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
| Player | Position | Salary | FanDuel Points | Draft Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semyon Varlamov | G | $8,100 | 32 | 27.97% |
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | G | $8,800 | 22.4 | 19.95% |
| Hunter Miska | G | $8,500 | 6.4 | 16.70% |
| Tuukka Rask | G | $8,600 | 13.6 | 5.85% |
| Connor Hellebuyck | G | $8,400 | 30.4 | 5.67% |
| Joonas Korpisalo | G | $7,000 | 15.2 | 4.80% |
| Thatcher Demko | G | $7,200 | 0 | 3.98% |
| Matt Murray | G | $6,900 | 1.6 | 2.79% |
| Jake Allen | G | $8,300 | 11.2 | 2.66% |
| Carter Hart | G | $8,600 | 15.2 | 2.48% |
| Scott Wedgewood | G | $7,000 | 8.8 | 2.06% |
| Jonathan Quick | G | $6,800 | 23.2 | 1.78% |
| Philipp Grubauer | G | $8,500 | 1.41% | |
| MacKenzie Blackwood | G | $7,000 | 1.22% | |
| Braden Holtby | G | $7,200 | 0.14% | |
| Brian Elliott | G | $8,600 | 0.10% |
Skaters
| Player | Position | Salary | FanDuel Points | Draft Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Scheifele | C | $7,400 | 21.6 | 35.51% |
| Nathan MacKinnon | C | $8,900 | 28.5 | 31.67% |
| Josh Norris | C | $3,900 | 4.8 | 23.55% |
| Blake Wheeler | W | $6,600 | 16.8 | 20.89% |
| Drake Batherson | W | $3,400 | 4.8 | 19.75% |
| Josh Morrissey | D | $4,300 | 1.6 | 18.02% |
| Ryan Pulock | D | $4,600 | 3.2 | 17.94% |
| Kyle Connor | W | $7,400 | 19.2 | 17.91% |
| Jeff Petry | D | $5,700 | 14.9 | 14.57% |
| Cale Makar | D | $5,800 | 10.1 | 14.03% |
| Steven Stamkos | W | $8,500 | 12.8 | 13.61% |
| Thomas Chabot | D | $5,300 | 1.6 | 13.53% |
| Shea Weber | D | $5,600 | 4.8 | 12.89% |
| Brayden Point | C | $8,000 | 18.4 | 12.64% |
| Devon Toews | D | $4,300 | 3.2 | 12.49% |
| Neal Pionk | D | $4,900 | 4.8 | 11.15% |
| Brady Tkachuk | W | $6,500 | 3.2 | 10.47% |
| Victor Hedman | D | $7,100 | 14.4 | 10.18% |
| Quinn Hughes | D | $5,500 | 13.3 | 9.65% |
| Patrice Bergeron | C | $7,700 | 21.3 | 9.43% |
| Mathew Barzal | C | $6,500 | 38.1 | 9.04% |
| Mikko Rantanen | W | $7,800 | 31.7 | 8.80% |
| Ondrej Palat | W | $5,600 | 4.8 | 8.68% |
| Gabriel Landeskog | W | $6,800 | 8 | 8.53% |
| Jack Hughes | C | $5,100 | 1.6 | 8.33% |
| Nick Suzuki | C | $5,900 | 14.4 | 8.27% |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | W | $5,800 | 21.6 | 7.10% |
| Tyler Toffoli | W | $4,900 | 45.6 | 6.53% |
| Brock Nelson | C | $5,500 | 18.9 | 6.12% |
| Alexander Romanov | D | $4,300 | 4.8 | 5.97% |
| Nazem Kadri | C | $6,200 | 3.2 | 5.93% |
| Elias Pettersson | C | $6,900 | 0 | 5.72% |
| Bo Horvat | C | $6,400 | 32.5 | 5.65% |
| Anthony Cirelli | C | $5,000 | 12.8 | 5.24% |
| Charlie McAvoy | D | $4,600 | 4.8 | 5.03% |
| Brad Marchand | W | $8,300 | 12.8 | 4.78% |
