FanDuel NHL Draft Percentages: Thursday 4/29/21
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuukka Rask | G | $7,800 | 27.2 | 46.29% |
| James Reimer | G | $8,500 | 20.8 | 9.08% |
| Spencer Knight | G | $7,700 | 19.2 | 8.13% |
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | G | $8,600 | 36.0 | 6.41% |
| David Rittich | G | $8,100 | 20.0 | 5.01% |
| Mike Smith | G | $8,000 | 9.6 | 4.38% |
| MacKenzie Blackwood | G | $6,600 | 16.8 | 3.28% |
| Cam Talbot | G | $8,300 | -7.2 | 3.20% |
| Igor Shesterkin | G | $8,200 | 6.4 | 2.56% |
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | G | $6,800 | 12.0 | 1.56% |
| Tristan Jarry | G | $8,200 | 22.4 | 1.33% |
| Kevin Lankinen | G | $7,000 | 12.0 | 1.26% |
| Alex Lyon | G | $7,400 | -4.8 | 1.02% |
| Jonathan Bernier | G | $6,700 | 11.2 | 0.86% |
| Semyon Varlamov | G | $8,000 | 40.0 | 0.84% |
| Vitek Vanecek | G | $8,400 | 4.0 | 0.82% |
| Braden Holtby | G | $7,100 | 0.0 | 0.60% |
| Alex Nedeljkovic | G | $8,500 | 0.55% | |
| Jake Oettinger | G | $7,400 | 12.0 | 0.53% |
| Jeremy Swayman | G | $7,800 | 0.51% | |
| Ville Husso | G | $7,300 | 16.8 | 0.51% |
| Jacob Markstrom | G | $7,500 | 32.0 | 0.46% |
| Jordan Binnington | G | $7,300 | 0.13% | |
| Sergei Bobrovsky | G | $7,700 | 0.12% | |
| Jack Campbell | G | $8,100 | 0.11% |
Skaters
| Player | Position | Salary | FanDuel Points | Draft Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auston Matthews | C | $8,800 | 23.2 | 52.29% |
| Connor McDavid | C | $9,300 | 6.4 | 45.16% |
| Sam Bennett | C | $4,000 | 24.8 | 37.80% |
| David Pastrnak | W | $7,400 | 21.6 | 36.76% |
| Anthony Duclair | W | $4,000 | 16.8 | 32.43% |
| Matt Grzelcyk | D | $3,800 | 9.6 | 28.90% |
| Dougie Hamilton | D | $6,600 | 4.8 | 22.88% |
| Vincent Trocheck | C | $6,200 | 4.8 | 18.14% |
| Aleksander Barkov | C | $8,100 | 1.6 | 17.76% |
| William Nylander | W | $5,600 | 13.6 | 16.85% |
| Mitchell Marner | W | $7,700 | 28.0 | 16.66% |
| MacKenzie Weegar | D | $4,100 | 21.3 | 16.29% |
| Keith Yandle | D | $3,800 | 3.2 | 13.19% |
| Brad Marchand | W | $7,800 | 30.0 | 12.32% |
| Patrice Bergeron | C | $7,300 | 12.8 | 12.31% |
| Justin Faulk | D | $3,700 | 8.0 | 12.10% |
| Andrei Svechnikov | W | $5,700 | 11.2 | 11.28% |
| John Tavares | C | $6,900 | 9.6 | 10.63% |
| Adam Fox | D | $6,200 | 6.4 | 10.32% |
| Leon Draisaitl | C | $8,100 | 4.8 | 9.60% |
| Sebastian Aho | C | $7,800 | 17.6 | 9.41% |
| Jonathan Huberdeau | W | $7,500 | 16.5 | 8.31% |
| Darnell Nurse | D | $5,700 | 8.0 | 7.81% |
| Alex Barre-Boulet | W | $3,800 | 0.0 | 7.37% |
