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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavel Francouz | G | $7,000 | 7.2 | 25.91% |
| Joonas Korpisalo | G | $7,700 | 12.8 | 18.38% |
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | G | $8,900 | 16 | 12.27% |
| Robin Lehner | G | $8,600 | 9.18% | |
| Darcy Kuemper | G | $7,400 | 43.2 | 7.21% |
| Jaroslav Halak | G | $8,400 | 31.2 | 6.20% |
| Philipp Grubauer | G | $8,700 | 6.06% | |
| Petr Mrazek | G | $7,500 | 20.8 | 4.84% |
| Corey Crawford | G | $7,300 | 11.2 | 4.84% |
| Marc-Andre Fleury | G | $8,400 | 28.8 | 2.73% |
| Tuukka Rask | G | $8,400 | 1.80% | |
| James Reimer | G | $7,500 | 0.28% |
Skaters
| Player | Position | Salary | FanDuel Points | Draft Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reilly Smith | W | $5,800 | 0 | 40.14% |
| Shea Theodore | D | $5,900 | 8 | 32.17% |
| Nathan MacKinnon | C | $8,800 | 19.2 | 31.36% |
| Brad Marchand | W | $7,700 | 30.1 | 24.54% |
| Mark Stone | W | $7,500 | 16.4 | 24.53% |
| William Karlsson | C | $5,800 | 20.4 | 23.81% |
| Jonathan Marchessault | W | $7,100 | 6.4 | 23.35% |
| Patrice Bergeron | C | $7,400 | 8 | 22.48% |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | W | $4,800 | 6.4 | 22.28% |
| Nikita Kucherov | W | $8,300 | 14.4 | 22.19% |
| Patrick Kane | W | $7,800 | 14.4 | 20.76% |
| Dougie Hamilton | D | $5,800 | 12.8 | 20.21% |
| Sebastian Aho | C | $7,900 | 1.6 | 18.45% |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | C | $6,200 | 4.8 | 18.28% |
| Seth Jones | D | $5,200 | 8 | 17.36% |
| Gabriel Landeskog | W | $6,800 | 4.8 | 16.04% |
| Andrei Svechnikov | W | $6,700 | 6.4 | 15.57% |
| Dominik Kubalik | W | $5,400 | 0 | 15.43% |
| Brayden Point | C | $7,600 | 15.2 | 14.07% |
| Cale Makar | D | $5,700 | 19.2 | 12.99% |
| Teuvo Teravainen | W | $6,400 | 4.8 | 12.57% |
| Duncan Keith | D | $4,900 | 3.2 | 12.48% |
| Alec Martinez | D | $3,800 | 3.2 | 12.43% |
| Mikko Rantanen | W | $7,600 | 20 | 12.41% |
| David Krejci | C | $5,100 | 19.7 | 12.34% |
| Ondrej Palat | W | $5,200 | 4.8 | 11.26% |
| Alexandre Texier | W | $4,200 | 3.2 | 11.13% |
| Nazem Kadri | C | $6,100 | 4.8 | 10.79% |
| Torey Krug | D | $5,500 | 6.4 | 10.71% |
| Victor Hedman | D | $6,300 | 20 | 10.31% |
| Alex Tuch | W | $4,000 | 14.4 | 9.76% |
| Alex DeBrincat | W | $4,700 | 12.8 | 9.20% |
| Paul Stastny | C | $4,700 | 9.18% | |
| Jonathan Toews | C | $6,700 | 3.2 | 9.17% |
| Andre Burakovsky | W | $4,100 | 13.6 | 8.86% |
| Anders Bjork | W | $3,000 | 0 | 8.30% |
| Nate Schmidt | D | $4,400 | 12.8 | 8.17% |
| Jake DeBrusk | W | $4,500 | 1.6 | 8.12% |
| Clayton Keller | W | $5,500 | 9.6 | 7.66% |
| Kirby Dach | C | $4,400 | 8 | 7.09% |
| Taylor Hall | W | $7,000 | 26.4 | 7.08% |
| Ryan Graves | D | $3,800 | 9.6 | 6.61% |
| Brandon Saad | W | $4,800 | 6.4 | 6.32% |
| Jaccob Slavin | D | $4,300 | 8 | 6.22% |
| David Savard | D | $3,900 | 6.4 | 5.86% |
| Charlie McAvoy | D | $4,700 | 14.8 | 5.84% |
| Blake Coleman | W | $3,500 | 1.6 | 5.62% |
| Zach Werenski | D | $5,700 | 8 | 5.61% |
| Ondrej Kase | W | $3,600 | 6.4 | 5.11% |
| Alex Killorn | W | $4,500 | 16.8 | 5.09% |
| Vincent Trocheck | C | $5,000 | 0 | 4.44% |
| Tyler Johnson | W | $4,200 | 4.8 | 4.40% |
| Dylan Strome | C | $3,800 | 1.6 | 4.37% |
| Justin Williams | W | $3,900 | 3.2 | 4.19% |
| Martin Necas | W | $3,800 | 0 | 3.74% |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | D | $4,600 | 3.2 | 3.56% |
| Mikhail Sergachev | D | $4,600 | 6.4 | 3.52% |
