Three games share the slate's top total of 6.5: Mammoth–Maple Leafs, Golden Knights–Penguins and Ducks–Canucks. The Lightning carry the highest implied total at 3.7 goals against the Red Wings. The Hurricanes follow at 3.6 against the Predators, and the Ducks are third at 3.5. The 11-game main slate locks Tuesday, November 3 at 7:00 PM ET. Oilers–Devils, Hurricanes–Predators and Ducks–Canucks all start after lock.
Every goalie is projected. Cam Talbot (DK $7,400) is in line for the Blue Jackets against the Avalanche, and Arturs Silovs (DK $7,900) for the Penguins against the Golden Knights. Tristan Jarry (DK $7,400) is in line for the Oilers against the Devils' Connor Hellebuyck (DK $8,000). Talbot's 7.0% optimal rate ties for first among goalies, with Silovs at 6.3% and Jarry at 5.7%.
Injury Watch
- Nick Suzuki (Canadiens, out)
- Dylan Larkin (Red Wings, out)
- Zach Hyman (Oilers, out)
- John Tavares (Maple Leafs, out)
- Evgeni Malkin (Penguins, out)
- Troy Terry (Ducks, out)
- Ivan Demidov (Canadiens, out)
- Brock Faber (Wild, out)
Top Stacks
TBL PP1 vs DET (DK $31,400)
Players: Nikita Kucherov (DK $8,200); Brandon Hagel (DK $7,700); Jake Guentzel (DK $6,200); Brayden Point (DK $5,200); Charle-Edouard D'Astous (DK $4,100)
The Lightning stack projects 59.0 points with 13.9% average ownership, an 11.3% optimal rate and 1.89 value. It is Stack IQ's top stack. The Lightning carry the slate's highest implied total at 3.7 goals, against a Red Wings side at 2.3. Hagel scored 33.3 against the Jets on October 29, then 4.5 against the Predators on October 31, and Guentzel carries a 14.3 DK average over his last three from line 1 and PP1.
MIN PP1 vs PHI (DK $32,800)
Players: Kirill Kaprizov (DK $8,500); Matt Boldy (DK $8,000); Quinn Hughes (DK $6,700); Joel Eriksson Ek (DK $6,500); Max Shabanov (DK $3,100)
The Wild stack projects 59.6 points with 7.7% average ownership, a 12.0% optimal rate and 1.85 value. That optimal rate is the best of the three stacks, and it comes with a leverage of 4.3. The Wild sit at 3.1 implied goals, and the Flyers' 2.4 is the second lowest on the slate. Eriksson Ek's five newest games run from 11.5 to 16.5. Shabanov, the line 3 forward on PP1, scored 14.5 against the Capitals on November 1.
ANA PP1 vs VAN (DK $31,000)
Players: Cutter Gauthier (DK $7,600); Beckett Sennecke (DK $6,400); Leo Carlsson (DK $6,600); Jackson LaCombe (DK $5,400); Mikael Granlund (DK $5,000)
The Ducks stack projects 57.5 points with 11.2% average ownership, an 8.7% optimal rate and 1.86 value. The Ducks' 3.5 implied goals are third on the slate, in a game whose 6.5 total ties for the highest. Carlsson had three assists for 21.0 against the Senators on November 1 and carries a 20.0 DK average over his last three. LaCombe's 17.5 average over his last three sits well above his 9.5 season mark.
Center
Auston Matthews (DK $9,000)
Mammoth–Maple Leafs shares the slate's top total at 6.5, and Matthews skates on the Maple Leafs' line 1 and PP1 against the Mammoth. He carries a 16.2 Hero Projection, and his 37.6 ceiling is the highest at center.
Matthews scored a goal and added two power-play assists for 27.5 against the Kraken on October 28, then scored for 11.5 against the Canucks on October 31. He is 9.9% owned with a 10.4% optimal rate, first among centers.
Connor McDavid (DK $9,800)
McDavid skates on the Oilers' line 1 and PP1 against the Devils, with a 7.2% optimal rate. He scored a goal with a power-play assist and six shots for 25.5 against the Rangers on November 1, and his last-three average sits at 16.5. He projects for 14.4.