| Jordan Eberle | W | $5,300 | 34.1 | 4.68% |
| Anders Lee | W | $7,400 | 12.8 | 4.44% |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C | $3,900 | 11.2 | 4.25% |
| Evgenii Dadonov | W | $4,600 | 1.6 | 4.14% |
| Jake DeBrusk | W | $4,800 | 4.8 | 4.06% |
| Adam Pelech | D | $3,600 | 8 | 3.87% |
| Matt Grzelcyk | D | $4,300 | 11.2 | 3.79% |
| Phillip Danault | C | $4,600 | 1.6 | 3.71% |
| P.K. Subban | D | $4,300 | 12.8 | 3.64% |
| J.T. Miller | W | $6,900 | 10.1 | 3.61% |
| Tyler Myers | D | $3,700 | 30.4 | 3.17% |
| Kevin Hayes | C | $5,800 | 19.7 | 3.16% |
| Samuel Girard | D | $4,800 | 0 | 3.09% |
| Alex Killorn | W | $5,500 | 9.6 | 3.07% |
| Brock Boeser | W | $6,700 | 3.2 | 2.92% |
| Paul Stastny | C | $4,900 | 8 | 2.77% |
| Seth Jones | D | $5,300 | 3.2 | 2.75% |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | W | $5,000 | 25.3 | 2.75% |
| Anze Kopitar | C | $7,300 | 26.1 | 2.68% |
| Ryan Graves | D | $3,900 | 9.6 | 2.55% |
| Josh Anderson | W | $4,600 | 16.8 | 2.52% |
| Nick Leddy | D | $3,800 | 11.7 | 2.46% |
| Miles Wood | W | $4,000 | 3.2 | 2.30% |
| Brendan Gallagher | W | $7,100 | 1.6 | 2.28% |
| Tomas Tatar | W | $6,200 | 13.3 | 2.24% |
| Ty Smith | D | $3,600 | 14.4 | 2.22% |
| Erik Cernak | D | $3,700 | 4.8 | 2.19% |
| Nikita Zaitsev | D | $3,900 | 16 | 2.12% |
| Nate Schmidt | D | $4,500 | 3.2 | 2.00% |
| Mikhail Sergachev | D | $4,500 | 1.6 | 1.98% |
| Drew Doughty | D | $5,000 | 22.1 | 1.91% |
| Travis Konecny | W | $7,200 | 8 | 1.85% |
| Kyle Palmieri | W | $6,300 | 4.8 | 1.80% |
| Anthony Beauvillier | W | $5,500 | 4.8 | 1.74% |
| Derek Stepan | C | $4,800 | 4.8 | 1.74% |
| Josh Bailey | W | $4,200 | 9.6 | 1.71% |
| Ivan Provorov | D | $5,300 | 18.1 | 1.69% |
| Nick Paul | C | $3,400 | 6.4 | 1.66% |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | C | $5,600 | 1.6 | 1.65% |
| Jonathan Drouin | W | $4,700 | 9.6 | 1.47% |
| Jeff Carter | W | $4,600 | 13.3 | 1.44% |
| David Krejci | C | $5,600 | 22.9 | 1.42% |
| Yegor Sharangovich | W | $3,700 | 1.6 | 1.38% |
| Joel Edmundson | D | $3,500 | 1.6 | 1.36% |
| Nikita Gusev | W | $4,200 | 6.4 | 1.36% |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | C | $4,600 | 8.5 | 1.32% |
| Tyler Johnson | W | $3,700 | 6.4 | 1.27% |
| Nick Ritchie | W | $3,400 | 23.7 | 1.22% |
| Erik Gustafsson | D | $4,500 | 0 | 1.20% |
| Cam Atkinson | W | $6,500 | 11.7 | 1.20% |
| Joel Farabee | W | $4,100 | 1.6 | 1.19% |
| Nolan Patrick | C | $4,200 | 9.6 | 1.17% |
| Ben Chiarot | D | $3,600 | 22.1 | 1.13% |
| Alex Galchenyuk | W | $3,600 | 3.2 | 1.11% |
| Damon Severson | D | $4,100 | 8 | 1.10% |
| Oskar Lindblom | W | $3,800 | 6.4 | 1.10% |
| Craig Smith | W | $4,200 | 14.4 | 1.07% |
| Noah Dobson | D | $3,500 | 30.9 | 1.05% |
