NHL FanDuel Draft Percentages: Tuesday 8/18/20
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Hart | G | $8,500 | 43.2 | 23.79% |
| Carey Price | G | $7,700 | 8 | 17.56% |
| Robin Lehner | G | $8,700 | 18.4 | 14.20% |
| Anton Khudobin | G | $7,900 | 30.4 | 12.50% |
| Cam Talbot | G | $8,000 | 16 | 10.32% |
| Semyon Varlamov | G | $8,400 | 8.8 | 8.78% |
| Braden Holtby | G | $7,400 | 23.2 | 6.71% |
| Corey Crawford | G | $7,200 | 12 | 5.01% |
| Marc-Andre Fleury | G | $8,600 | 0.90% |
Skaters
| Player | Position | Salary | FanDuel Points | Draft Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin | W | $8,400 | 34.1 | 38.40% |
| Shea Theodore | D | $5,800 | 22.4 | 33.61% |
| William Karlsson | C | $5,900 | 25.6 | 31.59% |
| Max Pacioretty | W | $7,100 | 24.8 | 31.37% |
| Reilly Smith | W | $5,500 | 16.5 | 24.80% |
| Mathew Barzal | C | $6,300 | 20 | 23.93% |
| Jonathan Marchessault | W | $6,900 | 11.2 | 23.72% |
| Mark Stone | W | $7,500 | 15.2 | 23.63% |
| John Carlson | D | $6,700 | 18.1 | 21.67% |
| Alexander Radulov | W | $5,300 | 3.2 | 20.10% |
| Anders Lee | W | $6,600 | 4.8 | 18.25% |
| Tyler Seguin | C | $7,200 | 14.8 | 17.91% |
| Patrick Kane | W | $8,100 | 16.8 | 17.52% |
| Miro Heiskanen | D | $5,100 | 6.4 | 15.43% |
| Brock Nelson | C | $5,800 | 3.2 | 15.40% |
| Joe Pavelski | C | $5,500 | 3.2 | 14.88% |
| John Klingberg | D | $5,300 | 20 | 14.49% |
| Mark Giordano | D | $5,500 | 6.4 | 14.19% |
| Elias Lindholm | W | $5,500 | 6.4 | 13.45% |
| Ryan Pulock | D | $5,200 | 4.8 | 13.15% |
| Nate Schmidt | D | $4,300 | 16.5 | 12.85% |
| Alex DeBrincat | W | $5,100 | 18.4 | 12.75% |
| Tom Wilson | W | $4,600 | 1.6 | 12.37% |
| Shea Weber | D | $5,700 | 9.6 | 11.51% |
| Jordan Eberle | W | $6,000 | 6.4 | 10.93% |
| Sean Monahan | C | $6,600 | 3.2 | 10.50% |
| Ivan Provorov | D | $4,800 | 1.6 | 10.50% |
| Jamie Benn | W | $6,400 | 23.6 | 10.31% |
| Anthony Beauvillier | W | $5,300 | 4.8 | 10.05% |
| Johnny Gaudreau | W | $7,700 | 4.8 | 9.83% |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | $6,900 | 26.9 | 9.80% |
| Jonathan Toews | C | $6,500 | 18.4 | 9.36% |
| Alex Tuch | W | $4,400 | 15.2 | 9.26% |
| T.J. Oshie | W | $6,600 | 4.8 | 9.21% |
| Travis Konecny | W | $5,900 | 8 | 9.10% |
| Tomas Tatar | W | $5,600 | 1.6 | 8.91% |
| Sam Bennett | C | $4,000 | 8 | 8.59% |
| Jakub Voracek | W | $6,300 | 12.8 | 8.51% |
| Brendan Gallagher | W | $7,100 | 4.8 | 7.96% |
| Jakub Vrana | W | $4,300 | 4.8 | 7.85% |
| Alec Martinez | D | $3,900 | 20.5 | 7.83% |
| Jeff Petry | D | $4,300 | 4.8 | 7.72% |
| Dominik Kubalik | W | $5,200 | 12.8 | 7.63% |
| Sean Couturier | C | $7,100 | 9.6 | 7.03% |
| Josh Bailey | W | $4,700 | 1.6 | 6.66% |
| Kevin Hayes | C | $5,300 | 11.2 | 6.63% |
| Claude Giroux | W | $7,300 | 3.2 | 6.15% |
| Lars Eller | C | $4,200 | 4.8 | 5.72% |
| Kirby Dach | C | $4,600 | 8 | 5.27% |
| Nick Suzuki | C | $4,700 | 9.6 | 4.96% |
| Dillon Dube | W | $3,700 | 8 | 4.65% |
| Mikael Backlund | C | $5,700 | 16.8 | 4.51% |
| Duncan Keith | D | $5,000 | 1.6 | 4.29% |
| Brandon Saad | W | $4,600 | 14.4 | 4.15% |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | C | $4,700 | 21.6 | 4.05% |
