NHL DFS · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

NHL DFS picks for Tuesday, November 3, 2026

This slate locked Tue 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 · 11 games.

How these picks scored

  • Top values: 4 of 10 met or beat their projection; they averaged 6.5 DraftKings points against 9.6 projected.
  • Highest projections: 2 of 8 met or beat their projection; they averaged 15.6 DraftKings points against 18.4 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 PHI
$3,00010.03.34x0.0
Lawson Crouse
W · UTA vs TOR
$2,9008.73.00x12.7
Anders Lee
W · UTA vs TOR
$3,2009.32.90x9.5
Shayne Gostisbehere
D · CAR vs NSH
$4,30012.22.85x9.1
K'Andre Miller
D · CAR vs NSH
$3,1008.62.78x7.1
Aliaksei Protas
W · WSH vs DAL
$3,3008.92.69x1.3
Justin Faulk
D · DET vs TBL
$3,3008.92.69x9.1
Sean Walker
D · CAR vs NSH
$3,7009.92.68x12.5
Vincent Trocheck
C · UTA vs TOR
$3,80010.12.67x1.3
Brent Burns
D · COL vs CBJ
$3,4008.92.63x2.6

Highest projections

Highest projected points on the slate, as published before lock
PlayerSalaryProjCeilingActual
Nathan MacKinnon
C · COL vs CBJ
$9,30022.742.511.5
Jesper Wallstedt
G · MIN vs PHI
$8,30019.536.815.1
Dylan Garand
G · NYR vs STL
$7,80019.136.124.9
Connor McDavid
C · EDM vs NJD
$9,80018.334.69.1
Jacob Fowler
G · MTL vs WPG
$8,20017.232.516.9
Nikita Kucherov
W · TBL vs DET
$8,20016.831.914.5
Scott Wedgewood
G · COL vs CBJ
$8,00016.831.9-10.5
Cutter Gauthier
W · ANA vs VAN
$7,60016.631.443.5

Stack ideas

Teams whose top players projected the most points together
TeamProjectionImplied team total
COL vs CBJ55.53.9
MIN vs PHI52.32.1
EDM vs NJD47.1—
CAR vs NSH45.62.5
UTA vs TOR45.12.5

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