| Jason Robertson | W | $5,200 | 1.6 | 7.01% |
| Charlie McAvoy | D | $4,900 | 13.3 | 6.76% |
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | W | $5,600 | 9.6 | 6.34% |
| Taylor Hall | W | $6,500 | 20.0 | 5.95% |
| Pavel Zacha | W | $4,100 | 26.4 | 5.71% |
| Jack Hughes | C | $4,900 | 4.8 | 5.30% |
| Tyson Barrie | D | $6,300 | 8.0 | 5.29% |
| Ondrej Palat | W | $6,000 | 18.4 | 5.18% |
| David Krejci | C | $5,400 | 23.7 | 4.98% |
| Teuvo Teravainen | W | $5,300 | 23.2 | 4.83% |
| Kirill Kaprizov | W | $6,600 | 16.8 | 4.74% |
| Martin Necas | W | $4,800 | 3.2 | 4.72% |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | $3,500 | 14.4 | 4.63% |
| Torey Krug | D | $4,600 | 22.9 | 4.41% |
| Jesse Puljujarvi | W | $4,200 | 1.6 | 4.38% |
| Victor Hedman | D | $6,500 | 8.0 | 4.31% |
| Sean Couturier | C | $7,100 | 21.6 | 4.24% |
| Sidney Crosby | C | $8,200 | 6.4 | 4.21% |
| Mika Zibanejad | C | $8,300 | 4.8 | 4.06% |
| Tyler Myers | D | $3,700 | 1.6 | 4.02% |
| Ivan Provorov | D | $5,800 | 6.4 | 4.01% |
| Yegor Sharangovich | W | $4,400 | 33.0 | 3.87% |
| Claude Giroux | W | $6,900 | 3.2 | 3.80% |
| Brayden Point | C | $7,300 | 16.8 | 3.79% |
| Bryan Rust | W | $6,200 | 6.4 | 3.72% |
| Patrick Kane | W | $7,700 | 9.6 | 3.63% |
| Nico Hischier | C | $4,700 | 3.2 | 3.62% |
| Sam Reinhart | C | $5,100 | 23.2 | 3.46% |
| Justin Holl | D | $3,600 | 4.8 | 3.38% |
| Jaccob Slavin | D | $3,900 | 0.0 | 3.26% |
| Jordan Staal | C | $5,200 | 4.8 | 3.26% |
| Yanni Gourde | C | $4,600 | 3.2 | 3.22% |
| Mark Giordano | D | $5,900 | 3.2 | 3.15% |
| Artemi Panarin | W | $8,100 | 0.0 | 3.14% |
| Nikita Gusev | W | $3,500 | 3.04% | |
| Jakub Voracek | W | $6,200 | 21.3 | 3.02% |
| Alex Galchenyuk | W | $3,600 | 12.8 | 2.92% |
| Mike Hoffman | W | $4,900 | 1.6 | 2.91% |
| Kris Letang | D | $6,200 | 11.2 | 2.85% |
| Jared Spurgeon | D | $4,800 | 16.0 | 2.84% |
| Ryan Strome | C | $5,700 | 6.4 | 2.83% |
| Jake Guentzel | W | $7,500 | 23.2 | 2.79% |
| Joe Thornton | W | $3,400 | 8.0 | 2.79% |
| Nino Niederreiter | W | $4,400 | 4.8 | 2.79% |
| Brett Pesce | D | $4,200 | 14.4 | 2.77% |
| Alex DeBrincat | W | $6,700 | 20.0 | 2.71% |
| Marcus Foligno | W | $3,100 | 1.6 | 2.60% |
| Mikhail Sergachev | D | $4,100 | 6.4 | 2.40% |
| Ty Smith | D | $3,600 | 3.2 | 2.32% |
| Wyatt Kalynuk | D | $3,500 | 9.6 | 2.30% |
| David Perron | W | $6,300 | 11.7 | 2.22% |
| Anthony Mantha | W | $5,100 | 6.4 | 2.15% |
| Jesper Bratt | W | $4,800 | 18.4 | 2.13% |
| Tom Wilson | W | $4,800 | 20.0 | 2.13% |
| Jared McCann | C | $4,600 | 20.8 | 2.08% |
