The Rangers carry the slate's highest implied total at 3.4 goals against the Oilers, and both Oilers–Rangers and Senators–Ducks sit at a 6.5 game total. The Mammoth and the Senators are tied for the second-highest implied total at 3.3 goals each. Sunday's main slate runs four games and locks at 3:30 PM ET. Wild–Capitals starts at lock, and Senators–Ducks closes the night at 8:00 PM ET.
Logan Thompson (DK $7,500) is the Capitals' projected starter against Jesper Wallstedt (DK $7,900), and his 11.2 projection is the top mark among goalies. Karel Vejmelka (DK $8,300) projects to start for the Mammoth, who are favored against the Flyers. Oilers–Rangers projects Matt Tomkins (DK $7,600) against Dylan Garand (DK $7,800).
Injury Watch
- Zach Hyman (Oilers, out)
- Troy Terry (Ducks, out)
- William Eklund (Senators, out)
- Owen Tippett (Flyers, out)
- Travis Konecny (Flyers, out)
- Brock Faber (Wild, out)
- Sean Durzi (DK $3,500) (Rangers, day-to-day)
- Jared Spurgeon (Wild, out)
Top Stacks
ANA PP1 vs OTT (DK $29,400)
Players: Cutter Gauthier (DK $7,100); Beckett Sennecke (DK $6,100); Leo Carlsson (DK $6,300); Jackson LaCombe (DK $5,200); Mikael Granlund (DK $4,700)
The Ducks stack projects 57.5 points with 18.7% average ownership, a 20.2% optimal rate and 1.96 value. It is Stack IQ's top stack, and the Ducks carry 3.2 implied goals in a 6.5-total game. Carlsson and LaCombe come from line 1, while Gauthier, Sennecke and Granlund come from line 2. LaCombe averages 16.1 DK points over his last three, and Sennecke averages 13.1.
EDM PP1 vs NYR (DK $34,800)
Players: Connor McDavid (DK $9,600); Leon Draisaitl (DK $8,800); Evan Bouchard (DK $7,900); Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (DK $5,100); Kasperi Kapanen (DK $3,400)
The Oilers stack projects 59.4 points with 12.4% average ownership, a 25.2% optimal rate and 1.74 value. It carries a leverage of 12.8, a stack to let Build & Sim size against the field. McDavid, Draisaitl and Bouchard skate together on line 1, and the Oilers sit at 3.1 implied goals. Nugent-Hopkins scored twice against the Islanders on October 31 for 20.0 DK points and averages 17.0 over his last three.
NYR PP1 vs EDM (DK $28,700)
Players: Pavel Dorofeyev (DK $5,900); Mika Zibanejad (DK $6,100); J.T. Miller (DK $4,900); Adam Fox (DK $5,600); Alexis Lafreniere (DK $6,200)
The Rangers stack projects 51.5 points with 17.0% average ownership, a 10.5% optimal rate and 1.80 value. The Rangers carry the slate's highest implied total at 3.4 goals, and the unit pairs line 1's Zibanejad, Dorofeyev, Lafreniere and Fox with Miller from line 2. Fox averages 18.7 DK points over his last three. Miller scored on six shots against the Kings on October 26 for 21.8 and averages 12.8 over his last three.
Center
Connor McDavid (DK $9,600)
McDavid centers the Oilers' line 1 and PP1 against the Rangers, and his 16.0 projection is the top mark at center. He carries a 36.8 ceiling. He is 21.0% owned with a 22.5% optimal rate.
The assist streak grew to 14 games on October 31, when he set up a power-play goal against the Islanders. The Oilers sit at 3.1 implied goals in a 6.5-total game.
Tim Stuetzle (DK $6,700)
Stuetzle put up 27.0 DK points against the Sharks on October 31, averages 16.9 over his last three and carries a 14.8% optimal rate. He centers the Senators' line 1 and PP1 against the Ducks with the second-best projection at center, 11.5, and the field has found him.
Leo Carlsson (DK $6,300)
Carlsson centers the Ducks' line 1 and PP1 against the Senators with a 14.3% optimal rate. He had three assists against the Sabres on October 29 for 24.0 DK points, and he averages 18.5 over his last three. His 11.3 projection is the third-best at center, and he draws a crowd.
Wing
Cutter Gauthier (DK $7,100)
Two power-play goals on 10 shots carried Gauthier to 36.3 DK points against the Sabres on October 29. He averages 19.9 over his last three.
His 35.6 ceiling is the top mark at wing. He plays line 2 and PP1 for the Ducks against the Senators with a 22.8% optimal rate and a 14.9 projection, and he is a popular play.
Leon Draisaitl (DK $8,800)
Draisaitl set up a power-play goal against the Islanders on October 31 for 13.0 DK points, and he skates on the Oilers' line 1 and PP1 against the Rangers. He is 14.7% owned with an 18.5% optimal rate, a leverage of 3.8.
Pavel Dorofeyev (DK $5,900)
The Rangers carry the slate's highest implied total against the Oilers, and Dorofeyev skates on their line 1 and PP1 with a 14.1% optimal rate. He projects 11.2 points for a 1.90 value and averages 10.1 over his last three, and the field likes him.
Defense
Evan Bouchard (DK $7,900)
Bouchard skates on the Oilers' line 1 and PP1 against the Rangers, and his 13.3 projection is the top mark on the blue line. He is 15.3% owned with a 17.0% optimal rate, a leverage of 1.7.
Against the Islanders on October 31, he had an assist, three shots and a block for 10.8 DK points. His season average sits at 17.9 beside an 11.4 average over his last three, and his ceiling reaches 30.2.
Jake Sanderson (DK $6,300)
Sanderson set up two goals against the Sharks on October 31 for 12.6 DK points, and he carries a 13.8% optimal rate. He plays line 1 and PP1 for the Senators against the Ducks, and the Senators carry 3.3 implied goals. He is a common pick on the blue line.
Jakob Chychrun (DK $6,500)
Shot volume drives Chychrun from the Capitals' line 1 and PP1 against the Wild: he put five shots on net against the Predators on October 29, and he carries an 11.6% optimal rate. His 19.0 average over his last three sits above his 12.3 season mark, and a good share of the field follows him.
Goalie
Logan Thompson (DK $7,500)
Thompson projects to start for the Capitals against the Wild. He came off injured reserve and beat the Flyers on October 28, stopping 23 of 25 shots for 15.1 DK points. His last-three average sits at 11.7.
The Capitals carry a 50% win chance, and Thompson's 1.50 value is the top mark in net. He holds an 18.5% optimal rate with a 27.5 ceiling, and the crowd leans on him.
Karel Vejmelka (DK $8,300)
The Mammoth are favored against the Flyers with a 59% win chance, and Vejmelka is their projected starter in net with a 12.6% optimal rate. He projects 10.1 DK points with a 25.3 ceiling, and plenty of the field rosters him.
What The Market Is Saying
The market builds around Oilers–Rangers with Connor McDavid (DK $9,600) as the default anchor, and its Senators builds run through Tim Stuetzle (DK $6,700). DFS Hero agrees on McDavid: he is 21.0% owned with a 22.5% optimal rate, and Stack IQ's EDM PP1 carries a 25.2% optimal rate at 12.4% average ownership. The market splits on the Wild–Capitals total and on Senators–Ducks, and it watches the Senators playing the second night of a back-to-back. DFS Hero has Stuetzle at a 14.8% optimal rate. A minority of the market builds around the Oilers' forwards with Leon Draisaitl (DK $8,800) and adds Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (DK $5,100) as a one-off.
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