| Chandler Stephenson | W | $3,600 | 3.2 | 3.26% |
| Sami Vatanen | D | $4,100 | 6.4 | 2.87% |
| Jakob Chychrun | D | $3,600 | 4.8 | 2.80% |
| Nick Foligno | W | $4,900 | 4.8 | 2.79% |
| Connor Murphy | D | $4,000 | 9.6 | 2.60% |
| Erik Johnson | D | $4,000 | 6.4 | 2.59% |
| Warren Foegele | W | $3,200 | 0 | 2.52% |
| Liam Foudy | W | $3,500 | 3.2 | 2.51% |
| Boone Jenner | C | $4,300 | 3.2 | 2.46% |
| Anthony Cirelli | C | $4,100 | 9.6 | 2.29% |
| Phil Kessel | W | $6,400 | 4.8 | 2.20% |
| Karson Kuhlman | W | $3,700 | 2.20% | |
| Nicolas Roy | C | $3,200 | 1.6 | 2.04% |
| Conor Garland | W | $3,900 | 17.6 | 1.96% |
| Derek Stepan | C | $4,700 | 24.8 | 1.92% |
| Max Pacioretty | W | $7,200 | 1.6 | 1.72% |
| Gustav Nyquist | W | $5,100 | 9.6 | 1.70% |
| J.T. Compher | C | $4,600 | 8 | 1.63% |
| Nick Cousins | W | $3,300 | 1.6 | 1.37% |
| Calvin de Haan | D | $3,600 | 6.4 | 1.28% |
| Tyson Jost | W | $3,500 | 6.4 | 1.28% |
| Christian Dvorak | C | $4,400 | 1.6 | 1.23% |
| Kevin Shattenkirk | D | $3,900 | 1.6 | 1.20% |
| Charlie Coyle | C | $4,600 | 27.3 | 1.04% |
| Yanni Gourde | W | $3,800 | 1.6 | 1.03% |
| Samuel Girard | D | $4,200 | 11.2 | 1.02% |
| Morgan Geekie | W | $3,100 | 0 | 0.98% |
| Ryan McDonagh | D | $4,200 | 19.2 | 0.96% |
| Valeri Nichushkin | W | $3,600 | 0 | 0.94% |
| Alex Goligoski | D | $3,800 | 3.2 | 0.88% |
| Drake Caggiula | W | $3,000 | 9.6 | 0.87% |
| Ryan Murray | D | $3,500 | 0 | 0.87% |
| Zach Bogosian | D | $3,500 | 12.8 | 0.83% |
| Olli Maatta | D | $3,900 | 15.2 | 0.82% |
| Nino Niederreiter | W | $3,700 | 17.3 | 0.78% |
| Ian Cole | D | $3,500 | 6.4 | 0.73% |
| Brayden McNabb | D | $3,600 | 6.4 | 0.70% |
| Matt Grzelcyk | D | $3,800 | 6.4 | 0.68% |
| Erik Cernak | D | $3,700 | 0 | 0.64% |
| Zdeno Chara | D | $3,700 | 4.8 | 0.64% |
| Carl Soderberg | W | $3,500 | 9.6 | 0.60% |
| Barclay Goodrow | W | $3,400 | 4.8 | 0.60% |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | D | $3,600 | 3.2 | 0.60% |
| David Pastrnak | W | $8,400 | 0.48% | |
| Brady Skjei | D | $3,900 | 4.8 | 0.48% |
| Nick Ritchie | W | $3,400 | 0.42% | |
| Jordan Staal | C | $4,000 | 3.2 | 0.41% |
| Brandon Carlo | D | $3,600 | 1.6 | 0.41% |
| Slater Koekkoek | D | $3,700 | 1.6 | 0.40% |
| Michael Grabner | W | $3,400 | 1.6 | 0.34% |
| Haydn Fleury | D | $3,600 | 16 | 0.32% |
| Chris Wagner | W | $3,300 | 6.4 | 0.27% |
| Emil Bemstrom | W | $3,000 | 0 | 0.24% |
| Matt Calvert | W | $3,100 | 3.2 | 0.23% |
| Lucas Carlsson | D | $3,500 | 0.21% | |
| William Carrier | W | $3,400 | 1.6 | 0.21% |
| Ryan Reaves | W | $3,200 | 1.6 | 0.21% |
| Joonas Donskoi | W | $4,200 | 0 | 0.20% |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | $3,500 | 1.6 | 0.19% |
| Alexander Wennberg | C | $3,700 | 9.6 | 0.19% |
| Matthew Highmore | W | $3,300 | 0 | 0.17% |
| Matt Nieto | W | $3,200 | 4.8 | 0.17% |
| Nick Holden | D | $3,600 | 1.6 | 0.17% |
| Brock McGinn | W | $3,100 | 1.6 | 0.16% |
| Brad Richardson | C | $3,200 | 18.4 | 0.15% |
| Alex Nylander | W | $3,600 | 1.6 | 0.15% |
| Jordan Oesterle | D | $3,700 | 4.8 | 0.15% |
| Ryan Dzingel | W | $3,400 | 0.14% | |
| Pat Maroon | W | $3,400 | 0 | 0.13% |
| Vinnie Hinostroza | W | $3,600 | 0 | 0.13% |
| David Kampf | W | $3,300 | 0 | 0.12% |
| Patrick Brown | W | $3,000 | 15.2 | 0.12% |
| Lawson Crouse | W | $3,500 | 16.8 | 0.11% |
| Jordan Martinook | C | $3,100 | 3.2 | 0.10% |
| Vladislav Namestnikov | W | $4,500 | 0.10% | |
| Nikita Zadorov | D | $3,600 | 0 | 0.10% |
| Connor Clifton | D | $3,500 | 0 | 0.10% |