FanDuel NHL Draft Percentages: Sunday 1/17/21
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Driedger | G | $7,600 | 22.4 | 50.06% |
| Ilya Samsonov | G | $7,600 | 7.2 | 19.89% |
| Casey DeSmith | G | $7,700 | 16 | 15.97% |
| Malcolm Subban | G | $6,700 | 5.50% | |
| Collin Delia | G | $6,700 | -0.8 | 4.77% |
| Tristan Jarry | G | $7,700 | 1.98% | |
| Vitek Vanecek | G | $8,200 | 1.15% | |
| Craig Anderson | G | $8,200 | 0.33% | |
| Sam Montembeault | G | $7,600 | 0.17% |
Skaters
| Player | Position | Salary | FanDuel Points | Draft Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Carlson | D | $6,700 | 0 | 49.60% |
| Aleksander Barkov | C | $7,100 | 16.5 | 47.13% |
| Sidney Crosby | C | $8,400 | 1.6 | 43.77% |
| Alex Ovechkin | W | $8,500 | 33.3 | 39.08% |
| Aaron Ekblad | D | $5,200 | 20 | 37.41% |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | $6,400 | 15.7 | 36.89% |
| Alex DeBrincat | W | $5,700 | 18.9 | 35.45% |
| Patric Hornqvist | W | $5,200 | 26.9 | 35.35% |
| Dylan Strome | C | $5,000 | 3.2 | 33.79% |
| Kris Letang | D | $6,300 | 9.6 | 28.28% |
| Jonathan Huberdeau | W | $7,300 | 30.1 | 28.20% |
| Evgeni Malkin | C | $7,600 | 3.2 | 27.90% |
| Anthony Duclair | W | $4,600 | 0 | 27.43% |
| Patrick Kane | W | $8,000 | 14.9 | 26.84% |
| T.J. Oshie | W | $6,700 | 6.4 | 22.80% |
| Jakub Vrana | W | $4,500 | 3.2 | 21.87% |
| Bryan Rust | W | $5,300 | 16 | 20.83% |
| Jake Guentzel | W | $7,400 | 11.2 | 20.25% |
| MacKenzie Weegar | D | $4,100 | 3.2 | 14.17% |
| Frank Vatrano | W | $3,700 | 4.8 | 13.89% |
| Adam Boqvist | D | $3,800 | 3.2 | 13.57% |
| Alex Wennberg | C | $3,700 | 0 | 12.86% |
| Duncan Keith | D | $5,000 | 19.7 | 12.75% |
| Keith Yandle | D | $4,000 | 16.8 | 11.85% |
| Tom Wilson | W | $4,800 | 8 | 10.79% |
| Connor Murphy | D | $3,900 | 15.2 | 8.74% |
| Mark Jankowski | C | $3,600 | 4.8 | 8.34% |
| Brandon Tanev | W | $3,800 | 1.6 | 8.30% |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | $7,400 | 19.7 | 6.97% |
| Evan Rodrigues | W | $3,600 | 16.8 | 6.50% |
| Carter Verhaeghe | W | $3,100 | 8 | 6.02% |
| Brian Dumoulin | D | $3,900 | 9.6 | 5.97% |
| Brenden Dillon | D | $3,600 | 1.6 | 5.50% |
| Dominik Kubalik | W | $5,300 | 3.2 | 5.50% |
| Jared McCann | W | $3,500 | 3.2 | 5.39% |
| Jason Zucker | W | $6,100 | 16 | 5.18% |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | $4,100 | 3.2 | 4.97% |
| Noel Acciari | C | $3,600 | 3.2 | 4.91% |
| John Marino | D | $3,700 | 3.2 | 4.90% |
| Pius Suter | W | $3,000 | 8 | 4.83% |
| Marcus Pettersson | D | $4,200 | 13.6 | 4.22% |
| Lars Eller | C | $4,300 | 1.6 | 3.68% |
| Andrew Shaw | W | $3,600 | 1.6 | 3.32% |
| Justin Schultz | D | $4,600 | 0 | 3.32% |
| Philipp Kurashev | C | $3,000 | 3.2 | 2.45% |
| Calvin de Haan | D | $3,600 | 0 | 1.87% |
| Carl Hagelin | W | $3,200 | 0 | 1.30% |
| Anton Stralman | D | $3,500 | 11.2 | 1.20% |
| Lucas Wallmark | C | $3,400 | 0 | 1.16% |
| Owen Tippett | W | $3,200 | 1.6 | 1.13% |
| Zdeno Chara | D | $3,500 | 8 | 0.92% |
| Richard Panik | W | $3,400 | 4.8 | 0.81% |
| Gustav Forsling | D | $3,500 | 3.2 | 0.79% |
| Radko Gudas | D | $3,500 | 16 | 0.77% |
| Brett Connolly | W | $3,600 | 3.2 | 0.69% |
| Mike Matheson | D | $4,100 | 0.67% | |
| Daniel Sprong | W | $3,300 | 0 | 0.60% |
| Nikita Zadorov | D | $3,600 | 6.4 | 0.50% |
| Ian Mitchell | D | $3,500 | 0 | 0.46% |
| Chad Ruhwedel | D | $3,500 | 1.6 | 0.45% |
| Mattias Janmark | W | $3,800 | 1.6 | 0.44% |
| Ryan Lomberg | C | $3,000 | 0 | 0.41% |
| Eetu Luostarinen | W | $3,000 | 28 | 0.38% |
| Riley Stillman | D | $3,500 | 0.37% | |
| Nic Dowd | C | $3,300 | 13.6 | 0.35% |
| Conor Sheary | W | $4,100 | 0.35% | |
| Nick Jensen | D | $3,600 | 1.6 | 0.33% |
| Kasperi Kapanen | W | $4,200 | 0.29% | |
| Ryan Carpenter | C | $3,100 | 0 | 0.27% |
| Teddy Blueger | C | $3,500 | 8 | 0.27% |
| Garnet Hathaway | W | $3,000 | 0 | 0.20% |
| Jonathan Toews | C | $3,000 | 0.19% | |
| Brandon Pirri | W | $3,100 | 0.19% |
