%	7.1%	6.4%	5.3%	6.3%
1	4.3%	3.9%	3.7%	3.3%	3.7%