Daily Faceoff NHL DFS Value Plays — October 29th
Welcome to Daily Faceoff’s NHL DFS Value Plays, where five days a week from Monday to Friday, I break down hockey’s main slate, looking for the top value plays.
This value sheet includes salaries, projections for DraftKings and FanDuel for the top forward and defensemen values, as well as honourable mention forwards and three punt options for blue liners. While the main value plays look at spots to get different and their upside, the others revolve around their ability to produce peripheral points by taking shots and blocking them. These players are always live for the bonus on DraftKings, where all the value plays are directed for.
These projections don’t tell you exactly what’s going to happen. One game samples have too much randomness to pin down exact predictions. Instead, the projections represent a player’s average performance if that matchup was played repeatedly. There is a wide range of possible outcomes, and the projections represent each player’s average of those possibilities.
Warren Foegele (W, LAK3) – (DK-$3,400 / FD $5,400)
DFO Projection: DK – 8.6/ FD – 11.0
It’s another night where we’re stacking against the San Jose Sharks, and tonight, LAK3 looks like a great way to get different. Warren Foegele is popping as one of the top value plays on the slate, with very low ownership. He’s had success against the Sharks in the past, scoring five goals and 12 points in 16 games, too.
Mathew Barzal (W, NYI1, PP1) – ($5,700 / $7,000)
DFO Projection: DK – 12.4/ FD – 16.4
Mathew Barzal has a tremendous matchup tonight against the Ducks, having racked up three goals and 10 points in 10 games against them in the past. While his offensive numbers have yet to click this year, it’s only a matter of time before he finds his way offensively, and tonight’s a great chance for him to do so.
Brandt Clarke (D, LAK-1, PP1) ($4,600 / $6,200)
DFO Projection: DK – 9.8 / FD – 12.8
Death, taxes and Brandt Clarke being a great value play. He’s popping in the charts and the Kings have the second-best power play matchup on the slate, as the Sharks are a team who can’t stay out of the penalty box. He’ll have all the opportunity to pop tonight.
Ryan Pulock (D, NYI-1) ($3,100 / $5,400)
DFO Projection: DK – 5.8 / FD – 10.6
Ryan Pulock is in a great spot, seeing minimal ownership tonight, much like other solid value options from the Islanders. Pulock comes a bit above the rest, in thanks to his shot and block volume.
Honourable mention forwards
- Maxim Tsyplakov (W, NYI2, PP2) ($3,800/$4,900): DK – 6.3 / FD – 8.7
- Josh Norris (C, OTT2, PP1) ($4,800/$6,300): DK – 10.3 / FD – 13.5
- Ridley Greig (C, OTT1, PP2) ($2,700/$3,500): DK – 5.7 / FD – 7.5
Top Punt Defensemen
- Radko Gudas (ANA-2) ($3,100/$4,300): DK – 6.0 / FD – 8.7
- Travis Hamonic (OTT-1) ($3,000/$3,800): DK – 5.7 / FD – 7.0
- Victor Mancini (NYR-3) ($2,600/$3,900): DK – 6.3 / FD – 8.0
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Zach Laing is the Nation Network’s news director and senior columnist and makes up one half of the DFO DFS Report. He can be followed on Twitter at @zjlaing, or reached by email at zach@thenationnetwork.com.