Tuesday's NHL showdown is a single game, COL @ TOR, and it locks at 7:00 p.m. ET (4:00 p.m. PT). DraftKings uses a captain slot here that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary, all under a $50,000 cap.
The top of our model's ranking starts with two forwards. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) costs $11,000 and carries a ceiling of 32.0 against a DraftKings average of 17.8. Auston Matthews (TOR) is $10,400 with a ceiling of 33.9, the highest on the board, and a DraftKings average of 16.3. William Nylander (TOR) at $8,800 shows a 25.9 ceiling, while Martin Necas (COL) at $8,400 sits at 25.6. Cale Makar (COL) is $9,400 with a 23.8 ceiling.
The goalies are a harder sell. MacKenzie Blackwood (COL) is $10,000 with a ceiling of 19.4, and Sergei Bobrovsky (TOR) is $9,200 with a ceiling of 14.7. Those ceilings are well below what the skaters offer at similar prices.
The best value on the sheet is Chris Tanev (TOR). At $4,400 he has a 20.1 ceiling, far above his 5.5 DraftKings average, which is a large gap for the price. Logan O'Connor at $2,000 and Sam Malinski at $4,800 round out the cheap end of our model's lineup. Several TOR players carry DraftKings status tags, with Jack Roslovic, Morgan Rielly and Colton Sissons listed DTD, so check the tags before lock.
No ownership figures are available for this slate, so we can't say where the crowd will land.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,900 of the $50,000 cap. Nathan MacKinnon sits in the captain slot at $16,500. The FLEX spots go to Martin Necas at $8,400, Logan O'Connor at $2,000, Sam Malinski at $4,800, William Nylander at $8,800 and Cale Makar at $9,400. Rosters lock Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. ET.
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