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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikko Koskinen | G | $8,000 | 25.6 | 42.05% |
| Matt Murray | G | $6,900 | 0.8 | 18.34% |
| Marc-Andre Fleury | G | $7,200 | 31.2 | 18.08% |
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | G | $8,700 | 28.8 | 12.58% |
| Vitek Vanecek | G | $8,400 | 6.4 | 4.81% |
| Joey Daccord | G | $7,500 | -5.6 | 1.63% |
| Anton Forsberg | G | $6,900 | 0.53% | |
| Filip Gustavsson | G | $6,500 | 0.50% | |
| Philipp Grubauer | G | $7,500 | 0.12% | |
| Stuart Skinner | G | $6,500 | 0.12% | |
| Ilya Samsonov | G | $8,400 | 0.10% | |
| Maxime Lagace | G | $6,500 | 0.10% |
Skaters
| Player | Position | Salary | FanDuel Points | Draft Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor McDavid | C | $9,800 | 14.4 | 70.01% |
| Evan Bouchard | D | $4,000 | 3.2 | 44.70% |
| Josh Norris | C | $5,700 | 6.4 | 34.63% |
| Drake Batherson | W | $5,700 | 4.8 | 34.57% |
| Leon Draisaitl | C | $9,200 | 48.5 | 33.24% |
| Zach Hyman | W | $6,900 | 14.9 | 29.65% |
| Alex Killorn | W | $5,100 | 15.2 | 29.20% |
| Thomas Chabot | D | $5,300 | 6.4 | 26.76% |
| Yanni Gourde | C | $4,200 | 9.6 | 21.43% |
| Jesse Puljujarvi | W | $5,600 | 1.6 | 21.11% |
| Alex Ovechkin | W | $9,500 | 9.6 | 20.61% |
| Artem Zub | D | $4,300 | 8.0 | 17.01% |
| Anthony Cirelli | C | $4,100 | 22.1 | 16.44% |
| Darnell Nurse | D | $5,700 | 6.4 | 16.20% |
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | W | $6,900 | 11.7 | 14.91% |
| Dominik Kubalik | W | $5,600 | 22.4 | 14.86% |
| Brady Tkachuk | W | $7,400 | 3.2 | 12.61% |
| Seth Jones | D | $6,600 | 12.8 | 12.56% |
| Brandon Hagel | W | $3,200 | 32.0 | 12.39% |
| Victor Hedman | D | $6,700 | 16.5 | 11.31% |
| Patrick Kane | W | $7,800 | 54.1 | 11.31% |
| Brayden Point | C | $7,500 | 15.2 | 11.12% |
| Kirby Dach | C | $5,300 | 3.2 | 10.92% |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | $7,800 | 14.9 | 10.74% |
| Tim Stuetzle | W | $4,700 | 1.6 | 10.70% |
| Ryan McDonagh | D | $4,000 | 3.2 | 10.36% |
| Connor Brown | W | $4,600 | 3.2 | 9.83% |
| Jonathan Toews | C | $5,000 | 26.1 | 9.81% |
| Mikhail Sergachev | D | $4,900 | 6.4 | 9.73% |
| Connor Murphy | D | $3,500 | 4.8 | 9.24% |
| Joonas Donskoi | W | $3,900 | 3.2 | 9.04% |
| Alex DeBrincat | W | $7,200 | 0.0 | 8.80% |
| John Carlson | D | $6,400 | 14.9 | 8.69% |
| Tyson Barrie | D | $5,600 | 9.6 | 8.50% |
| Mark Giordano | D | $5,300 | 8.0 | 8.29% |
| Ryan Donato | W | $3,600 | 1.6 | 7.30% |
| Steven Stamkos | W | $8,400 | 3.2 | 7.23% |
| Jordan Eberle | W | $4,600 | 6.4 | 6.55% |
| Brandon Tanev | W | $4,600 | 8.0 | 6.26% |
| Tom Wilson | W | $5,600 | 8.0 | 6.03% |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | $3,900 | 1.6 | 5.37% |
| Nick Paul | W | $4,200 | 3.2 | 5.22% |
| Chris Tierney | C | $4,100 | 3.2 | 5.01% |
| Jaden Schwartz | W | $4,300 | 18.4 | 4.93% |
| Ondrej Palat | W | $5,800 | 0.0 | 4.70% |
