NHL DFS · Monday, November 9, 2026

NHL DFS picks for Monday, November 9, 2026

This slate locked Mon 8:00 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 · 3 games.

How these picks scored

  • Top values: 2 of 9 met or beat their projection; they averaged 6.0 DraftKings points against 9.8 projected.
  • Highest projections: 3 of 8 met or beat their projection; they averaged 12.5 DraftKings points against 16.0 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
Jake Walman
D · EDM vs NYR
$3,0008.62.87x—
Owen Tippett
W · PHI vs VAN
$4,00011.22.80x1.3
Travis Konecny
W · PHI vs VAN
$4,20011.42.71x10.0
Porter Martone
W · PHI vs VAN
$4,40011.72.67x6.0
Tyson Foerster
W · PHI vs VAN
$3,7009.72.62x0.0
Christian Dvorak
C · PHI vs VAN
$3,8009.12.40x10.0
Kiefer Sherwood
W · SJS vs NYI
$3,5008.12.33x4.5
Darnell Nurse
D · SJS vs NYI
$3,9008.72.24x4.3
Mattias Ekholm
D · EDM vs NYR
$4,1009.12.22x8.0
Travis Sanheim
D · PHI vs VAN
$4,2009.22.19x10.0

Highest projections

Highest projected points on the slate, as published before lock
PlayerSalaryProjCeilingActual
Connor McDavid
C · EDM vs NYR
$9,70021.139.415.8
Leon Draisaitl
W · EDM vs NYR
$9,20017.633.124.3
Macklin Celebrini
C · SJS vs NYI
$8,70016.731.613.3
Evan Bouchard
D · EDM vs NYR
$8,20015.729.82.8
Devon Levi
G · EDM vs NYR
$8,20015.228.522.1
Joseph Woll
G · PHI vs VAN
$8,00015.028.515.1
Dylan Garand
G · NYR vs EDM
$7,20013.926.44.9
Zach Hyman
W · EDM vs NYR
$6,20013.125.01.5

Stack ideas

Teams whose top players projected the most points together
TeamProjectionImplied team total
EDM vs NYR54.43.9
PHI vs VAN38.12.5
SJS vs NYI37.5—
NYI vs SJS37.4—
NYR vs EDM33.83.9

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