NHL DFS projections: DraftKings salary, value and ownership

Our projection for each player, priced against DraftKings salary.

DFS projections (211 players · slate MAIN)

DraftKings classic · draft group 155834 · first game 10/31/2026, 11:00:00 PM

173 of 211 projected · the rest show — until a served row exists (no model row for that player yet, or listed out)

Projected from salary, projection and value rank.

Player	Pos	Team	Opp	DK Salary	Proj	Value (pts/$1K)	Proj. owned
Nathan MacKinnon	C	COL	CGY	$9,000	15.1	1.68	42.5%
Auston Matthews	C	TOR	VAN	$8,800	12.6	1.44	21.2%
Artturi Lehkonen	LW	COL	CGY	$5,500	12.1	2.21	30.2%
William Nylander	RW	TOR	VAN	$7,500	11.6	1.54	21.1%
Martin Necas	RW	COL	CGY	$6,500	11.6	1.78	17.0%
Cale Makar	D	COL	CGY	$7,400	10.0	1.35	20.6%
Jason Robertson	LW	DAL	CBJ	$7,700	10.0	1.30	10.9%
Cole Caufield	LW	MTL	PIT	$6,700	9.8	1.46	8.5%
Jack Roslovic	RW	TOR	VAN	$5,000	9.8	1.96	10.9%
Mikko Rantanen	RW	DAL	CBJ	$6,200	9.4	1.52	7.5%
Easton Cowan	LW	TOR	VAN	$3,800	9.2	2.42	10.9%
MacKenzie Blackwood	G	COL	CGY	$8,500	8.9	1.05	36.4%
Nazem Kadri	C	COL	CGY	$5,400	8.6	1.60	10.2%
Brock Nelson	C	COL	CGY	$4,700	8.6	1.83	10.2%
Juraj Slafkovsky	RW	MTL	PIT	$5,400	8.4	1.56	5.7%
Wyatt Johnston	C	DAL	CBJ	$6,300	8.4	1.34	6.6%
Nicolas Roy	RW	COL	CGY	$2,500	8.4	3.36	9.1%
Roope Hintz	C	DAL	CBJ	$5,200	8.4	1.61	6.3%
Lane Hutson	D	MTL	PIT	$5,600	8.4	1.49	12.3%
Jake Oettinger	G	DAL	CBJ	$8,100	8.3	1.03	23.9%
Devon Toews	D	COL	CGY	$3,800	8.3	2.18	12.3%
Gabriel Landeskog	LW	COL	CGY	$3,700	8.1	2.19	7.1%
Elias Pettersson	C	VAN	TOR	$5,100	7.9	1.55	5.5%
Jaden Schwartz	LW	COL	CGY	$3,300	7.8	2.36	5.9%
Evgeni Malkin	RW	PIT	MTL	$5,200	7.8	1.50	3.9%
Josh Anderson	RW	MTL	PIT	$2,800	7.6	2.72	6.5%
Zach Werenski	D	CBJ	DAL	$7,200	7.5	1.04	5.4%
Miro Heiskanen	D	DAL	CBJ	$5,800	7.4	1.28	5.1%
Jake DeBrusk	LW	VAN	TOR	$4,500	7.4	1.64	3.9%
Tyler Seguin	RW	DAL	CBJ	$3,500	7.3	2.08	4.7%
T.J. Hughes	RW	COL	CGY	$3,200	7.3	2.27	5.1%
Zack Bolduc	LW	MTL	PIT	$2,900	7.3	2.50	5.5%
