NHL DFS · Monday, November 2, 2026

NHL DFS picks for Monday, November 2, 2026

This slate locked Mon 7:00 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 · 4 games.

How these picks scored

  • Top values: 3 of 10 met or beat their projection; they averaged 8.0 DraftKings points against 11.1 projected.
  • Highest projections: 0 of 7 met or beat their projection; they averaged 7.2 DraftKings points against 17.3 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 BOS
$4,00011.82.94x4.3
Brock Nelson
C · COL vs CHI
$4,50012.42.76x4.1
Brent Burns
D · COL vs CHI
$3,4009.22.70x9.5
Gabriel Landeskog
W · COL vs CHI
$3,5009.42.70x5.0
Jaden Schwartz
W · COL vs CHI
$3,2008.42.64x24.3
Brayden McNabb
D · VGK vs BOS
$3,2008.22.56x1.5
Noah Hanifin
D · VGK vs BOS
$3,5008.92.55x18.1
Ivan Barbashev
W · VGK vs BOS
$3,6009.02.51x4.1
Anton Lundell
C · FLA vs DET
$3,9009.72.48x1.5
Nathan MacKinnon
C · COL vs CHI
$9,50023.52.48x8.0

Highest projections

Highest projected points on the slate, as published before lock
PlayerSalaryProjCeilingActual
Nathan MacKinnon
C · COL vs CHI
$9,50023.544.08.0
Scott Wedgewood
G · COL vs CHI
$8,40018.735.3—
Jack Eichel
C · VGK vs BOS
$8,00017.132.41.5
Macklin Celebrini
C · SJS vs CGY
$9,00016.831.93.0
Cale Makar
D · COL vs CHI
$7,50016.531.314.9
Martin Necas
W · COL vs CHI
$6,70016.130.61.5
MacKenzie Blackwood
G · COL vs CHI
$8,40016.030.413.7
Brady Tkachuk
W · FLA vs DET
$7,90015.329.08.0

Stack ideas

Teams whose top players projected the most points together
TeamProjectionImplied team total
COL vs CHI58.73.9
VGK vs BOS44.73.7
FLA vs DET43.13.5
SJS vs CGY37.5—
BOS vs VGK34.82.6

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