| Alex Wennberg | C | $3,600 | 4.8 | 4.31% |
| Lars Eller | C | $3,800 | 4.8 | 3.88% |
| Mathieu Joseph | W | $3,100 | 0.0 | 3.82% |
| Kailer Yamamoto | W | $3,500 | 13.6 | 3.76% |
| Corey Perry | W | $3,800 | 4.8 | 3.64% |
| Dylan Strome | W | $3,600 | 6.4 | 3.51% |
| Anthony Mantha | W | $5,800 | 1.6 | 3.28% |
| Adam Larsson | D | $3,700 | 8.0 | 2.94% |
| Vince Dunn | D | $4,200 | 3.2 | 2.93% |
| Erik Cernak | D | $4,000 | 4.8 | 2.83% |
| Morgan Geekie | C | $3,700 | 1.6 | 2.56% |
| Daniel Sprong | W | $3,500 | 4.8 | 2.56% |
| Nick Jensen | D | $3,800 | 12.8 | 2.55% |
| Erik Gustafsson | D | $3,500 | 12.8 | 2.47% |
| Duncan Keith | D | $3,800 | 13.6 | 2.41% |
| Haydn Fleury | D | $3,900 | 2.37% | |
| Calvin de Haan | D | $3,600 | 0.0 | 2.25% |
| Zack Kassian | W | $4,000 | 0.0 | 2.20% |
| Philipp Kurashev | W | $3,500 | 8.0 | 2.17% |
| Warren Foegele | W | $3,700 | 0.0 | 2.11% |
| Martin Fehervary | D | $3,800 | 6.4 | 1.98% |
| Justin Schultz | D | $3,800 | 1.6 | 1.94% |
| Calle Jarnkrok | W | $3,600 | 6.4 | 1.94% |
| Tyler Ennis | W | $3,700 | 16.0 | 1.89% |
| Jake McCabe | D | $3,600 | 4.8 | 1.75% |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | $3,500 | 3.2 | 1.66% |
| Ross Colton | C | $3,500 | 3.2 | 1.63% |
| Conor Sheary | W | $3,800 | 14.1 | 1.51% |
| Connor McMichael | W | $3,600 | 4.8 | 1.50% |
| Cody Ceci | D | $3,600 | 1.6 | 1.45% |
| Nikita Zaitsev | D | $3,600 | 4.8 | 1.27% |
| Alex Barre-Boulet | W | $3,500 | 10.1 | 1.24% |
| Jan Rutta | D | $3,600 | 1.00% | |
| Nick Holden | D | $3,500 | 1.6 | 0.85% |
| Derek Ryan | C | $3,500 | 3.2 | 0.82% |
| Carl Hagelin | W | $3,200 | 1.6 | 0.80% |
| Ryan Carpenter | W | $3,000 | 13.3 | 0.76% |
| Alex Formenton | W | $3,300 | 18.4 | 0.76% |
| Victor Mete | D | $3,600 | 11.2 | 0.74% |
| Mike Hardman | W | $3,000 | 3.2 | 0.74% |
| Jamie Oleksiak | D | $3,600 | 12.8 | 0.70% |
| Garnet Hathaway | W | $3,200 | 3.2 | 0.66% |
| Zach Sanford | W | $3,500 | 6.4 | 0.61% |
| Pat Maroon | W | $3,000 | 8.0 | 0.52% |
| Hendrix Lapierre | C | $3,400 | 0.40% | |
| Andrej Sustr | D | $3,500 | 0.0 | 0.39% |
| Slater Koekkoek | D | $3,500 | 3.2 | 0.38% |
| Jeremy Lauzon | D | $3,500 | 4.8 | 0.38% |
| Adam Gaudette | W | $3,500 | 0.37% | |
| Isaak Phillips | D | $3,500 | 0.0 | 0.34% |
| Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | C | $3,300 | 3.2 | 0.33% |
| MacKenzie Entwistle | C | $3,500 | 4.8 | 0.29% |
| Kyle Turris | W | $3,000 | 15.2 | 0.29% |
| Erik Brannstrom | D | $3,600 | 0.27% | |
| Riley Sheahan | C | $3,600 | 0.0 | 0.25% |
| Devin Shore | C | $3,000 | 11.2 | 0.24% |
| Brett Leason | W | $3,000 | 15.2 | 0.24% |
| Logan Shaw | C | $3,000 | 0.0 | 0.24% |
| Taylor Raddysh | W | $3,600 | 9.6 | 0.23% |
| Dylan Gambrell | C | $3,300 | 0.0 | 0.19% |
| Max McCormick | W | $3,000 | 3.2 | 0.18% |
| Aliaksei Protas | C | $3,000 | 0.0 | 0.12% |
| Tyler Johnson | C | $4,100 | 0.12% | |
| Tyler Benson | W | $3,000 | 1.6 | 0.11% |