Through two weeks of NHL expert grading the same three experts sit atop the overall standings with DailyFantasySportsRankings moving into first place just ahead of Rotoballer and NumberFire. DailyFantasyNerd led the way this past week with two Top 3 finished.
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
Overall
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Thur | Rk | Avg |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 3.78 | 3 | 4.56 | 2 | 1.22 | 13 | 3.19 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | 3.50 | 4 | 3.63 | 4 | 2.25 | 2 | 3.13 |
| Sportsline | 4.11 | 2 | 2.89 | 9 | 2.22 | 3 | 3.07 |
| RotoGrinders Lineup Builder | 4.33 | 1 | 2.67 | 12 | 2.11 | 5 | 3.04 |
| Rotowire | 2.13 | 11 | 4.29 | 3 | 2.14 | 4 | 2.85 |
| FantasyCPR | 3.42 | 5 | 3.00 | 6 | 1.87 | 7 | 2.76 |
| DFSArmy | 2.40 | 10 | 2.43 | 13 | 3.07 | 1 | 2.63 |
| NumberFire | 1.40 | 13 | 5.40 | 1 | 0.75 | 16 | 2.52 |
| RotoGrinders Consensus | 2.83 | 6 | 3.15 | 5 | 1.50 | 9 | 2.49 |
| FantasyAlarm | – | – | 2.85 | 10 | 1.68 | 8 | 2.27 |
| Industry Consensus | 2.42 | 9 | 3.00 | 6 | 1.27 | 11 | 2.23 |
| DK Playbook | 1.69 | 12 | 2.94 | 8 | 2.06 | 6 | 2.23 |
| Rotogrinders NHL Grind Down | 2.75 | 7 | 2.38 | 14 | 1.08 | 14 | 2.07 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | – | – | 2.75 | 11 | 1.25 | 12 | 2.00 |
| DailyRoto – Optimizer | 2.56 | 8 | 1.78 | 16 | 1.33 | 10 | 1.89 |
| Rotoballer | – | – | 2.17 | 15 | 0.86 | 15 | 1.52 |
Sleepers of the Week
Monday (February 4)
A+ – Josh Manson (DailyRoto – Optimizer)
A+ – Connor Brown (RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder)
A+ – Jake Muzzin (Sportsline)
A+ – Clayton Keller (Sportsline)
A+ – Derek Stepan (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Tyler Toffoli (DFSArmy)
Tuesday (February 5)
A+ – Brendan Gallagher (RotoGrinders NHL Grind Down)
A+ – Colton Parayko (RotoGrinders Lineup Builder)
A+ – Leon Draisaitl (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Jack Campbell (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Anze Kopitar (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Erik Johnson (DailyFantasyNerd)
A+ – Branden Holtby (Rotoballer)
A+ – Ryan Ellis (DFSArmy)
A+ – Adrian Kempe (NumberFire)
Thursday (February 7)
A+ – Shea Weber (RotoGrinders NHL Grind Down)
A+ – Evander Kane (Sportsline)
A+ – Evgeny Kuznetsov (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Matt Niskanen (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Alex DeBrincat (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Kris Letang (DraftKings Playbook)
A+ – Jonathan Drouin (DFSArmy)
A+ – Phillip Danault (DFSArmy)
Leaderboard – Overall
Be sure to check out the full NHL Expert Standings to see how your favorite experts check out.
#1) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 3.23) moves up from 2nd place into the top spot after two weeks of grading.
#2) Rotoballer (Score: 3.22) falls one spot in the standings after starting out on top the first week.
#3) NumberFire (Score: 3.16) holds onto the third spot in the overall standings both weeks.
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 (5.86)
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice & DraftKings Playbook (5.00)
Top Value –Sportsline (0.73 DK Pts/$1000)
Center
#1) NumberFire (3.64)
#2) DailyFantasyNerd (3.38)
Top Value – NumberFire & RotoGrinders NHL Grind Down (0.71 DK Pts/$1000)
Wing
#1) DailyFantasySportsRankings (4.92)
#2) Rotoballer (4.00)
Top Value – Rotoballer (1.02 DK Pts/$1000)
Defensemen
#1) DailyRoto – Optimizer (4.14)
#2) DFSArmy (3.61)
Top Value – DailyFantasyNerd (0.66 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 |
| 10 | 35.8% | 40.2% | 38.0% | ||
| 9 | |||||
| 8 | 42.3% | 42.3% | |||
| 7 | 46.8% | 25.0% | 35.9% | ||
| 6 | 24.5% | 35.3% | 24.0% | 27.9% | 27.7% |
| 5 | 15.1% | 20.1% | 24.4% | 14.4% | 20.2% |
| 4 | 19.6% | 20.9% | 23.6% | 18.7% | 21.7% |
| 3 | 13.2% | 11.1% | 12.4% | 8.4% | 10.7% |
| 2 | 11.4% | 6.9% | 9.7% | 9.9% | 9.0% |
| 1 | 4.9% | 5.7% | 4.9% | 4.4% | 4.9% |
GPP by Position
| Count | G | C | W | D | Total |
| 10 | 33.5% | 27.2% | 30.4% | ||
| 9 | |||||
| 8 | 35.9% | 35.9% | |||
| 7 | 42.9% | 23.6% | 33.3% | ||
| 6 | 18.2% | 34.0% | 22.5% | 18.4% | 23.8% |
| 5 | 18.1% | 16.6% | 21.0% | 13.0% | 17.8% |
| 4 | 15.3% | 18.2% | 21.7% | 14.3% | 18.9% |
| 3 | 13.7% | 11.2% | 12.7% | 6.8% | 10.2% |
| 2 | 13.0% | 7.2% | 9.4% | 9.1% | 8.9% |
| 1 | 5.6% | 6.3% | 4.8% | 4.2% | 5.1% |