Gavin McKenna	LW	TOR	VAN	$3,600	7.2	1.99	4.5%
Adam Fantilli	C	CBJ	DAL	$5,300	7.1	1.34	4.2%
Joel Farabee	LW	CGY	COL	$4,800	7.1	1.47	3.6%
Darren Raddysh	D	TOR	VAN	$6,400	7.0	1.10	3.6%
Nick Robertson	RW	PIT	MTL	$3,400	7.0	2.06	4.5%
Erik Karlsson	D	PIT	MTL	$5,500	7.0	1.27	4.1%
Logan O'Connor	RW	COL	CGY	$2,500	7.0	2.80	6.1%
Fedor Svechkov	C	COL	CGY	$2,600	7.0	2.68	7.6%
Rickard Rakell	RW	PIT	MTL	$5,900	6.9	1.17	2.8%
Tommy Novak	LW	PIT	MTL	$3,900	6.9	1.77	3.9%
Thomas Harley	D	DAL	CBJ	$5,400	6.9	1.27	3.9%
Jonathan Lekkerimaki	RW	VAN	TOR	$2,900	6.9	2.37	4.9%
Morgan Rielly	D	TOR	VAN	$4,300	6.8	1.59	4.6%
Kent Johnson	RW	CBJ	DAL	$4,600	6.8	1.47	3.4%
Ben Kindel	C	PIT	MTL	$4,300	6.8	1.58	4.5%
Sidney Crosby	C	PIT	MTL	$6,100	6.8	1.11	3.4%
Taylor Makar	LW	COL	CGY	$2,500	6.7	2.69	5.5%
Parker Kelly	LW	COL	CGY	$3,000	6.7	2.23	4.5%
Vinni Lettieri	RW	TOR	VAN	$2,600	6.7	2.58	5.1%
Filip Hronek	D	VAN	TOR	$4,800	6.6	1.38	3.9%
Sergei Bobrovsky	G	TOR	VAN	$8,000	6.6	0.83	11.3%
Morgan Frost	C	CGY	COL	$4,000	6.6	1.66	4.7%
Declan Carlile	D	PIT	MTL	$2,800	6.6	2.36	6.2%
Linus Karlsson	RW	VAN	TOR	$3,200	6.6	2.06	4.1%
Kaiden Guhle	D	MTL	PIT	$3,900	6.6	1.69	4.6%
Matt Coronato	RW	CGY	COL	$4,900	6.5	1.33	3.0%
Owen Beck	LW	MTL	PIT	$2,500	6.5	2.60	5.1%
Charlie Coyle	C	CBJ	DAL	$4,200	6.5	1.54	4.2%
Samuel Girard	D	PIT	MTL	$2,500	6.4	2.57	6.4%
Alexandre Carrier	D	MTL	PIT	$3,800	6.4	1.69	4.4%
Hendrix Lapierre	C	PIT	MTL	$2,800	6.4	2.27	5.8%
Gavin Brindley	C	COL	CGY	$2,500	6.4	2.55	6.6%
Marco Rossi	C	VAN	TOR	$2,900	6.3	2.18	5.5%
Matthew Seminoff	RW	DAL	CBJ	$2,500	6.3	2.52	4.7%
Denton Mateychuk	D	CBJ	DAL	$3,600	6.3	1.74	4.4%
Mike Matheson	D	MTL	PIT	$3,900	6.3	1.60	4.1%
Noah Dobson	D	MTL	PIT	$5,100	6.2	1.22	3.3%
Nick Paul	C	TOR	VAN	$3,300	6.2	1.88	4.7%
Brock Boeser	RW	VAN	TOR	$4,300	6.2	1.44	2.8%
Brett Kulak	D	COL	CGY	$3,000	6.2	2.06	4.9%
Dylan Hryckowian	RW	DAL	CBJ	$2,500	6.2	2.46	4.5%
Egor Chinakhov	LW	PIT	MTL	$4,000	6.1	1.53	3.0%
Aydar Suniev	RW	CGY	COL	$3,300	6.1	1.85	3.4%
