NHL DFS · Sunday, November 1, 2026

NHL DFS picks for Sunday, November 1, 2026

This slate locked Sun 3:30 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 · 4 games.

How these picks scored

  • Top values: 0 of 8 met or beat their projection; they averaged 3.7 DraftKings points against 10.6 projected.
  • Highest projections: 2 of 6 met or beat their projection; they averaged 10.6 DraftKings points against 16.7 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
Ryan Hartman
C · MIN vs WSH
$2,80010.23.63x5.8
Eeli Tolvanen
W · NYR vs EDM
$2,5008.33.34x3.0
Anders Lee
W · UTA vs PHI
$3,1008.82.84x0.0
Vincent Trocheck
C · UTA vs PHI
$3,5009.62.73x9.3
Lawson Crouse
W · UTA vs PHI
$3,1008.32.68x1.5
Blake Coleman
W · MIN vs WSH
$3,7009.72.63x6.5
Sebastian Cossa
G · UTA vs PHI
$8,30020.22.44x—
Dylan Cozens
C · OTT vs ANA
$4,60011.12.42x0.0
Sean Durzi
D · NYR vs EDM
$3,5008.42.39x—
Dylan Garand
G · NYR vs EDM
$7,80018.62.38x3.5

Highest projections

Highest projected points on the slate, as published before lock
PlayerSalaryProjCeilingActual
Sebastian Cossa
G · UTA vs PHI
$8,30020.237.1—
Dylan Garand
G · NYR vs EDM
$7,80018.635.03.5
Jesper Wallstedt
G · MIN vs WSH
$7,90017.332.620.7
Matt Boldy
W · MIN vs WSH
$7,70016.831.89.5
Kirill Kaprizov
W · MIN vs WSH
$8,00016.531.311.5
Connor McDavid
C · EDM vs NYR
$9,60015.829.925.5
Karel Vejmelka
G · UTA vs PHI
$8,30015.329.0-7.0
Tim Stuetzle
C · OTT vs ANA
$6,70014.427.2—

Stack ideas

Teams whose top players projected the most points together
TeamProjectionImplied team total
MIN vs WSH50.62.5
UTA vs PHI49.62.3
NYR vs EDM45.52.5
OTT vs ANA40.84.0
EDM vs NYR40.72.5

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