The inaugural season of NHL DFS expert grading went right down the wire with the RotoGrinders – Consensus rising to the top spot on the year with a strong final week. NumberFire took home second place in the overall standing with a consistent performance, while Rotoballer finishes with a Top 3 showing despite a poor final week. The NHL was a fun addition to our lineup of Expert Grading and Weighted Consensus. Look for it to return next season!
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.
Leaderboard – Overall
Be sure to check out the full NHL Expert Standings to see how your favorite experts check out.
#1) RotoGrinders – Consensus (Score: 3.18) jumps into the top spot to end the season with strong 3rd place finish in the last week
#2) NumberFire (Score: 3.14) remains in 2nd place to finish off the season
#3) Rotoballer (Score: 3.13) falls out of the top spot on the last week of the season to finish in 3rd for the 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) NumberFire (5.82)
#2) DraftKings Playbook (5.42) – NEW
Top Value –NumberFire (0.73 DK Pts/$1000)
Center
#1) Rotoballer (3.67)
#2) RotoGrinders – Consensus (3.39)
Top Value – Rotoballer (0.79 DK Pts/$1000)
Wing
#1) RotoGrinders – Consensus (2.69) – NEW LEADER
#2) RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (2.62) – NEW
Top Value – RotoGrinders – Consensus (0.72 DK Pts/$1000) – NEW LEADER
Defensemen
#1) Rotowire – Optimizer (3.89)
#2) NumberFire (3.67)
Top Value – Rotowire – Optimizer (0.76 DK Pts/$1000)
Week in Review
| Site | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Avg |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | 1.44 | 13 | 3.20 | 4 | 4.92 | 1 | 3.50 | 5 | 3.27 |
| DK Playbook | 2.87 | 6 | 1.31 | 15 | 4.81 | 2 | 3.81 | 3 | 3.20 |
| RotoGrinders Consensus | 2.92 | 5 | 2.82 | 5 | 3.83 | 6 | 3.18 | 8 | 3.19 |
| DailyRoto – Optimizer | 4.56 | 1 | 1.78 | 12 | 3.22 | 9 | 3.11 | 10 | 3.17 |
| FantasyCPR | 2.36 | 8 | 3.29 | 3 | 4.60 | 4 | 2.12 | 15 | 3.09 |
| Industry Consensus | 2.57 | 7 | 2.67 | 7 | 3.50 | 8 | 3.25 | 7 | 3.00 |
| DFSArmy | – | – | 2.79 | 6 | 2.96 | 11 | 3.14 | 9 | 2.96 |
| Rotowire | 1.83 | 11 | 4.38 | 1 | 1.50 | 14 | 4.13 | 1 | 2.96 |
| Sportsline | 3.67 | 2 | 0.56 | 16 | 3.89 | 5 | 3.44 | 6 | 2.89 |
| RotoGrinders Lineup Builder | 2.33 | 9 | 0.50 | 17 | 4.78 | 3 | 3.67 | 4 | 2.82 |
| NumberFire | 1.60 | 12 | 2.60 | 8 | 3.00 | 10 | 4.00 | 2 | 2.80 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | – | – | 3.71 | 2 | – | – | 1.62 | 17 | 2.67 |
| FantasyAlarm | 3.59 | 3 | 1.85 | 11 | – | – | 2.44 | 13 | 2.63 |
| ScoutFantasySports | 3.17 | 4 | 1.45 | 13 | 2.75 | 12 | 2.91 | 11 | 2.57 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 2.11 | 10 | 1.33 | 14 | 3.67 | 7 | 1.78 | 16 | 2.22 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 0.89 | 15 | 2.11 | 10 | 2.33 | 13 | 2.22 | 14 | 1.89 |
| Rotogrinders NHL Grind Down | 0.50 | 16 | 2.37 | 9 | 0.75 | 15 | 2.63 | 12 | 1.56 |
| Rotoballer | 1.20 | 14 | 0.50 | 17 | – | – | 1.20 | 18 | 0.97 |
Sleepers of the Week
Monday (March 18)
A+ – Brayden McNabb (DailyRoto – Optimizer)
A+ – Malcolm Subban (Sportsline)
A+ – Shea Theodore (DraftKings Playbook)
A+ – Jacob Trouba (ScoutFantasy)
Tuesday (March 19)
A+ – Ryan Suter (RotoGrinders NHL Grind Down)
A+ – Jay Bouwmeester (Rotowire – Optimizer)
A+ – Jimmy Howard (NumberFire)
A+ – Pekka Rinne (ScoutFantasy)
Wednesday (March 20)
A+ – Kyle Connor (Rotowire – Optimizer)
Thursday (March 21)
A+ – Zach Sanford (DailyRoto – Optimizer)
A+ – Malcolm Subban (RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder)
A+ – Victor Hedman (DFSArmy)
A+ – Tyson Barrie (DFSArmy)
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 |
| 12 | 54.9% | 54.9% | |||
| 11 | 51.7% | 51.7% | |||
| 10 | 44.1% | 40.2% | 48.7% | 45.8% | |
| 9 | 19.1% | 31.1% | 42.8% | 32.2% | |
| 8 | 29.3% | 36.4% | 47.3% | 50.2% | 37.9% |
| 7 | 29.7% | 21.3% | 30.2% | 25.0% | 26.1% |
| 6 | 27.3% | 28.9% | 29.0% | 19.4% | 27.1% |
| 5 | 15.7% | 17.0% | 18.5% | 12.8% | 16.2% |
| 4 | 14.3% | 15.6% | 15.5% | 11.7% | 14.4% |
| 3 | 9.1% | 10.7% | 9.7% | 9.0% | 9.7% |
| 2 | 6.7% | 7.8% | 7.3% | 7.0% | 7.3% |
| 1 | 3.1% | 3.9% | 3.9% | 3.5% | 3.7% |
GPP by Position
| Count | G | C | W | D | Total |
| 12 | 34.1% | 34.1% | |||
| 11 | 38.7% | 38.7% | |||
| 10 | 35.8% | 27.2% | 35.9% | 34.4% | |
| 9 | 16.1% | 27.6% | 32.1% | 26.0% | |
| 8 | 25.2% | 29.8% | 36.5% | 32.2% | 30.4% |
| 7 | 24.2% | 16.9% | 23.3% | 15.7% | 20.0% |
| 6 | 20.0% | 24.4% | 23.3% | 15.0% | 21.5% |
| 5 | 14.2% | 14.7% | 16.0% | 11.7% | 14.3% |
| 4 | 13.8% | 13.6% | 14.5% | 9.8% | 13.0% |
| 3 | 9.3% | 10.4% | 9.7% | 8.0% | 9.4% |
| 2 | 7.4% | 7.7% | 7.3% | 6.3% | 7.2% |
| 1 | 4.1% | 4.5% | 4.1% | 3.5% | 4.0% |
