NHL DFS · Wednesday, November 4, 2026

NHL DFS picks for Wednesday, November 4, 2026

This slate locked Wed 7:30 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: 1 of 10 met or beat their projection; they averaged 3.7 DraftKings points against 10.1 projected.
  • Highest projections: 3 of 8 met or beat their projection; they averaged 14.5 DraftKings points against 14.5 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
Jason Zucker
W · BUF vs OTT
$3,2009.83.08x1.5
Josh Norris
C · BUF vs OTT
$3,0009.13.02x1.5
Josh Doan
W · BUF vs OTT
$3,4009.32.73x4.5
Adam Larsson
D · SEA vs CGY
$3,4008.42.47x4.1
Anton Lundell
C · FLA vs CHI
$4,1009.52.33x1.3
Mattias Samuelsson
D · BUF vs OTT
$4,50010.42.31x9.5
Matty Beniers
C · SEA vs CGY
$4,2009.32.22x10.0
Sam Bennett
C · FLA vs CHI
$5,00011.02.20x1.3
Rasmus Dahlin
D · BUF vs OTT
$6,30013.62.15x1.5
Jordan Eberle
W · SEA vs CGY
$5,00010.22.05x1.5

Highest projections

Highest projected points on the slate, as published before lock
PlayerSalaryProjCeilingActual
Macklin Celebrini
C · SJS vs LAK
$9,20016.531.320.3
Tage Thompson
W · BUF vs OTT
$8,10016.130.78.0
Brady Tkachuk
W · FLA vs CHI
$7,70014.828.29.5
Colten Ellis
G · BUF vs OTT
$7,90014.728.012.6
Matthew Tkachuk
W · FLA vs CHI
$7,30013.626.19.5
Rasmus Dahlin
D · BUF vs OTT
$6,30013.625.91.5
Sam Reinhart
C · FLA vs CHI
$7,20013.325.434.8
Joey Daccord
G · SEA vs CGY
$8,00013.225.220.0

Stack ideas

Teams whose top players projected the most points together
TeamProjectionImplied team total
BUF vs OTT44.43.9
FLA vs CHI41.73.6
SJS vs LAK36.4—
SEA vs CGY34.62.5
LAK vs SJS33.8—

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