Wednesday's NHL showdown is a one-game slate, TOR @ SEA, with a $50,000 cap and a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary. Lineups lock at 10:00 p.m. ET (7:00 p.m. PT).
The top of our model's ranking is dominated by TOR. Anthony Stolarz is priced at $10,400 with a ceiling of 26.7 and a DraftKings average of 16.6. Auston Matthews costs $11,000 and carries the highest ceiling among the top plays at 30.6, against a DraftKings average of 16.5. William Nylander is close behind at $9,600, with a 30.2 ceiling and a 14.8 average. Philipp Grubauer is the top SEA play at $9,800, with a 20.9 ceiling and a 12.6 average.
The value tier starts around $7,400 to $7,800. Jack Roslovic at $7,800 has a ceiling of 22.0 and a DraftKings average of 11.6. Easton Cowan costs $7,400 with a 20.1 ceiling and a 10.3 average. On the SEA side, Jordan Eberle is $7,600 with a 19.5 ceiling and a 10.7 average. Several TOR names carry an IR tag, including Elvis Merzlikins, John Tavares, Chris Tanev, Marshall Rifai, Nick Blankenburg and Max Domi, and Kirill Marchenko is tagged DTD, so check the tags before you lock.
The sheet gives no ownership figures for this slate, so we can't say where the crowd will land.
Our model's top lineup uses $48,600 of the $50,000 cap. Stolarz sits in the captain slot at $15,600. The FLEX spots go to Roslovic at $7,800, Troy Stecher at $2,800, Kaapo Kakko at $4,000, Cowan at $7,400 and Matthews at $11,000. Stecher and Kakko are the cheap pieces that make room for the stars.
Set your lineups before the 10:00 p.m. ET lock.
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