The Overall Standings are still volatile after week three of our DFS NHL expert grading. NumberFire takes over the top spot overall while DFSArmy joins the Top 3. NumberFire were propelled to the top with a very strong week that including finishing in the 2nd or 3rd all three days of grading this past week.
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 scored 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 | Tues | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| NumberFire | 4.20 | 2 | 5.00 | 3 | 5.00 | 2 | 4.73 |
| RotoGrinders Lineup Builder | 5.33 | 1 | 5.22 | 2 | 3.14 | 6 | 4.56 |
| DK Playbook | 3.19 | 6 | 3.67 | 5 | 5.55 | 1 | 4.14 |
| Rotoballer | 1.80 | 14 | 5.80 | 1 | – | – | 3.80 |
| DFSArmy | 3.93 | 3 | 4.60 | 4 | 2.27 | 12 | 3.60 |
| FantasyCPR | 2.29 | 10 | 3.53 | 8 | 3.67 | 3 | 3.16 |
| Rotogrinders NHL Grind Down | 2.08 | 12 | 2.95 | 9 | 3.67 | 3 | 2.90 |
| RotoGrinders Consensus | 3.25 | 5 | 2.83 | 10 | 2.58 | 10 | 2.89 |
| Sportsline | 2.00 | 13 | 3.56 | 7 | 2.89 | 9 | 2.82 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 1.50 | 17 | 3.67 | 5 | 3.00 | 7 | 2.72 |
| Rotowire | 1.75 | 15 | 2.75 | 11 | 3.38 | 5 | 2.63 |
| Industry Consensus | 2.56 | 9 | 2.66 | 12 | 2.48 | 11 | 2.57 |
| DailyRoto – Optimizer | 2.89 | 7 | 2.22 | 14 | 2.22 | 13 | 2.44 |
| FantasyAlarm | 2.65 | 8 | 2.14 | 15 | – | – | 2.40 |
| ScoutFantasySports | 1.59 | 16 | 2.39 | 13 | 2.96 | 8 | 2.31 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | 2.13 | 11 | 1.50 | 17 | 2.00 | 14 | 1.88 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 3.44 | 4 | 1.67 | 16 | 0.44 | 16 | 1.85 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | – | – | – | – | 0.75 | 15 | 0.75 |
Sleepers of the Week
Tuesday (Feb 12)
A+ – Pat Maroon (DailyRoto – Optimizer)
A+ – Tyler Seguin (RotoGrinders Grind Down)
A+ – Brad Marchand (RotoGrinders Consensus)
A+ – Alexander Kerfoot (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Kevin Shattenkirk (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Anton Khudobin (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Frederik Andersen (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Luke Kunin (DraftKings Playbook)
A+ – Dominik Kahun (DFSArmy)
A+ – Pavel Buchnevich (DFSArmy)
A+ – Jared Spurgeon (DFSArmy)
A+ – Jake DeBrusk (NumberFire)
Thursday (Feb 14)
A+ – Steven Stamkos (RotoGrinders Grind Down)
A+ – Damon Severson (RotoGrinders Grind Down)
A+ – Connor Brown (RotoGrinders Lineup Builder)
A+ – Tomas Tatar (DFSArmy)
A+ – PK Subban (DFSArmy)
Friday (Feb 15)
A+ – Marcus Johansson (DraftKings Playbook)
A+ – Will Butcher (DraftKings Playbook)
A+ – Nico Hischier (ScoutFantasy)
Leaderboard – Overall
Be sure to check out the full NHL Expert Standings to see how your favorite experts check out.
#1) NumberFire (Score: 3.66) moves up two spots in 1st place overall after three weeks of tracking.
#2) Rotoballer (Score: 3.39) remains in the second spot and saw their score increase this past week.
#3) DFSArmy (Score: 3.13) moves into the top 3 by finishing 4th or better two days this 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) Sportsline (5.80)
#2) DK Playbook (5.79)
Top Value –FantasyCPR (0.79 DK Pts/$1000) – NEW
Center
#1) NumberFire (3.63)
#2) RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (3.38) – NEW
Top Value – NumberFire (0.76 DK Pts/$1000)
Wing
#1) Rotoballer (4.80) – NEW LEADER
#2) DailyFantasySportsRankings (3.63)
Top Value – Rotoballer (0.99 DK Pts/$1000)
Defensemen
#1) DFSArmy (3.85) – NEW LEADER
#2) DailyFantasyNerd (3.46)
Top Value – DailyFantasyNerd (0.69 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 multi-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 |
| 11 | 35.3% | 35.3% | |||
| 10 | 35.8% | 40.2% | 38.0% | ||
| 9 | |||||
| 8 | 21.2% | 40.7% | 50.2% | 35.8% | |
| 7 | 35.2% | 30.0% | 24.8% | 29.1% | |
| 6 | 24.6% | 32.0% | 25.5% | 27.9% | 27.3% |
| 5 | 15.1% | 21.0% | 22.7% | 13.4% | 19.5% |
| 4 | 15.0% | 17.1% | 20.7% | 12.9% | 17.2% |
| 3 | 11.0% | 10.8% | 11.0% | 8.4% | 10.2% |
| 2 | 8.6% | 7.2% | 9.0% | 8.2% | 8.3% |
| 1 | 4.3% | 4.8% | 4.2% | 3.6% | 4.2% |
GPP by Position
| Count | G | C | W | D | Total |
| 11 | 29.8% | 29.8% | |||
| 10 | 33.5% | 27.2% | 30.4% | ||
| 9 | |||||
| 8 | 22.5% | 34.8% | 32.2% | 30.3% | |
| 7 | 28.5% | 24.8% | 15.3% | 21.3% | |
| 6 | 18.0% | 27.7% | 22.3% | 18.4% | 22.0% |
| 5 | 18.1% | 18.2% | 19.5% | 12.4% | 17.4% |
| 4 | 12.1% | 15.4% | 19.5% | 10.9% | 15.5% |
| 3 | 11.5% | 10.3% | 10.9% | 6.8% | 9.7% |
| 2 | 9.4% | 7.3% | 8.6% | 7.3% | 8.0% |
| 1 | 5.2% | 5.4% | 4.2% | 3.8% | 4.4% |
