Wednesday's main NHL slate on DraftKings is a six-game card: TBL @ BUF, NYR @ CGY, PHI @ EDM, UTA @ VGK, NSH @ ANA and PIT @ SJS. The salary cap is $50,000, and the slate locks Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. ET (4:00 p.m. PT).
Our model's top plays come from the PHI @ EDM game. Leon Draisaitl is priced at $9,000 with a ceiling of 40.0, the highest on the board, against a DraftKings average of 20.7. Connor McDavid costs $9,800 and carries a ceiling of 39.0 and a DraftKings average of 21.2. Macklin Celebrini of SJS rounds out the top three at $8,800, with a ceiling of 34.5. Cutter Gauthier of ANA ($8,000, ceiling 29.6) and Brandon Hagel of TBL ($7,200, ceiling 30.1) also rank among our model's best.
Goaltending offers a few routes. Juuse Saros of NSH is $7,300 with a ceiling of 24.7, and Devin Cooley of CGY is $7,200 with a ceiling of 24.9. Devon Levi of EDM is the pricier option at $8,400, with a ceiling of 22.5. Several netminders carry DraftKings IR tags, including Frederik Andersen (EDM), Igor Shesterkin (NYR), Alex Lyon (BUF) and Kyle Keyser (SJS), so check each crease before building around a goalie.
Value is where our model finds its lineup flexibility. Tomas Hertl is $4,700, Logan Cooley is $5,000, Will Cuylle is $3,500, Kris Letang is $3,500, Connor Murphy is $3,300 and Declan Carlile is $2,800. Those prices are what make it possible to pay up for two EDM stars and still fill out the roster. Dylan Guenther (UTA) carries a DTD tag, while Brayden Point (TBL), Bryan Rust (PIT) and Troy Terry (ANA) are tagged IR.
The fact sheet does not include ownership figures, so we are not offering a read on where the crowd is headed.
Our model's top lineup uses $48,900 of the $50,000 cap. It runs McDavid and Hertl at center, Draisaitl, Cooley and Cuylle on the wing, Letang and Murphy on defense, Saros in goal and Carlile at UTIL. Lock is Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. ET.
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