Colton Sissons	C	TOR	VAN	$2,700	6.1	2.25	5.2%
Connor Dewar	LW	PIT	MTL	$3,100	6.1	1.95	3.6%
Kris Letang	D	PIT	MTL	$3,600	6.0	1.68	4.1%
Zack MacEwen	RW	TOR	VAN	$2,500	6.0	2.39	4.1%
Florian Xhekaj	LW	MTL	PIT	$2,500	6.0	2.38	4.1%
Cole Sillinger	C	CBJ	DAL	$3,000	6.0	1.98	4.7%
Mikael Backlund	C	CGY	COL	$3,800	5.9	1.56	3.7%
Max Sasson	C	VAN	TOR	$2,500	5.9	2.37	5.5%
Alex Newhook	C	MTL	PIT	$3,100	5.9	1.90	4.5%
Oliver Kapanen	C	MTL	PIT	$3,400	5.9	1.73	3.9%
Matvei Gridin	LW	CGY	COL	$4,200	5.8	1.39	2.6%
Arttu Hyry	C	DAL	CBJ	$2,500	5.8	2.33	5.2%
Sam Malinski	D	COL	CGY	$3,900	5.8	1.49	3.3%
Rutger McGroarty	LW	PIT	MTL	$2,500	5.7	2.30	3.9%
Ville Koivunen	RW	PIT	MTL	$2,500	5.7	2.29	3.9%
Paul Cotter	LW	VAN	TOR	$2,500	5.7	2.28	3.9%
Ryan Strome	RW	CGY	COL	$2,800	5.7	2.03	3.4%
Jake Evans	C	MTL	PIT	$2,700	5.7	2.10	4.5%
Alexandre Texier	RW	MTL	PIT	$2,600	5.7	2.18	3.6%
Elias-Nils Pettersson	D	VAN	TOR	$2,700	5.6	2.09	4.4%
Liam Ohgren	LW	VAN	TOR	$2,600	5.6	2.17	3.5%
Joel Kiviranta	LW	DAL	CBJ	$2,500	5.6	2.25	3.7%
Valeri Nichushkin	LW	CBJ	DAL	$3,400	5.6	1.65	2.8%
Matthew Knies	LW	CBJ	DAL	$4,400	5.6	1.27	2.2%
Chris Kreider	LW	MTL	PIT	$3,100	5.6	1.79	3.0%
Aatu Raty	C	VAN	TOR	$2,500	5.5	2.22	4.7%
Brandon Duhaime	LW	TOR	VAN	$2,500	5.5	2.22	3.5%
Jake McCabe	D	TOR	VAN	$3,500	5.5	1.58	3.3%
Blake Lizotte	C	PIT	MTL	$2,500	5.5	2.21	4.7%
Brent Burns	D	COL	CGY	$3,300	5.5	1.65	3.3%
Phillip Danault	C	MTL	PIT	$2,600	5.4	2.09	4.2%
Kaedan Korczak	D	PIT	MTL	$3,100	5.4	1.75	3.6%
Sam Steel	LW	DAL	CBJ	$2,500	5.4	2.16	3.4%
Yegor Sharangovich	LW	CGY	COL	$2,900	5.4	1.86	3.0%
David Reinbacher	D	MTL	PIT	$2,500	5.4	2.14	4.4%
Adam Klapka	RW	CGY	COL	$2,500	5.4	2.14	3.4%
Troy Stecher	D	TOR	VAN	$3,200	5.3	1.66	3.3%
Guillaume Brisebois	D	VAN	TOR	$2,500	5.3	2.11	4.1%
Dakota Mermis	D	TOR	VAN	$2,500	5.3	2.10	4.1%
Damon Severson	D	CBJ	DAL	$3,500	5.2	1.49	3.1%
Jamie Oleksiak	D	VAN	TOR	$2,700	5.2	1.93	3.6%
Jamie Benn	RW	DAL	CBJ	$2,700	5.2	1.91	2.8%
Drew O'Connor	LW	VAN	TOR	$3,100	5.2	1.66	2.6%
Zayne Parekh	D	CGY	COL	$3,400	5.1	1.50	2.8%