| Miles Wood | W | $4,300 | 3.2 | 2.07% |
| Ryan O'Reilly | C | $6,300 | 34.1 | 2.04% |
| Mats Zuccarello | W | $5,000 | 3.2 | 2.03% |
| Daniel Sprong | W | $3,700 | 16.8 | 1.99% |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | $5,800 | 14.4 | 1.91% |
| Joel Eriksson Ek | C | $4,400 | 18.4 | 1.88% |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | C | $3,800 | 1.6 | 1.88% |
| Nick Ritchie | W | $3,700 | 3.2 | 1.86% |
| Roope Hintz | C | $6,400 | 3.2 | 1.83% |
| Matthew Tkachuk | W | $5,400 | 24.0 | 1.82% |
| Matt Dumba | D | $4,200 | 4.8 | 1.79% |
| Grigori Denisenko | W | $3,000 | 8.0 | 1.76% |
| T.J. Brodie | D | $3,500 | 1.6 | 1.73% |
| Joel Farabee | W | $4,200 | 6.4 | 1.68% |
| Alexis Lafreniere | W | $4,100 | 1.6 | 1.67% |
| Damon Severson | D | $3,900 | 20.2 | 1.65% |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | $4,200 | 28.0 | 1.60% |
| Kevin Fiala | W | $6,300 | 34.4 | 1.60% |
| Travis Hamonic | D | $3,600 | 6.4 | 1.58% |
| Wade Allison | W | $3,000 | 0.0 | 1.57% |
| Jeff Carter | W | $4,300 | 12.8 | 1.57% |
| Tanner Pearson | W | $4,700 | 3.2 | 1.56% |
| Pavel Buchnevich | W | $6,500 | 0.0 | 1.56% |
| Elias Lindholm | C | $6,600 | 33.6 | 1.52% |
| Dominik Kubalik | W | $4,700 | 9.6 | 1.52% |
| Owen Tippett | W | $3,000 | 6.4 | 1.52% |
| Frank Vatrano | W | $4,600 | 6.4 | 1.51% |
| Miro Heiskanen | D | $4,400 | 9.6 | 1.50% |
| T.J. Oshie | W | $6,400 | 20.5 | 1.49% |
| Bo Horvat | C | $6,100 | 10.1 | 1.41% |
| Quinn Hughes | D | $5,300 | 10.1 | 1.40% |
| John Klingberg | D | $5,400 | 3.2 | 1.37% |
| Travis Sanheim | D | $3,600 | 6.4 | 1.33% |
| Dominik Kahun | W | $3,600 | 1.6 | 1.33% |
| Mike Reilly | D | $4,300 | 6.4 | 1.32% |
| Janne Kuokkanen | W | $3,400 | 10.1 | 1.30% |
| Alexander Edler | D | $4,000 | 4.8 | 1.28% |
| Craig Smith | W | $4,700 | 18.1 | 1.28% |
| Jonas Brodin | D | $3,700 | 3.2 | 1.27% |
| Jakub Vrana | W | $5,100 | 18.4 | 1.22% |
| Brayden Schenn | C | $4,700 | 3.2 | 1.20% |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | $6,400 | 27.7 | 1.20% |
| Ryan Pulock | D | $4,400 | 4.8 | 1.18% |
| Mathew Barzal | C | $6,600 | 16.8 | 1.18% |
| Johnny Gaudreau | W | $6,800 | 8.0 | 1.16% |
| Brandon Hagel | W | $3,400 | 14.4 | 1.14% |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | $4,500 | 4.8 | 1.13% |
| James van Riemsdyk | W | $6,100 | 0.0 | 1.09% |
| J.T. Miller | C | $5,800 | 20.5 | 1.07% |
| Kirby Dach | C | $3,700 | 9.6 | 1.06% |
| Joe Pavelski | W | $7,100 | 0.0 | 1.06% |
| Morgan Rielly | D | $5,200 | 1.02% | |
| Connor Murphy | D | $3,700 | 8.0 | 1.00% |
| Erik Cernak | D | $3,600 | 8.0 | 1.00% |
