If you've played fantasy hockey over on FanDuel, then you know the importance of draft percentages, especially in larger-field tournaments. Knowing who the competition is using enables you to think with a contrarian mindset. And if your under-the-radar play ends up hitting, well, you're one step closer to a victory.
Each day, we'll be posting the previous night's draft percentages to help you see how the public was thinking. It'll let you see who the public used, which can be helpful when doing research for upcoming slates.
Let's take a look at the draft percentages for yesterday's main slate. If a player is not listed, his percentage was lower than 0.10%.
Goalies
| Players | Position | Salary | FanDuel Points | Draft Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Hart | G | $8,400 | 29.6 | 35.46% |
| Philipp Grubauer | G | $8,700 | 31.2 | 15.62% |
| Jordan Binnington | G | $8,300 | -6.4 | 11.90% |
| Jacob Markstrom | G | $7,600 | 27.2 | 9.43% |
| Darcy Kuemper | G | $7,700 | 17.6 | 7.51% |
| Carey Price | G | $8,100 | 15.2 | 6.94% |
| Braden Holtby | G | $8,400 | 2.4 | 6.52% |
| Semyon Varlamov | G | $8,300 | 23.2 | 3.60% |
| Pavel Francouz | G | $8,700 | 2.62% |
Skaters
| Players | Position | Salary | FanDuel Points | Draft Percentages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan MacKinnon | C | $8,700 | 16.5 | 53.32% |
| Mikko Rantanen | W | $7,400 | 15.2 | 34.92% |
| Alex Ovechkin | W | $8,400 | 12.8 | 31.71% |
| Nazem Kadri | C | $5,600 | 23.7 | 26.08% |
| Gabriel Landeskog | W | $6,900 | 12.8 | 21.67% |
| Cale Makar | D | $5,600 | 13.3 | 21.55% |
| Alex Pietrangelo | D | $5,600 | 16.5 | 20.57% |
| Brock Boeser | W | $5,800 | 19.7 | 19.70% |
| Tom Wilson | W | $4,500 | 13.3 | 19.39% |
| Ivan Provorov | D | $4,700 | 11.7 | 17.80% |
| Anthony Beauvillier | W | $4,800 | 16.8 | 16.70% |
| Jakub Vrana | W | $4,800 | 1.6 | 16.42% |
| Elias Pettersson | C | $6,700 | 15.7 | 14.34% |
| Travis Konecny | W | $6,600 | 1.6 | 14.09% |
| Alexander Edler | D | $4,400 | 11.2 | 13.86% |
| Quinn Hughes | D | $5,200 | 13.3 | 13.28% |
| Jakub Voracek | W | $6,200 | 15.7 | 13.07% |
| Kevin Hayes | C | $5,700 | 1.6 | 12.86% |
| Vladislav Namestnikov | W | $4,600 | 4.8 | 12.74% |
| Shea Weber | D | $5,300 | 20.5 | 12.21% |
| Mathew Barzal | C | $6,200 | 19.2 | 12.00% |
| Scott Laughton | W | $4,200 | 6.4 | 11.83% |
| Jaden Schwartz | W | $5,600 | 23.2 | 11.53% |
| Brock Nelson | C | $5,200 | 19.6 | 11.21% |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | $6,300 | 1.6 | 10.84% |
| T.J. Oshie | W | $6,700 | 37.8 | 10.74% |
| Ryan Pulock | D | $5,100 | 11.2 | 10.64% |
| David Perron | W | $6,400 | 15.7 | 10.47% |
| Brayden Schenn | C | $5,800 | 10.1 | 10.35% |
| Ryan Graves | D | $4,000 | 8 | 10.32% |
| Vladimir Tarasenko | W | $7,700 | 6.4 | 10.09% |
| Taylor Hall | W | $7,400 | 1.6 | 9.90% |
| J.T. Miller | W | $6,900 | 22.6 | 9.84% |
| Sean Couturier | C | $7,400 | 6.4 | 9.64% |
| Colton Parayko | D | $5,200 | 9.6 | 9.55% |
| Anders Lee | W | $6,200 | 16.8 | 9.14% |
| Claude Giroux | W | $7,300 | 11.7 | 8.95% |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | $4,200 | 1.6 | 8.08% |
| Jordan Eberle | W | $6,400 | 18.4 | 7.81% |
| Tomas Tatar | W | $5,900 | 0 | 7.36% |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | $7,100 | 19.7 | 6.93% |
| Ryan O'Reilly | C | $6,600 | 1.6 | 6.74% |
| Andre Burakovsky | W | $4,700 | 3.2 | 6.33% |
| Joel Farabee | W | $3,300 | 16.8 | 6.32% |
| Loui Eriksson | W | $3,300 | 4.8 | 6.31% |
| Jason Demers | D | $3,700 | 4.8 | 6.29% |
| Carl Soderberg | W | $3,500 | 1.6 | 5.72% |
| Jonathan Drouin | W | $3,600 | 10.1 | 5.58% |
| Tanner Pearson | W | $4,700 | 20.8 | 5.56% |
| Jeff Petry | D | $4,800 | 1.6 | 5.55% |
