Wednesday's DraftKings showdown is a one-game slate, SJS @ LAK, with a $50,000 cap and a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary. It locks Wed 11/4 at 10:00 p.m. ET (7:00 p.m. PT).
Our model's top plays start with Macklin Celebrini of SJS at $11,800. His ceiling is 28.9, the highest on the board, against a DraftKings average of 16.2. Yaroslav Askarov (SJS, $9,600) carries a 17.1 ceiling and an 11.3 average. On the LAK side, Artemi Panarin costs $9,400 with a 21.8 ceiling and a 12.8 average, while Darcy Kuemper is $10,200 with a 16.1 ceiling and a 9.4 average.
The value plays sit in the cheaper tiers. Joel Edmundson (LAK) is $4,400 with a 20.1 ceiling, well above his 6.5 average. Dmitry Orlov (SJS) is $5,000 with a 23.0 ceiling, and Michael Misa (SJS) is $4,800 with a 21.9 ceiling. Corey Perry (LAK) is the cheapest of the group at $3,200, with a 15.4 ceiling. All of them give you upside without eating much of the cap.
We don't have ownership figures for this slate, so there's no read on where the crowd will land. One thing to check before lock is injury designations. Adrian Kempe (LAK) is tagged DTD, and Kyle Keyser, Alexander Wennberg and Igor Chernyshov of SJS are listed IR, along with Mats Zuccarello, Jan Jenik, Alex Turcotte and Jakub Dvorak of LAK.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,000 of the $50,000 cap. It puts Michael Misa in the captain slot at $7,200, then fills the FLEX spots with Tyler Toffoli ($7,000), Macklin Celebrini ($11,800), Dmitry Orlov ($5,000), Brandt Clarke ($8,400) and Yaroslav Askarov ($9,600). Lineups lock Wed 11/4 at 10:00 p.m. ET.
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