Saturday's DraftKings slate is a single-game showdown, CGY @ COL, with a $50,000 cap and a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary. Lock is Sat 10/31 at 10:00 p.m. ET (7:00 p.m. PT).
Nathan MacKinnon tops our model's ranking at $11,000, with a ceiling of 37.8 and a DraftKings average of 18.9. That ceiling is far above anyone else on the board, which is why he anchors our captain pick. Martin Necas of COL is next in raw upside at $9,200, with a 24.4 ceiling and a 12.0 average. MacKenzie Blackwood costs $10,600 and carries a 17.9 ceiling against a 10.7 average, a steep price for that upside.
The value plays are where this slate can be won. Nicolas Roy costs just $2,000 yet shows a 12.6 ceiling and a 7.5 average, a strong return on the minimum tier. Brett Kulak at $4,600 has a 20.5 ceiling, which is better than several players priced well above him. On the CGY side, Matt Coronato at $8,200 posts a 20.2 ceiling and Joel Farabee at $8,000 a 19.3 ceiling, giving the road team a couple of credible pieces.
The fact sheet gives no ownership data, so we won't guess where the crowd will land. Several players carry DraftKings status tags that rule them out: Devin Cooley, Samuel Honzek and Jonathan Huberdeau of CGY are tagged IR, along with Zachary L'Heureux of COL. Josh Manson and Logan O'Connor of COL are tagged OUT, as are Brennan Othmann and Connor Zary of CGY.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,900 of the $50,000 cap. It puts Nathan MacKinnon at captain for $16,500, then fills the FLEX spots with Cale Makar at $9,800, Brett Kulak at $4,600, Matt Coronato at $8,200, Noah Juulsen at $2,000 and Artturi Lehkonen at $8,800. The build pairs a premium captain with cheap Kulak and Juulsen to afford the expensive pieces.
Lineups lock Sat 10/31 at 10:00 p.m. ET.
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