NHL DFS · Friday, October 30, 2026

NHL DFS picks for Friday, October 30, 2026

This slate locked Fri 6:00 PM ET. These are the picks StatWarrior published before lock, kept unchanged. The Actual column is each player's DraftKings fantasy points from the official box scores.

DraftKings · Main slate · 3 games.

How these picks scored

  • Top values: 2 of 10 met or beat their projection; they averaged 10.1 DraftKings points against 10.1 projected.
  • Highest projections: 3 of 8 met or beat their projection; they averaged 9.3 DraftKings points against 14.3 projected.

One day is a small sample; the track record grades every slate over the last 30 days.

Top values (points per $1K)

Best projected points per $1,000 of salary, as published before lock
PlayerSalaryProjValueActual
Rasmus Andersson
D · VGK vs NJD
$3,70010.12.72x9.9
Anton Lundell
C · FLA vs WPG
$3,7009.82.64x46.5
Adam Larsson
D · SEA vs CGY
$3,3008.22.49x1.5
Anthony Mantha
W · NJD vs VGK
$3,6008.92.46x6.5
Matty Beniers
C · SEA vs CGY
$4,0009.12.28x2.8
Sam Bennett
C · FLA vs WPG
$5,20011.42.20x3.0
Brandon Montour
D · SEA vs CGY
$5,30010.92.07x5.6
Sam Reinhart
C · FLA vs WPG
$6,70013.62.03x19.5
Tomas Hertl
C · VGK vs NJD
$4,6009.32.02x3.0
Jordan Eberle
W · SEA vs CGY
$5,00010.12.01x3.0

Highest projections

Highest projected points on the slate, as published before lock
PlayerSalaryProjCeilingActual
Jack Hughes
C · NJD vs VGK
$8,00015.529.330.5
Brady Tkachuk
W · FLA vs WPG
$7,70015.429.112.0
Jack Eichel
C · VGK vs NJD
$8,10014.727.91.3
Philipp Grubauer
G · SEA vs CGY
$8,10014.427.3-7.0
Matthew Tkachuk
W · FLA vs WPG
$7,50014.327.13.0
Sam Reinhart
C · FLA vs WPG
$6,70013.625.919.5
Akira Schmid
G · FLA vs WPG
$8,30013.425.614.4
Joey Daccord
G · SEA vs CGY
$8,10013.125.00.7

Stack ideas

Teams whose top players projected the most points together
TeamProjectionImplied team total
FLA vs WPG43.33.9
VGK vs NJD38.7—
SEA vs CGY38.42.6
NJD vs VGK37.2—
WPG vs FLA31.62.5

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