Sunday's main NHL slate on DraftKings is a four-game card: TBL @ WPG, PHI @ CGY, NJD @ TOR and PIT @ ANA. The salary cap is $50,000, and the slate locks at 6:00 p.m. ET (3:00 p.m. PT).
Our model's top-ranked play is Jack Hughes of NJD at $8,200. He carries a ceiling of 33.2, the highest on the board, against a DraftKings average of 17.5. Kyle Connor of WPG is next at $7,800 with a 32.0 ceiling, and Auston Matthews of TOR costs $8,600 with a 31.0 ceiling. Cutter Gauthier of ANA, at $7,700, shows a 27.0 ceiling and a 17.0 average, the second-best average among the top plays.
In goal, Devin Cooley of CGY is the one our model likes most at $7,800, with a 24.4 ceiling and a 14.1 average. Andrei Vasilevskiy of TBL ($8,200) and Connor Hellebuyck of NJD ($7,900) cost more or about the same but show ceilings of just 20.3 and 20.1.
The clearest value on the ranked list is Beckett Sennecke of ANA. At $6,400 he carries a 26.8 ceiling, close to Gauthier's number for a lower salary. Our model's lineup goes deeper into the bargain bin, using Arseny Gritsyuk at $5,000, Charle-Edouard D'Astous at $4,300, Gavin McKenna at $4,000 and Tyson Foerster at $3,800 to pay for the stars. Nick Seeler at $2,900 is the cheapest piece on the roster.
The fact sheet gives no ownership data for this slate, so we can't say where the crowd will land. Note the status tags: Morgan Rielly (TOR) and Anthony Mantha (NJD) are tagged OUT, while Elvis Merzlikins (TOR), Kirill Marchenko (TOR), Bryan Rust (PIT), Josh Morrissey (WPG), Troy Terry (ANA) and Ryan Poehling (ANA) are tagged IR.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,600 of the $50,000 cap. It pairs Matthews and Jack Hughes at center, adds Cooley in goal and fills out the wings, defense and UTIL spots with the lower-priced options above, including Luke Hughes at $5,000. Lock is 6:00 p.m. ET.
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