Friday's NHL showdown is a single game, ANA @ CGY, with a $50,000 cap and a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary. The slate locks Fri 11/6 at 8:00 p.m. ET (5:00 p.m. PT).
Cutter Gauthier of ANA tops our model's ranking. He costs $11,000 and carries a ceiling of 37.7 against a DraftKings average of 17.2, the biggest upside on the board by a wide margin. Beckett Sennecke ($9,800, ceiling 29.4) and Leo Carlsson ($10,000, ceiling 26.7) give ANA two more high-end options. On the CGY side, Joel Farabee at $8,600 has a ceiling of 18.9 and a DraftKings average of 11.2.
The value plays are where the slate gets interesting. Nick Jensen of ANA is priced at just $2,000 with a ceiling of 16.5 and a DraftKings average of 9.1, which makes him the cheapest strong number on the sheet. Ryan Strome of CGY costs $5,000 and carries a ceiling of 22.9, a lot of upside for the price even with a DraftKings average of 6.6. Both help fund the expensive stars. Goalies are less appealing in our model's view. Dustin Wolf ($9,600, ceiling 13.0) and Lukas Dostal ($9,200, ceiling 12.3) cost a lot for limited ceilings.
Several players carry DraftKings status tags. Troy Terry, Ryan Poehling, A.J. Greer and Ian Moore of ANA are tagged IR, as are Jonathan Huberdeau and Samuel Honzek of CGY. Brennan Othmann and Connor Zary of CGY are tagged OUT.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,100 of the $50,000 cap. Cutter Gauthier is the captain at $16,500. The FLEX spots go to Joel Farabee ($8,600), Noah Warren ($4,600), Drew Helleson ($4,200), Pavel Mintyukov ($5,200) and Leo Carlsson ($10,000). The build pairs two top-end scorers with three mid-priced pieces to stay under the cap.
Get your lineups set before the slate locks Fri 11/6 at 8:00 p.m. ET.
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