Ben Jones	C	CGY	COL	$2,500	5.1	2.03	3.9%
Simon Nemec	D	CGY	COL	$4,000	5.0	1.26	2.6%
Jake Middleton	D	CGY	COL	$2,900	5.0	1.72	3.1%
Sean Monahan	LW	CBJ	DAL	$2,800	5.0	1.79	2.6%
Mathieu Olivier	RW	CBJ	DAL	$3,000	5.0	1.66	2.4%
Bo Groulx	LW	TOR	VAN	$2,500	5.0	1.99	2.8%
Teddy Blueger	C	TOR	VAN	$2,500	5.0	1.98	3.7%
Arshdeep Bains	RW	VAN	TOR	$2,500	4.9	1.96	2.8%
Joel Hanley	D	CGY	COL	$2,500	4.9	1.96	3.3%
Noah Juulsen	D	COL	CGY	$2,500	4.9	1.94	3.3%
Martin Pospisil	C	CGY	COL	$2,800	4.8	1.71	3.1%
Kirby Dach	RW	MTL	PIT	$2,500	4.8	1.90	2.6%
Scott Wedgewood	G	COL	CGY	$8,500	4.8	0.56	5.3%
Jacob Fowler	G	MTL	PIT	$7,900	4.7	0.60	4.6%
Nils Lundkvist	D	DAL	CBJ	$2,500	4.7	1.89	3.3%
Ilya Solovyov	D	PIT	MTL	$2,500	4.7	1.88	3.3%
Dmitri Voronkov	LW	CBJ	DAL	$2,500	4.7	1.88	2.6%
Justin Hryckowian	C	DAL	CBJ	$2,500	4.7	1.87	3.1%
Spencer Stastney	D	PIT	MTL	$2,900	4.7	1.60	2.8%
Luke Schenn	D	VAN	TOR	$2,500	4.6	1.86	3.1%
Brendan Gallagher	RW	VAN	TOR	$2,500	4.6	1.86	2.4%
Adam Engstrom	D	MTL	PIT	$2,500	4.6	1.84	3.1%
Erik Gudbranson	D	CBJ	DAL	$2,500	4.6	1.82	3.1%
Jonathan Castagna	C	CGY	COL	$2,500	4.5	1.82	3.1%
Colin Blackwell	LW	DAL	CBJ	$2,500	4.5	1.80	2.2%
Lian Bichsel	D	DAL	CBJ	$2,500	4.5	1.79	2.8%
Kevin Bahl	D	CGY	COL	$2,600	4.5	1.72	2.8%
Danton Heinen	LW	CBJ	DAL	$2,500	4.5	1.78	2.2%
Jakub Dobes	G	MTL	PIT	$7,900	4.4	0.56	3.3%
Andrei Kuzmenko	LW	PIT	MTL	$2,700	4.4	1.64	2.0%
Luca Del Bel Belluz	C	CBJ	DAL	$2,500	4.4	1.77	2.9%
Zach Whitecloud	D	CGY	COL	$2,800	4.4	1.58	2.6%
Emil Andrae	D	CBJ	DAL	$2,500	4.4	1.76	2.8%
Tyler Myers	D	DAL	CBJ	$2,500	4.4	1.74	2.8%
Zeev Buium	D	VAN	TOR	$2,600	4.3	1.67	2.6%
Tom Willander	D	VAN	TOR	$2,500	4.3	1.73	2.6%
Victor Mancini	D	VAN	TOR	$2,500	4.3	1.72	2.6%
Ryan Lomberg	RW	CBJ	DAL	$2,500	4.2	1.69	2.0%
Yan Kuznetsov	D	CGY	COL	$2,500	4.2	1.67	2.6%
Maksim Tsyplakov	LW	CGY	COL	$2,500	4.2	1.66	2.0%
Jake Christiansen	D	CBJ	DAL	$2,500	4.1	1.62	2.3%
Anthony Stolarz	G	TOR	VAN	$8,000	4.0	0.50	2.7%
Arturs Silovs	G	PIT	MTL	$7,500	4.0	0.53	2.7%