| Duncan Keith | D | $4,800 | 6.4 | 0.98% |
| Will Butcher | D | $3,500 | 16.5 | 0.94% |
| Blake Coleman | W | $3,900 | 22.0 | 0.94% |
| Ryan McDonagh | D | $3,700 | 9.6 | 0.91% |
| Brandon Montour | D | $3,700 | 24.8 | 0.91% |
| Justin Schultz | D | $4,100 | 18.1 | 0.90% |
| Kailer Yamamoto | W | $3,900 | 4.8 | 0.90% |
| Gustav Forsling | D | $3,500 | 4.8 | 0.89% |
| Victor Rask | C | $3,900 | 21.6 | 0.89% |
| Travis Konecny | W | $5,200 | 17.3 | 0.85% |
| Brock Nelson | C | $5,800 | 22.9 | 0.84% |
| Aleksi Heponiemi | C | $3,000 | 3.2 | 0.83% |
| Nick Leddy | D | $4,100 | 11.2 | 0.81% |
| Ryan Suter | D | $3,800 | 3.2 | 0.81% |
| Jordan Eberle | W | $6,100 | 14.4 | 0.76% |
| Jamie Benn | W | $6,200 | 3.2 | 0.72% |
| Mikael Backlund | C | $4,400 | 4.8 | 0.71% |
| Victor Olofsson | W | $5,300 | 11.2 | 0.70% |
| Alex Killorn | W | $4,800 | 1.6 | 0.69% |
| Brock Boeser | W | $7,000 | 3.2 | 0.69% |
| Andrew Mangiapane | W | $3,700 | 0.0 | 0.68% |
| Warren Foegele | W | $3,400 | 16.8 | 0.64% |
| Vinnie Hinostroza | W | $3,600 | 16.8 | 0.63% |
| Jordan Greenway | W | $3,500 | 1.6 | 0.63% |
| Anthony Beauvillier | W | $4,800 | 21.6 | 0.62% |
| Brian Dumoulin | D | $4,100 | 0.0 | 0.60% |
| Sean Monahan | C | $5,300 | 1.6 | 0.59% |
| Colin Blackwell | W | $3,500 | 1.6 | 0.59% |
| Kasperi Kapanen | W | $4,400 | 27.2 | 0.59% |
| Adam Brooks | C | $3,000 | 3.2 | 0.57% |
| Filip Hronek | D | $3,700 | 4.8 | 0.57% |
| Mike Matheson | D | $3,900 | 4.8 | 0.55% |
| Nils Hoglander | W | $3,800 | 0.0 | 0.54% |
| Tyler Bozak | C | $3,700 | 15.6 | 0.53% |
| Jeff Skinner | W | $4,400 | 8.0 | 0.49% |
| Vladimir Tarasenko | W | $6,600 | 0.48% | |
| Pius Suter | C | $4,400 | 6.4 | 0.45% |
| Philippe Myers | D | $3,700 | 1.6 | 0.45% |
| Ilya Mikheyev | W | $3,400 | 3.2 | 0.44% |
| Josh Bailey | W | $4,300 | 8.5 | 0.43% |
| Jason Spezza | W | $3,500 | 12.8 | 0.42% |
| Denis Gurianov | W | $4,500 | 0.0 | 0.40% |
| Steven Kampfer | D | $3,500 | 0.40% | |
| Alex Chiasson | W | $3,500 | 1.6 | 0.40% |
| Tyler Motte | W | $3,200 | 1.6 | 0.39% |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | $4,100 | 16.8 | 0.38% |
| Esa Lindell | D | $3,700 | 8.0 | 0.38% |
| Brady Skjei | D | $3,700 | 20.0 | 0.37% |
| Jake Muzzin | D | $4,000 | 0.36% | |
| Scott Laughton | C | $3,300 | 18.8 | 0.36% |
| Cedric Paquette | W | $3,000 | 3.2 | 0.36% |
| Adam Pelech | D | $3,600 | 9.6 | 0.35% |
| Ryan Hartman | C | $3,200 | 1.6 | 0.34% |
| Robert Thomas | C | $3,900 | 1.6 | 0.33% |
| Jordan Kyrou | W | $3,400 | 16.0 | 0.33% |
| Kyle Palmieri | W | $5,000 | 1.6 | 0.31% |
