Wednesday's late NHL slate on DraftKings is a two-game card: CGY @ SEA and SJS @ LAK. The salary cap is $50,000, and lock is 10:00 p.m. ET (7:00 p.m. PT), so there is time to get lineups settled.
The top play on our model's board is Macklin Celebrini (SJS) at $9,200. His ceiling is 29.8, well above anyone else on the slate, against a DraftKings average of 16.2. That's the kind of upside that justifies paying up at center. Artemi Panarin (LAK) at $7,200 sits next with a 22.5 ceiling, and Jordan Eberle (SEA) at $5,000 carries a 22.6 ceiling at a much lower price.
In goal, our model ranks both SJS options nearly even. Yaroslav Askarov and Alex Nedeljkovic are each $7,200, with ceilings of 17.7 and 17.6. Nedeljkovic has the higher DraftKings average, 12.1 to 11.3, and he is the goalie in our model's top lineup.
The value plays are on the CGY wing. William Stromgren is $3,100 with a 16.8 ceiling, and his DraftKings average of 14.1 is the closest to his ceiling of anyone on the board. Joel Farabee at $5,300 (23.6 ceiling) and Matt Coronato at $4,800 (21.5 ceiling) are the next-best CGY options. Several injured players carry IR tags on this slate, including Jared McCann (SEA) and Mats Zuccarello (LAK), and Adrian Kempe (LAK) is tagged DTD.
Ownership figures aren't available for this slate, so there is no read yet on where the crowd will land.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,700 of the $50,000 cap. It pairs Celebrini ($9,200) and Morgan Frost ($3,800) at center, with Panarin ($7,200), Eberle ($5,000) and Mackie Samoskevich ($3,900) on the wings. Brandt Clarke ($5,600) and Jacob Trouba ($4,700) take the defense spots, Nedeljkovic ($7,200) starts in goal, and Stromgren ($3,100) fills the UTIL slot.
Lock is Wed 11/4 at 10:00 p.m. ET.
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