NHL DFS · Sunday, November 8, 2026

NHL DFS picks for Sunday, November 8, 2026

This slate locked Sun 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 · 4 games.

How these picks scored

  • Top values: 5 of 10 met or beat their projection; they averaged 16.2 DraftKings points against 11.4 projected.
  • Highest projections: 1 of 8 met or beat their projection; they averaged 12.2 DraftKings points against 14.9 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
Owen Tippett
W · PHI vs CGY
$3,90010.62.72x20.5
Travis Konecny
W · PHI vs CGY
$4,10010.82.63x4.5
Porter Martone
W · PHI vs CGY
$4,60011.42.47x3.0
Christian Dvorak
C · PHI vs CGY
$3,5008.62.46x12.1
Tyson Foerster
W · PHI vs CGY
$3,8009.32.45x3.0
John Carlson
D · TBL vs WPG
$4,90011.02.24x3.0
Mikael Granlund
C · ANA vs PIT
$5,00010.82.16x33.6
Leo Carlsson
C · ANA vs PIT
$6,50013.92.14x4.5
Jackson LaCombe
D · ANA vs PIT
$5,60011.92.12x29.0
Cutter Gauthier
W · ANA vs PIT
$7,70016.22.11x48.5

Highest projections

Highest projected points on the slate, as published before lock
PlayerSalaryProjCeilingActual
Nikita Kucherov
W · TBL vs WPG
$8,50016.931.81.5
Cutter Gauthier
W · ANA vs PIT
$7,70016.230.648.5
Jack Hughes
C · NJD vs TOR
$8,20015.529.314.5
Auston Matthews
C · TOR vs NJD
$8,60015.128.56.0
Dan Vladar
G · PHI vs CGY
$7,60014.327.13.4
Leo Carlsson
C · ANA vs PIT
$6,50013.926.44.5
Kyle Connor
W · WPG vs TBL
$7,80013.826.26.0
Brandon Hagel
W · TBL vs WPG
$7,50013.225.113.0

Stack ideas

Teams whose top players projected the most points together
TeamProjectionImplied team total
TBL vs WPG43.1—
ANA vs PIT42.04.0
TOR vs NJD40.0—
NJD vs TOR37.5—
PHI vs CGY36.42.1

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