Saturday's NHL turbo slate on DraftKings is a three-game card: SJS @ DAL, TBL @ MIN and CHI @ CAR. The salary cap is $50,000, and the slate locks at 8:00 p.m. ET (5:00 p.m. PT).
Our model's top projected play by ceiling is Macklin Celebrini of SJS at $9,000, with a ceiling of 34.7 against a DraftKings average of 16.8. Kirill Kaprizov of MIN sits right behind at $8,300 with a 32.1 ceiling and a 17.6 average, the best average of any player in our top group. Between the pipes, Pyotr Kochetkov of CAR costs $8,500 and carries a 25.1 ceiling with a 13.9 average.
The value plays come from CAR. Sebastian Aho is $6,700 with a 29.0 ceiling, and Logan Stankoven is $5,900 with a 25.3 ceiling. Both average 14.1 on DraftKings. Stankoven is the cheapest of our top-ranked plays, which makes him the easiest way to free up salary for the stars. Matt Boldy of MIN ($7,800, ceiling 29.9), Quinn Hughes of MIN ($6,600, ceiling 24.3) and Jason Robertson of DAL ($7,100, ceiling 26.6) round out the group. Watch the status tags before building: Miro Heiskanen (DAL) and Patrick Kane (CHI) carry OUT tags, while Filip Gustavsson, Brock Faber and Jared Spurgeon (all MIN), Kyle Keyser (SJS), Matt Duchene (DAL) and Jordan Staal (CAR) carry IR tags.
The fact sheet gives no ownership figures for this slate, so we can't say where the crowd is likely to land.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,800 of the $50,000 cap. It starts at center with Joel Eriksson Ek ($6,200) and Frank Nazar ($3,200). At wing it pairs Kaprizov ($8,300) and Boldy ($7,800) with Taylor Hall ($3,700). Thomas Harley ($5,100) and Jacob Trouba ($4,500) fill the defense spots, Kochetkov ($8,500) takes the goalie slot, and Zemgus Girgensons ($2,500) rounds it out at UTIL.
Set your lineups before the slate locks at 8:00 p.m. ET.
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