The Sunday early NHL slate on DraftKings is a two-game card: FLA @ BOS and VGK @ BUF. Lock is 1:00 p.m. ET (10:00 a.m. PT), and the salary cap is $50,000.
Our model's top plays start with David Pastrnak (BOS, W/UTIL) at $7,600. He carries a ceiling of 32.3, the highest of any player on the sheet, against a DraftKings average of 15.0. Tage Thompson (BUF, W/UTIL) costs $8,600 with a 28.6 ceiling and a 17.1 average, the best average of the group. Brady Tkachuk (FLA, W/UTIL) at $8,000 has a 28.9 ceiling, and Jack Eichel (VGK, C/UTIL) at $7,800 sits at 28.1. In goal, Jeremy Swayman (BOS) is $8,100 with a 24.0 ceiling.
The value end belongs to Victor Olofsson (VGK, W/UTIL). At $3,200, he carries a 20.1 ceiling and a 12.7 average, a strong return for the price. Mark Stone (VGK, W/UTIL) is a step up at $6,400, with a 23.1 ceiling and a 12.4 average. Carter Hart (VGK, G) costs $8,200 but tops out at 18.2, so our model leaves him out of its build.
The sheet has no ownership figures, so we can't say where the crowd will land. On the injury front, Aleksander Barkov (FLA) and Brad Marchand (FLA) carry IR tags, Sandis Vilmanis (FLA) is tagged OUT, and Anton Lundell (FLA) is tagged DTD.
Our model's top lineup uses $48,100 of the $50,000 cap. It pairs Pavel Zacha ($4,400) and Noah Ostlund ($4,300) at center with a wing group of Thompson, Pastrnak and Morgan Geekie ($4,100). Charlie McAvoy ($5,300) and Conor Timmins ($2,500) fill the defense, Swayman takes the goalie slot, and Olofsson fills the UTIL spot at $3,200.
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