Brayden Point (DK $5,200)
Point skates on the Lightning's line 1 and PP1 against the Red Wings with a 7.0% optimal rate, and his 14.1 DK average over his last three runs well above his 9.4 season mark. His newest game brought an assist and four blocks for 17.7 against the Predators on October 31. He is the field's most popular center.
Wing
Cutter Gauthier (DK $7,600)
Gauthier scored twice and put 10 shots on net for 36.3 against the Sabres on October 29, then scored three times for 42.0 against the Senators on November 1. He takes a 29.8 DK average over his last three into a game against the Canucks.
The Ducks–Canucks total of 6.5 ties for the slate's highest, and Gauthier plays on line 2 and PP1. He carries a 37.3 ceiling, a 14.8 projection and a 10.3% optimal rate. The field is on him in force.
Nikita Kucherov (DK $8,200)
Kucherov and the Lightning face the Red Wings, the slate's lowest implied total, and he carries a 9.1% optimal rate from line 1 and PP1. He had three assists for 20.8 against the Predators on October 31. His 15.3 projection tops the wings, with Kirill Kaprizov (DK $8,500) close at 15.0.
Kirill Kaprizov (DK $8,500)
The Wild are 62% favorites against the Flyers, and Kaprizov skates on their line 1 and PP1. His 36.5 ceiling is second at wing, and he is 8.7% owned with a 9.0% optimal rate.
Defense
Zach Werenski (DK $7,100)
Werenski's five newest games run from 7.1 to 16.3, and he plays on the Blue Jackets' line 1 and PP1 against the Avalanche. His newest game brought an assist and four shots for 13.6 against the Stars on October 31, in line with a 13.7 average over his last three.
His 13.7 projection is the best among defensemen, with a 29.7 ceiling. He is 7.5% owned with an 8.2% optimal rate.
Quinn Hughes (DK $6,700)
Hughes opened the scoring with a goal on three shots against the Capitals on November 1, and he skates on the Wild's line 1 and PP1 against the Flyers. His 18.3 DK average over his last three sits well above his 13.4 season mark. His 6.5% optimal rate is second among defensemen.
Evan Bouchard (DK $7,800)
Bouchard scored a power-play goal and added two assists for 27.3 against the Rangers on November 1, and he carries a 5.7% optimal rate. He shares the Oilers' line 1 and PP1 with Connor McDavid (DK $9,800) against the Devils. He carries a 17.2 DK average over his last three, and his 12.3 projection is third among defensemen.
Goalie
Cam Talbot (DK $7,400)
Talbot was named Tuesday's starter for the Blue Jackets against the Avalanche. His 7.0% optimal rate ties for first among goalies, alongside a 29.1 ceiling and an 11.4 projection.
Talbot made 28 saves for 15.1 against the Flyers on October 27. He carries an 11.2 DK average over his last three, above his 8.8 season mark. His 1.54 value ties for second at goalie, and he is a crowd favorite in net.
Arturs Silovs (DK $7,900)
Silovs takes a 17.7 DK average over his last three into a start for the Penguins against the Golden Knights, well above his 10.7 season mark. He is 5.0% owned with a 6.3% optimal rate, third among goalies.
Tristan Jarry (DK $7,400)
Jarry was named the Oilers' starter against the Devils after shutouts against the Flames on October 28 and the Islanders on October 31, and he carries a 5.7% optimal rate. He carries a 19.7 DK average over his last three. His leverage of 1.2 at 4.5% ownership makes him a spot to let Build & Sim size.
What The Market Is Saying
The market builds around the Ducks against the Canucks, with Leo Carlsson (DK $6,600), his top line and Jackson LaCombe (DK $5,400), and it keys on the Canucks' 4.50 goals allowed per game; it also treats the Wild's top line with Quinn Hughes (DK $6,700) as a default stack. The market is split on Oilers–Devils: one camp stacks Connor McDavid (DK $9,800), Leon Draisaitl (DK $8,800) and Evan Bouchard (DK $7,800), while the other builds on the Devils' side. DFS Hero has McDavid at a 7.2% optimal rate and Bouchard at a 5.7% optimal rate. The market is also split on Golden Knights–Penguins, where one side takes Arturs Silovs (DK $7,900), and it watches the Golden Knights playing the second night of a back-to-back. DFS Hero has Silovs at a 6.3% optimal rate, and Stack IQ ranks the Lightning PP1, a stack the market passes over, as its top stack.
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