| Bo Horvat | C | $6,200 | 30.9 | 5.44% |
| Brendan Gallagher | W | $7,200 | 22.9 | 5.24% |
| Clayton Keller | W | $5,700 | 3.2 | 5.23% |
| Travis Sanheim | D | $4,400 | 12.8 | 5.12% |
| Josh Bailey | W | $4,600 | 30 | 5.09% |
| Devon Toews | D | $4,200 | 0 | 4.85% |
| Phil Kessel | W | $6,500 | 3.2 | 4.69% |
| Matt Niskanen | D | $4,300 | 6.4 | 4.24% |
| Zach Sanford | W | $4,700 | 6.4 | 4.22% |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | D | $5,000 | 4.8 | 4.17% |
| Nick Suzuki | C | $4,600 | 1.6 | 4.15% |
| Christian Dvorak | C | $4,600 | 0 | 3.84% |
| Joel Armia | W | $3,900 | 9.6 | 3.83% |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | D | $4,000 | 6.4 | 3.41% |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | C | $4,900 | 0 | 3.37% |
| Jakob Chychrun | D | $3,800 | 6.4 | 3.07% |
| Valeri Nichushkin | W | $3,700 | 1.6 | 3.04% |
| James van Riemsdyk | W | $4,400 | 6.4 | 2.89% |
| Michal Kempny | D | $3,600 | 1.6 | 2.51% |
| Max Domi | C | $3,900 | 1.6 | 2.50% |
| Samuel Girard | D | $4,400 | 1.6 | 2.48% |
| Conor Garland | W | $4,100 | 3.2 | 2.46% |
| Ilya Kovalchuk | W | $4,700 | 0 | 2.44% |
| Alex Goligoski | D | $3,900 | 4.8 | 2.37% |
| John Carlson | D | $6,700 | 25 | 2.36% |
| Christopher Tanev | D | $3,700 | 10.1 | 2.33% |
| Joonas Donskoi | W | $4,100 | 11.2 | 2.29% |
| Ben Chiarot | D | $3,900 | 4.8 | 2.13% |
| Carl Hagelin | W | $3,400 | 0 | 1.94% |
| Nicolas Aube-Kubel | W | $3,500 | 0 | 1.72% |
| Artturi Lehkonen | W | $3,500 | 4.8 | 1.71% |
| Tyler Bozak | W | $3,600 | 0 | 1.66% |
| Robert Thomas | W | $4,400 | 1.6 | 1.56% |
| Vince Dunn | D | $3,800 | 6.4 | 1.44% |
| Ian Cole | D | $3,500 | 6.4 | 1.35% |
| Tyler Myers | D | $3,600 | 4.8 | 1.32% |
| Derek Stepan | C | $4,900 | 4.8 | 1.18% |
| Phillip Danault | C | $5,300 | 4.8 | 1.04% |
| Erik Johnson | D | $3,800 | 24 | 1.03% |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C | $3,500 | 3.2 | 0.94% |
| Derek Grant | C | $3,200 | 3.2 | 0.90% |
| Nick Leddy | D | $3,600 | 4.8 | 0.87% |
| Justin Faulk | D | $3,700 | 4.8 | 0.82% |
| Paul Byron | W | $4,100 | 3.2 | 0.72% |
| J.T. Compher | C | $4,400 | 20 | 0.69% |
| Jake Virtanen | W | $3,600 | 3.2 | 0.67% |
| Matt Calvert | W | $3,200 | 1.6 | 0.65% |
| Philippe Myers | D | $3,700 | 4.8 | 0.64% |
| Derick Brassard | W | $4,100 | 3.2 | 0.62% |
| Oskar Sundqvist | C | $3,300 | 1.6 | 0.61% |
| Adam Pelech | D | $3,500 | 4.8 | 0.54% |
| Brenden Dillon | D | $3,500 | 1.6 | 0.50% |
| Leo Komarov | W | $3,000 | 0 | 0.46% |
| Andy Greene | D | $3,500 | 3.2 | 0.36% |
| Justin Braun | D | $3,500 | 4.8 | 0.36% |
| Lawson Crouse | W | $3,700 | 0 | 0.31% |
| Carl Gunnarsson | D | $3,500 | 3.2 | 0.28% |
| Tyler Pitlick | W | $3,400 | 0 | 0.26% |
| Michael Grabner | W | $3,300 | 1.6 | 0.25% |
| Marco Scandella | D | $3,500 | 1.6 | 0.21% |
| Travis Boyd | C | $3,700 | 0 | 0.21% |
| Richard Panik | W | $3,800 | 1.6 | 0.20% |
| Troy Stecher | D | $3,900 | 16.8 | 0.19% |
| Tyler Motte | W | $3,000 | 0 | 0.19% |
| Brandon Sutter | W | $3,400 | 4.8 | 0.19% |
| Adam Gaudette | C | $3,500 | 0.17% | |
| Niklas Hjalmarsson | D | $3,700 | 4.8 | 0.17% |
| Johnny Boychuk | D | $3,500 | 0.16% | |
| Zack MacEwen | W | $3,100 | 0 | 0.16% |
| Brett Kulak | D | $3,500 | 1.6 | 0.14% |
| Vinnie Hinostroza | W | $3,500 | 0 | 0.14% |
| Sammy Blais | W | $3,300 | 0.14% | |
| Scott Mayfield | D | $3,500 | 6.4 | 0.11% |
| Nic Dowd | C | $3,200 | 1.6 | 0.11% |
| Cal Clutterbuck | W | $3,200 | 3.2 | 0.11% |
| Casey Cizikas | C | $3,500 | 6.4 | 0.11% |
| Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | C | $3,500 | 4.8 | 0.10% |
| Tyler Toffoli | W | $4,900 | 0.10% | |
| Antoine Roussel | W | $3,500 | 0 | 0.10% |