After a week with five days of grading, NumberFire remains in the top spot in on the overall leaderboard. Meanwhile, RotoGrinders Lineup Builder had the top showing for the week, which catapulted them into 2nd place in the overall standings.
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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Week in Review
| Site | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| RotoGrinders Lineup Builder | 5.13 | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 2.22 | 13 | 4.00 | 1 | 4.00 | 5 | 3.87 |
| Rotowire | 4.57 | 3 | 2.50 | 7 | 5.38 | 3 | – | – | 1.88 | 13 | 3.58 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | 2.87 | 10 | 2.33 | 8 | 3.57 | 8 | 2.50 | 9 | 6.57 | 1 | 3.57 |
| DraftKings Playbook | 4.13 | 4 | 3.13 | 3 | 3.80 | 7 | 3.19 | 4 | – | – | 3.56 |
| Industry Consensus | 3.68 | 6 | 2.32 | 9 | 4.22 | 5 | 2.81 | 7 | 3.59 | 8 | 3.32 |
| FantasyCPR | 2.86 | 11 | 3.00 | 5 | 3.15 | 9 | 2.93 | 5 | 4.15 | 4 | 3.22 |
| RotoGrinders Consensus | 4.67 | 2 | 0.36 | 18 | 4.08 | 6 | 2.83 | 6 | 3.83 | 6 | 3.15 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 2.50 | 12 | 3.63 | 2 | 2.56 | 12 | 2.11 | 11 | 4.89 | 2 | 3.14 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 1.89 | 13 | 3.13 | 3 | 1.78 | 14 | 3.44 | 3 | 4.67 | 3 | 2.98 |
| DFSArmy | 3.36 | 8 | 1.50 | 15 | 4.60 | 4 | 1.57 | 15 | 3.15 | 9 | 2.84 |
| NumberFire | 1.75 | 14 | 2.00 | 11 | 6.20 | 1 | 1.40 | 16 | 2.20 | 12 | 2.71 |
| FantasyAlarm | 3.86 | 5 | 1.60 | 14 | – | – | 1.83 | 12 | 3.06 | 10 | 2.59 |
| DailyRoto – Optimizer | 3.67 | 7 | 0.63 | 16 | 5.78 | 2 | 1.78 | 13 | 1.00 | 15 | 2.57 |
| Sportsline | 1.25 | 15 | 3.00 | 5 | 3.11 | 10 | 3.50 | 2 | 1.67 | 14 | 2.51 |
| Rotogrinders NHL Grind Down | 0.00 | 16 | 2.23 | 10 | 3.00 | 11 | 2.60 | 8 | 3.67 | 7 | 2.30 |
| ScoutFantasySports | 3.32 | 9 | 1.71 | 12 | 1.71 | 15 | 1.35 | 17 | 2.87 | 11 | 2.19 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | – | – | 1.63 | 13 | – | – | 2.14 | 10 | – | – | 1.89 |
| Rotoballer | – | – | 0.50 | 17 | – | – | 1.60 | 14 | – | – | 1.05 |
Sleepers of the Week
Monday (Feb 18)
A+ – Jean-Gabriel Pageau (RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder)
A+ – Colin White (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Duncan Keith (Rotowire – Optimizer)
Tuesday (Feb 19)
A+ – Darcy Kuemper (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Jesper Bratt (FantasyTeamAdvice)
A+ – Jesperi Kotkaniemi (DraftKings Playbook)
Wednesday (Feb 20)
A+ – Sven Andrighetto (Rotowire – Optimizer)
A+ – Austin Czarnik (RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder)
A+ – Carl Soderberg (Sportsline)
A+ – Adam Pelech (Rotowire – Optimizer)
A+ – Tyson Jost (NumberFire)
Thursday (Feb 21)
A+ – Justin Williams (RotoGrinders NHL Grind Down)
A+ – Connor McDavid (RotoGrinders NHL Grind Down)
A+ – Anton Khudobin (Sportsline)
Friday (Feb 22)
A+ – Jordan Greenway (RotoGrinders Lineup Builder)
A+ – Jacob Trouba (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Matt Calvert (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Patrik Laine (DailyFantasyNerd)
A+ – TJ Brodie (ScoutFantasySports)
A+ – Shea Theodore (ScoutFantasySports)
Leaderboard – Overall
Be sure to check out the full NHL Expert Standings to see how your favorite experts check out.
#1) NumberFire (Score: 3.37) maintains the top spot in the overall standings despite a drop in their DailyOverlay score this past week.
#2) RotoGrinders Lineup Builder (Score: 3.27) jumps up into 2nd place with a very strong week that included three days with the top ranking.
#3) DraftKings Playbook (Score: 3.13) joins the top 3 with a solid week that consisted of four top 7 finishes.
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) Rotowire (6.09) – NEW LEADER
#2) DraftKings Playbook (5.88)
Top Value –DraftKings Playbook (0.77 DK Pts/$1000) – NEW LEADER
Center
#1) DraftKings Playbook (3.54) – NEW LEADER
#2) RotoGrinders Lineup Builder (3.40)
Top Value – DraftKings Playbook (0.74 DK Pts/$1000) – NEW LEADER
Wing
#1) Rotoballer (3.43)
#2) NumberFire (3.35)
Top Value – Rotoballer (0.89 DK Pts/$1000)
Defensemen
#1) Rotowire – Optimizer (5.00) – NEW LEADER
#2) Sportsline (3.42)
Top Value – Rotowire – Optimizer (0.84 DK Pts/$1000) – NEW LEADER
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 | 51.7% | 51.7% | |||
| 10 | 44.1% | 40.2% | 42.8% | ||
| 9 | 7.0% | 44.2% | 31.8% | ||
| 8 | 23.3% | 40.7% | 47.4% | 50.2% | 37.4% |
| 7 | 37.3% | 32.2% | 37.7% | 24.8% | 32.6% |
| 6 | 24.6% | 32.8% | 25.1% | 21.2% | 26.6% |
| 5 | 17.2% | 18.3% | 20.2% | 15.3% | 17.9% |
| 4 | 19.4% | 17.0% | 20.6% | 11.7% | 16.8% |
| 3 | 11.0% | 10.8% | 11.3% | 7.9% | 10.2% |
| 2 | 7.9% | 7.8% | 8.0% | 8.5% | 8.0% |
| 1 | 3.8% | 4.5% | 4.2% | 3.5% | 4.0% |
GPP by Position
| Count | G | C | W | D | Total |
| 11 | 38.7% | 38.7% | |||
| 10 | 35.8% | 27.2% | 32.9% | ||
| 9 | 6.1% | 32.4% | 23.6% | ||
| 8 | 24.1% | 34.8% | 36.7% | 32.2% | 31.4% |
| 7 | 27.9% | 25.6% | 27.5% | 15.3% | 23.6% |
| 6 | 18.0% | 27.5% | 22.0% | 15.6% | 21.5% |
| 5 | 17.1% | 15.7% | 17.8% | 13.3% | 15.7% |
| 4 | 16.9% | 14.9% | 19.0% | 10.1% | 15.0% |
| 3 | 10.7% | 10.6% | 10.9% | 6.8% | 9.7% |
| 2 | 8.5% | 7.7% | 7.9% | 7.1% | 7.7% |
| 1 | 4.6% | 5.1% | 4.3% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