| K'Andre Miller | D | $3,600 | 0.0 | 0.31% |
| Nick Foligno | W | $4,200 | 0.30% | |
| Filip Chytil | C | $3,900 | 3.2 | 0.30% |
| Alex Wennberg | C | $4,300 | 28.5 | 0.29% |
| Adam Larsson | D | $3,500 | 0.0 | 0.29% |
| Jaden Schwartz | W | $4,600 | 11.2 | 0.28% |
| Oliver Wahlstrom | W | $3,100 | 15.7 | 0.28% |
| Cody Ceci | D | $4,300 | 3.2 | 0.28% |
| Connor Carrick | D | $3,500 | 3.2 | 0.27% |
| Barclay Goodrow | W | $3,300 | 3.2 | 0.27% |
| Zach Parise | W | $3,700 | 3.2 | 0.27% |
| Evgeny Svechnikov | W | $3,000 | 4.8 | 0.27% |
| Anthony Cirelli | C | $4,300 | 1.6 | 0.26% |
| James Neal | W | $3,200 | 20.0 | 0.25% |
| Michael McLeod | C | $3,200 | 0.0 | 0.23% |
| Rasmus Andersson | D | $3,700 | 17.6 | 0.23% |
| Nate Schmidt | D | $3,800 | 8.0 | 0.23% |
| Egor Zamula | D | $3,500 | 3.2 | 0.23% |
| Nick Bonino | W | $4,000 | 0.0 | 0.23% |
| David Savard | D | $3,600 | 3.2 | 0.22% |
| Marcus Johansson | W | $3,600 | 1.6 | 0.22% |
| Jake DeBrusk | W | $4,200 | 0.22% | |
| Conor Sheary | W | $3,800 | 3.2 | 0.21% |
| Kaapo Kakko | W | $3,900 | 3.2 | 0.21% |
| Markus Nutivaara | D | $3,500 | 11.2 | 0.20% |
| Brendan Smith | D | $3,500 | 3.2 | 0.19% |
| Michael Rasmussen | C | $3,300 | 3.2 | 0.19% |
| John Carlson | D | $6,800 | 0.19% | |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | $3,700 | 6.4 | 0.18% |
| Kevin Hayes | C | $4,800 | 0.17% | |
| Christopher Tanev | D | $3,600 | 8.0 | 0.17% |
| Filip Zadina | W | $3,800 | 1.6 | 0.17% |
| Lars Eller | C | $4,300 | 4.8 | 0.17% |
| Jamie Oleksiak | D | $3,800 | 4.8 | 0.17% |
| Ethan Bear | D | $3,500 | 4.8 | 0.16% |
| Valtteri Filppula | C | $3,600 | 4.8 | 0.15% |
| Oskar Lindblom | W | $3,300 | 3.2 | 0.15% |
| Brenden Dillon | D | $3,900 | 4.8 | 0.15% |
| Wayne Simmonds | W | $3,600 | 0.0 | 0.15% |
| Alexander Kerfoot | C | $3,300 | 8.0 | 0.14% |
| Milan Lucic | W | $3,100 | 11.2 | 0.14% |
| Matt Kiersted | D | $3,500 | 0.13% | |
| Ryan Murray | D | $3,500 | 9.6 | 0.13% |
| Philipp Kurashev | C | $3,200 | 0.13% | |
| Charlie Coyle | C | $3,800 | 18.4 | 0.13% |
| Sam Gagner | W | $3,700 | 3.2 | 0.12% |
| Nathan Bastian | W | $3,000 | 3.2 | 0.12% |
| Justin Braun | D | $3,500 | 9.6 | 0.11% |
| Pierre Engvall | W | $3,000 | 15.2 | 0.11% |
| Jason Dickinson | C | $3,500 | 1.6 | 0.11% |
| Teddy Blueger | C | $3,600 | 1.6 | 0.11% |
| Arttu Ruotsalainen | C | $3,200 | 9.6 | 0.11% |
| Kole Lind | W | $3,000 | 4.8 | 0.11% |
| Dylan Cozens | W | $3,600 | 6.4 | 0.10% |
| Jason Zucker | W | $5,000 | 8.0 | 0.10% |
| Carl Hagelin | W | $3,200 | 6.4 | 0.10% |