Carson Soucy	D	CBJ	DAL	$2,500	3.9	1.57	2.1%
Conor Garland	RW	CBJ	DAL	$2,500	3.9	1.56	1.6%
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	TOR	VAN	$3,000	3.9	1.28	1.8%
Arber Xhekaj	D	MTL	PIT	$2,500	3.7	1.46	1.8%
Jet Greaves	G	CBJ	DAL	$7,300	3.5	0.48	2.0%
Leevi Merilainen	G	VAN	TOR	$7,400	3.0	0.41	1.3%
Cam Talbot	G	CBJ	DAL	$7,300	2.9	0.39	1.3%
Kevin Lankinen	G	VAN	TOR	$7,400	2.7	0.37	1.3%
Dustin Wolf	G	CGY	COL	$6,900	2.6	0.38	1.3%
Sergei Murashov	G	PIT	MTL	$7,500	2.3	0.30	1.3%
Casey DeSmith	G	DAL	CBJ	$8,100	2.2	0.27	1.3%
Elvis Merzlikins	G	TOR	VAN	$8,000	—	—	—
Sam Montembeault	G	MTL	PIT	$7,900	—	—	—
Thatcher Demko	G	VAN	TOR	$7,400	—	—	—
Nick Suzuki	C	MTL	PIT	$7,100	—	—	—
Devin Cooley	G	CGY	COL	$6,900	—	—	—
Kirill Marchenko	LW	TOR	VAN	$6,000	—	—	—
John Tavares	C	TOR	VAN	$5,700	—	—	—
Bryan Rust	RW	PIT	MTL	$5,600	—	—	—
Matt Duchene	RW	DAL	CBJ	$4,700	—	—	—
Filip Chytil	C	VAN	TOR	$4,500	—	—	—
Ivan Demidov	RW	MTL	PIT	$4,100	—	—	—
Ivan Provorov	D	CBJ	DAL	$3,800	—	—	—
Esa Lindell	D	DAL	CBJ	$3,700	—	—	—
Josh Manson	D	COL	CGY	$3,100	—	—	—
Chris Tanev	D	TOR	VAN	$2,800	—	—	—
Isac Lundestrom	C	CBJ	DAL	$2,500	—	—	—
Oskar Back	C	DAL	CBJ	$2,500	—	—	—
Cade Webber	D	TOR	VAN	$2,500	—	—	—
Elmer Soderblom	LW	PIT	MTL	$2,500	—	—	—
Connor Zary	C	CGY	COL	$2,500	—	—	—
Brennan Othmann	LW	CGY	COL	$2,500	—	—	—
Zachary L'Heureux	LW	COL	CGY	$2,500	—	—	—
Nick Blankenburg	D	TOR	VAN	$2,500	—	—	—
Georgii Merkulov	C	COL	CGY	$2,500	—	—	—
Samuel Honzek	C	CGY	COL	$2,500	—	—	—
Marshall Rifai	D	TOR	VAN	$2,500	—	—	—
Cole McWard	D	TOR	VAN	$2,500	—	—	—
Trey Taylor	D	DAL	CBJ	$2,500	—	—	—
David Perron	RW	DAL	CBJ	$2,500	—	—	—
Jonathan Huberdeau	LW	CGY	COL	$2,500	—	—	—
Radek Faksa	C	DAL	CBJ	$2,500	—	—	—
Max Domi	C	TOR	VAN	$2,500	—	—	—
Miles Wood	RW	TOR	VAN	$2,500	—	—	—
Ryan Graves	D	PIT	MTL	$2,500	—	—	—
Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	PIT	MTL	$2,500	—	—	—
Dakota Joshua	LW	TOR	VAN	$2,500	—	—	—
Kyle Capobianco	D	DAL	CBJ	$2,500	—	—	—
Dante Fabbro	D	CBJ	DAL	$2,500	—	—	—