We tracked 15 experts during the opening week of our new NHL expert grading which resulted in Rotoballer jumping out to a big early lead. They were followed by DailyFantasySportsRankings and then NumberFire. Let’s see if they can keep it going the rest of the season.
Hope you enjoyed the start of NHL Expert grading this past week! As we collect more data and results we will change the NHL Consensus into the NHL Weighted Consensus with projected ownership percentages.
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 | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| Rotoballer | – | – | 5.20 | 1 | 5.80 | 1 | – | – | 5.50 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | – | – | – | – | 4.17 | 3 | 4.43 | 2 | 4.30 |
| NumberFire | 3.20 | 5 | 3.60 | 3 | 3.60 | 8 | 4.00 | 3 | 3.60 |
| RotoGrinders Consensus | 1.33 | 10 | 3.83 | 2 | 4.08 | 5 | 4.45 | 1 | 3.42 |
| DFSArmy | 3.67 | 2 | 3.06 | 7 | – | – | 3.29 | 5 | 3.34 |
| Rotogrinders NHL Grind Down | 5.50 | 1 | 3.14 | 5 | 4.10 | 4 | 0.56 | 15 | 3.33 |
| DailyRoto – Optimizer | 3.56 | 3 | 3.11 | 6 | 3.00 | 10 | 3.13 | 6 | 3.20 |
| Industry Consensus | 2.47 | 7 | 2.79 | 9 | 3.68 | 7 | 2.57 | 9 | 2.88 |
| Sportsline | 2.33 | 8 | 2.00 | 11 | 4.44 | 2 | 2.67 | 8 | 2.86 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 3.22 | 4 | 1.56 | 14 | 3.22 | 9 | 3.00 | 7 | 2.75 |
| FantasyCPR | 2.56 | 6 | 3.44 | 4 | – | – | 1.83 | 13 | 2.61 |
| DK Playbook | – | – | 2.50 | 10 | 3.69 | 6 | 1.40 | 14 | 2.53 |
| FantasyAlarm | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2.53 | 11 | 2.53 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | – | – | 2.87 | 8 | 2.35 | 11 | 2.07 | 12 | 2.43 |
| Rotowire | 2.13 | 9 | 1.88 | 13 | 1.13 | 13 | 3.33 | 4 | 2.12 |
| RotoGrinders Lineup Builder | 0.22 | 11 | 2.00 | 11 | 2.33 | 12 | 2.56 | 10 | 1.78 |
Sleepers of the Week
Monday (January 28)
A+ – Juuso Riikola (DailyRoto – Optimizer)
A+ – Keith Kinkaid (Sportsline)
A+ – Carter Hart (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Marcus Pettersson (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Travis Konecny (Rotowire)
A+ – Travis Zajac (NumberFire)
Tuesday (January 29)
A+ – Oskar Lindblom (NumberFire)
Thursday (January 31)
A+ – Carter Hart (Sportsline)
Friday (February 1)
A+ – Viktor Arvidsson (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
A+ – Cam Ward (RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder)
A+ – Evgeny Kuznetsov (Sportsline)
A+ – Shea Theodore (Rotowire)
A+ – Tyler Seguin (DailyFantasyNerd)
A+ – Thomas Greiss (DFSArmy)
Leaderboard – Overall
Be sure to check out the full NHL Expert Standings to see how your favorite experts check out.
#1) Rotoballer (Score: 5.50) jumps out to a fast start with two 1st place finishes in the first week.
#2) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 4.26) settles into the second spot in the standings after the first week with back-to-back top 3 finishes on Thursday and Friday.
#3) NumberFire (Score: 3.56) rounds out the top 3 for the first week with a pair of top 3 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) Sportsline (6.25)
#2) DailyFantasySportsRankings (5.67)
Top Value – Sportsline (0.67 DK Pts/$1000)
Center
#1) Rotoballer (5.00)
#2) RotoGrinders NHL Grind Down (4.56)
Top Value – Rotoballer (1.35 DK Pts/$1000)
Wing
#1) DailyFantasySportsRankings (6.00)
#2) Rotoballer (5.50)
Top Value – Rotoballer (1.13 DK Pts/$1000)
Defensemen
#1) Rotoballer (7.00)
#2) DFSArmy (4.57)
Top Value – Rotoballer (1.03 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 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% | 35.8% | |||
| 9 | |||||
| 8 | 42.3% | 42.3% | |||
| 7 | 46.8% | 25.0% | 35.9% | ||
| 6 | 26.2% | 35.8% | 28.6% | 31.1% | 31.8% |
| 5 | 15.1% | 25.0% | 25.7% | 12.7% | 21.2% |
| 4 | 31.1% | 26.6% | 27.3% | 16.0% | 25.1% |
| 3 | 13.6% | 11.3% | 15.1% | 10.3% | 12.4% |
| 2 | 32.0% | 8.7% | 12.3% | 16.9% | 12.6% |
| 1 | 7.3% | 8.0% | 6.8% | 6.3% | 7.0% |
GPP by Position
| Count | G | C | W | D | Total |
| 10 | 33.5% | 33.5% | |||
| 9 | |||||
| 8 | 35.9% | 35.9% | |||
| 7 | 42.9% | 23.6% | 33.3% | ||
| 6 | 20.9% | 34.9% | 29.8% | 23.6% | 30.4% |
| 5 | 18.1% | 21.5% | 23.6% | 12.0% | 19.7% |
| 4 | 21.2% | 24.2% | 24.8% | 15.2% | 22.4% |
| 3 | 14.7% | 13.2% | 15.3% | 8.5% | 12.2% |
| 2 | 37.0% | 10.0% | 11.8% | 15.2% | 12.5% |
| 1 | 8.4% | 8.8% | 6.5% | 6.3% | 7.2% |