| Alex Iafallo | W | $4,800 | 9.6 | 1.01% |
| Yanni Gourde | C | $4,100 | 8 | 0.96% |
| Zach Werenski | D | $5,600 | 11.2 | 0.93% |
| Alexandre Texier | C | $4,400 | 1.6 | 0.88% |
| Andreas Johnsson | W | $3,300 | 1.6 | 0.88% |
| Boone Jenner | C | $4,300 | 1.6 | 0.80% |
| Charlie Coyle | C | $4,400 | 16.8 | 0.79% |
| Alexander Edler | D | $4,100 | 0.78% | |
| Tanner Pearson | W | $4,700 | 0 | 0.73% |
| Andrew Copp | W | $3,700 | 17.6 | 0.71% |
| Claude Giroux | W | $6,900 | 15.7 | 0.70% |
| Andreas Athanasiou | W | $3,700 | 11.7 | 0.67% |
| Blake Coleman | W | $4,400 | 13.6 | 0.66% |
| Mikhail Grigorenko | W | $3,200 | 3.2 | 0.62% |
| Adrian Kempe | W | $4,600 | 20 | 0.61% |
| Erik Gudbranson | D | $3,500 | 4.8 | 0.61% |
| Nils Hoglander | W | $3,500 | 9.6 | 0.60% |
| Connor Brown | W | $4,900 | 12.8 | 0.58% |
| Bowen Byram | D | $3,500 | 1.6 | 0.58% |
| Derek Forbort | D | $3,500 | 11.2 | 0.56% |
| Pavel Zacha | C | $3,400 | 1.6 | 0.56% |
| James van Riemsdyk | W | $5,000 | 29.3 | 0.54% |
| Brandon Saad | W | $4,500 | 0 | 0.52% |
| Mike Reilly | D | $4,000 | 4.8 | 0.50% |
| Max Domi | C | $4,300 | 11.2 | 0.50% |
| Olli Maatta | D | $3,900 | 0 | 0.49% |
| Nick Foligno | W | $4,500 | 17.3 | 0.46% |
| Jeremy Lauzon | D | $3,500 | 6.4 | 0.43% |
| Joonas Donskoi | W | $3,700 | 0 | 0.38% |
| Chris Tierney | C | $4,500 | 13.6 | 0.37% |
| Dustin Brown | W | $5,400 | 4.8 | 0.37% |
| Gabriel Vilardi | C | $3,400 | 17.3 | 0.36% |
| Jake Virtanen | W | $3,500 | 0 | 0.33% |
| Matt Roy | D | $3,500 | 1.6 | 0.33% |
| Travis Sanheim | D | $3,900 | 18.4 | 0.32% |
| Joel Armia | W | $3,600 | 48.8 | 0.31% |
| Ryan McDonagh | D | $4,500 | 20.8 | 0.31% |
| Jakub Voracek | W | $6,400 | 27.7 | 0.29% |
| Blake Lizotte | C | $3,600 | 15.2 | 0.29% |
| Adam Lowry | C | $3,200 | 16.8 | 0.29% |
| David Savard | D | $3,800 | 3.2 | 0.27% |
| Jan Rutta | D | $3,500 | 4.8 | 0.26% |
| Adam Gaudette | C | $3,200 | 3.2 | 0.25% |
| Mikey Anderson | D | $3,500 | 3.2 | 0.25% |
| J.T. Compher | C | $4,400 | 4.8 | 0.24% |
| Jakub Zboril | D | $3,500 | 4.8 | 0.21% |
| Scott Mayfield | D | $3,800 | 6.4 | 0.20% |
| Michael Del Zotto | D | $3,700 | 4.8 | 0.19% |
| Jalen Chatfield | D | $3,500 | 0 | 0.18% |
| Barclay Goodrow | W | $3,500 | 6.4 | 0.18% |
| Brett Kulak | D | $3,700 | 3.2 | 0.17% |
| Ryan Murray | D | $3,500 | 4.8 | 0.17% |
| Jack Studnicka | W | $3,900 | 16.8 | 0.15% |
| Sean Walker | D | $3,700 | 14.9 | 0.15% |
| Travis Zajac | C | $3,600 | 1.6 | 0.14% |
| Tyler Motte | W | $3,200 | 1.6 | 0.13% |
| Kale Clague | D | $3,500 | 6.4 | 0.13% |
| Kieffer Bellows | W | $3,000 | 3.2 | 0.12% |
| Valeri Nichushkin | W | $3,500 | 3.2 | 0.12% |
| Anders Bjork | W | $3,000 | 0 | 0.10% |
| Justin Braun | D | $3,700 | 1.6 | 0.10% |