| Chandler Stephenson | C | $3,800 | 3.2 | 4.03% |
| Max Domi | W | $4,300 | 1.6 | 3.99% |
| Jonathan Drouin | W | $3,900 | 0 | 3.55% |
| Dylan Strome | C | $3,800 | 9.6 | 3.50% |
| Denis Gurianov | W | $3,800 | 1.6 | 3.48% |
| Scott Laughton | W | $3,800 | 0 | 3.47% |
| Matt Niskanen | D | $4,000 | 3.2 | 3.04% |
| Esa Lindell | D | $3,700 | 8 | 2.93% |
| Connor Murphy | D | $4,100 | 12.8 | 2.60% |
| Erik Gustafsson | D | $3,900 | 4.8 | 2.54% |
| Devon Toews | D | $3,600 | 1.6 | 2.51% |
| Travis Sanheim | D | $4,300 | 1.6 | 2.50% |
| Phillip Danault | C | $4,700 | 6.4 | 2.30% |
| Olli Maatta | D | $3,900 | 4.8 | 2.27% |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C | $3,800 | 3.2 | 2.16% |
| Roope Hintz | C | $4,900 | 3.2 | 1.99% |
| Andrew Mangiapane | W | $4,100 | 0 | 1.71% |
| Joel Armia | W | $3,600 | 3.2 | 1.70% |
| Rasmus Andersson | D | $4,200 | 6.4 | 1.48% |
| Nicolas Roy | C | $3,300 | 1.6 | 1.39% |
| Adam Pelech | D | $3,800 | 4.8 | 1.37% |
| Ben Chiarot | D | $3,700 | 0 | 1.32% |
| Derek Grant | C | $3,200 | 4.8 | 1.29% |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | $4,000 | 14.4 | 1.28% |
| Ilya Kovalchuk | W | $3,600 | 4.8 | 1.25% |
| T.J. Brodie | D | $4,100 | 4.8 | 1.23% |
| Nick Leddy | D | $3,500 | 11.2 | 1.20% |
| Drake Caggiula | W | $3,400 | 11.2 | 1.17% |
| Paul Stastny | C | $4,600 | 4.8 | 1.16% |
| James van Riemsdyk | W | $4,000 | 1.07% | |
| Artturi Lehkonen | W | $3,500 | 3.2 | 1.03% |
| Corey Perry | W | $3,900 | 4.8 | 1.02% |
| Milan Lucic | W | $3,500 | 0 | 0.97% |
| Tobias Rieder | W | $3,400 | 1.6 | 0.96% |
| Nick Cousins | W | $3,500 | 4.8 | 0.93% |
| Jamie Oleksiak | D | $3,700 | 6.4 | 0.91% |
| Calvin de Haan | D | $3,600 | 4.8 | 0.83% |
| Derick Brassard | W | $3,600 | 3.2 | 0.82% |
| Noah Hanifin | D | $3,800 | 4.8 | 0.82% |
| Patrick Brown | W | $3,200 | 0.66% | |
| Scott Mayfield | D | $3,600 | 8 | 0.62% |
| Radek Faksa | C | $3,200 | 1.6 | 0.57% |
| Brayden McNabb | D | $3,600 | 11.2 | 0.51% |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | $6,200 | 0.51% | |
| Mattias Janmark | W | $3,400 | 11.2 | 0.50% |
| Derek Ryan | C | $3,400 | 0 | 0.47% |
| Andrew Cogliano | W | $3,000 | 0 | 0.45% |
| Brenden Dillon | D | $3,600 | 4.8 | 0.45% |
| Joel Farabee | W | $3,500 | 3.2 | 0.42% |
| Carl Hagelin | W | $3,100 | 1.6 | 0.38% |
| Michael Raffl | W | $3,000 | 16.8 | 0.35% |
| Nicolas Aube-Kubel | W | $3,200 | 0.35% | |
| Paul Byron | W | $3,600 | 0 | 0.33% |
| Philippe Myers | D | $3,600 | 15.2 | 0.27% |
| Andy Greene | D | $3,500 | 8 | 0.25% |
| Adam Boqvist | D | $3,500 | 3.2 | 0.24% |
| Matthew Tkachuk | W | $5,900 | 0.24% | |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | D | $3,800 | 0.23% | |
| Jason Dickinson | W | $3,200 | 6.4 | 0.22% |
| Cal Clutterbuck | W | $3,300 | 0 | 0.21% |
| Alex Nylander | W | $3,500 | 0.20% | |
| Casey Cizikas | C | $3,200 | 11.2 | 0.17% |
| Tyler Pitlick | W | $3,400 | 3.2 | 0.15% |
| Victor Mete | D | $3,800 | 0 | 0.13% |
| Derek Forbort | D | $3,500 | 0 | 0.13% |
| Slater Koekkoek | D | $3,500 | 0 | 0.12% |
| Leo Komarov | W | $3,000 | 3.2 | 0.11% |
| Justin Braun | D | $3,500 | 6.4 | 0.10% |
