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 · 7 games.
How these picks scored
- Top values: 2 of 10 met or beat their projection; they averaged 7.7 DraftKings points against 11.2 projected.
- Highest projections: 2 of 8 met or beat their projection; they averaged 12.5 DraftKings points against 17.4 projected.
One day is a small sample; the track record grades every slate over the last 30 days.
Top values (points per $1K)
| Player | Salary | Proj | Value | Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Burns D · COL vs TOR | $2,700 | 8.7 | 3.20x | 1.5 |
| Ryan Hartman C · MIN vs MTL | $3,300 | 10.4 | 3.15x | 5.6 |
| Brock Nelson C · COL vs TOR | $4,200 | 12.6 | 3.00x | 11.3 |
| Blake Coleman W · MIN vs MTL | $3,500 | 10.4 | 2.97x | 2.8 |
| Sam Malinski D · COL vs TOR | $3,100 | 8.8 | 2.83x | 10.6 |
| Gabriel Landeskog W · COL vs TOR | $3,300 | 8.9 | 2.71x | 23.0 |
| Alex Ovechkin W · WSH vs OTT | $4,300 | 11.5 | 2.67x | 5.0 |
| Aliaksei Protas W · WSH vs OTT | $3,600 | 9.5 | 2.64x | 7.8 |
| Nathan MacKinnon C · COL vs TOR | $9,000 | 23.1 | 2.56x | 4.5 |
| Jaden Schwartz W · COL vs TOR | $3,400 | 8.6 | 2.52x | 5.0 |
Highest projections
| Player | Salary | Proj | Ceiling | Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan MacKinnon C · COL vs TOR | $9,000 | 23.1 | 46.1 | 4.5 |
| Matt Boldy W · MIN vs MTL | $7,600 | 17.4 | 35.2 | 9.3 |
| Kirill Kaprizov W · MIN vs MTL | $8,100 | 17.2 | 34.8 | 10.0 |
| Joel Hofer G · STL vs DET | $8,200 | 17.1 | 34.5 | 20.0 |
| Jesper Wallstedt G · MIN vs MTL | $7,900 | 16.8 | 33.9 | 21.4 |
| Cale Makar D · COL vs TOR | $7,200 | 16.1 | 32.7 | 14.1 |
| Jack Hughes C · NJD vs WPG | $8,500 | 16.0 | 32.4 | 9.5 |
| Martin Necas W · COL vs TOR | $6,500 | 15.8 | 32.1 | 11.5 |
Stack ideas
| Team | Projection | Implied team total |
|---|---|---|
| COL vs TOR | 55.0 | 4.0 |
| MIN vs MTL | 51.5 | 3.9 |
| FLA vs CBJ | 41.8 | 3.5 |
| STL vs DET | 41.1 | 2.1 |
| WPG vs NJD | 40.5 | — |
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