Saturday's main NHL slate on DraftKings has four games: TOR @ VAN, PIT @ MTL, CBJ @ DAL and CGY @ COL. The salary cap is $50,000, and the slate locks Sat 10/31 at 7:00 p.m. ET (4:00 p.m. PT).
Our model's top plays start in goal. Jacob Fowler (MTL, G) costs $7,900 with a ceiling of 29.9 and a DraftKings average of 19.2. Anthony Stolarz (TOR, G) is $8,000 with a 27.2 ceiling. Among skaters, Nathan MacKinnon (COL, C/UTIL) at $9,000 owns the highest ceiling on the board at 36.9. Auston Matthews (TOR, C/UTIL) is $8,800 with a 32.9 ceiling.
The value plays sit lower on the salary scale. Kent Johnson (CBJ, W/UTIL) is just $4,600, yet his ceiling is 24.1 against an 11.8 average. Cole Caufield (MTL, W/UTIL) at $6,700 carries a 25.4 ceiling, and Zach Werenski (CBJ, D/UTIL) at $7,200 reaches 27.1.
Check the DraftKings tags before building. Nick Suzuki (MTL) is tagged OUT, and Elvis Merzlikins (TOR), Sam Montembeault (MTL), Thatcher Demko (VAN), Devin Cooley (CGY), Kirill Marchenko (TOR), John Tavares (TOR) and Bryan Rust (PIT) all carry an IR tag. We have no ownership figures for this slate, so we won't guess where the crowd will land.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,900 of the $50,000 cap: C Nathan MacKinnon $9,000, C Charlie Coyle $4,200, W Matt Coronato $4,900, W Kent Johnson $4,600, W Gabriel Landeskog $3,700, D Zach Werenski $7,200, D Morgan Rielly $4,300, G Anthony Stolarz $8,000 and UTIL Morgan Frost $4,000.
Lock is Sat 10/31 at 7:00 p.m. ET.
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