FanDuel NHL Draft Percentages: Thursday 4/8/21
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Smith | G | $7,200 | 39.2 | 27.87% |
| Juuse Saros | G | $7,600 | 28.0 | 12.30% |
| Linus Ullmark | G | $6,700 | 5.6 | 11.75% |
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | G | $8,500 | 21.6 | 10.41% |
| Connor Hellebuyck | G | $7,500 | 32.8 | 6.39% |
| Kevin Lankinen | G | $7,300 | 3.2 | 5.11% |
| Aaron Dell | G | $6,500 | 19.2 | 4.83% |
| Jeremy Swayman | G | $7,800 | 28.8 | 2.59% |
| Ilya Sorokin | G | $8,200 | 24.0 | 2.49% |
| Chris Driedger | G | $7,900 | 7.2 | 2.30% |
| Igor Shesterkin | G | $7,700 | 5.6 | 2.24% |
| Semyon Varlamov | G | $8,200 | 1.84% | |
| Alex Nedeljkovic | G | $8,600 | 39.2 | 1.70% |
| Jonathan Bernier | G | $6,700 | -8.0 | 1.44% |
| Anton Khudobin | G | $7,100 | 38.4 | 1.12% |
| Ilya Samsonov | G | $8,400 | 6.4 | 0.98% |
| Jake Allen | G | $7,300 | 6.4 | 0.86% |
| Tristan Jarry | G | $7,900 | 21.6 | 0.81% |
| MacKenzie Blackwood | G | $6,800 | 0.70% | |
| Petr Mrazek | G | $8,600 | 0.58% | |
| Joonas Korpisalo | G | $7,200 | -9.6 | 0.38% |
| Carter Hart | G | $6,900 | 8.8 | 0.23% |
| Thomas Greiss | G | $6,700 | 0.23% | |
| Anton Forsberg | G | $6,600 | 8.0 | 0.16% |
| James Reimer | G | $8,600 | 0.14% | |
| Dan Vladar | G | $7,800 | 0.11% |
Skaters
| Player | Position | Salary | FanDuel Points | Draft Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor McDavid | C | $9,000 | 16.5 | 62.50% |
| Leon Draisaitl | W | $8,000 | 0.0 | 55.95% |
| Adam Fox | D | $6,200 | 14.4 | 29.08% |
| Vincent Trocheck | C | $6,300 | 28.5 | 18.65% |
| Tyson Barrie | D | $6,100 | 14.9 | 17.67% |
| Darnell Nurse | D | $5,900 | 6.4 | 16.31% |
| David Pastrnak | W | $7,700 | 3.2 | 15.73% |
| Artemi Panarin | W | $8,300 | 1.6 | 15.32% |
| Dougie Hamilton | D | $6,600 | 3.2 | 13.68% |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | $3,800 | 19.2 | 13.43% |
| Roman Josi | D | $6,800 | 3.2 | 12.94% |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | C | $3,900 | 3.2 | 12.86% |
| Jesse Puljujarvi | W | $3,600 | 18.4 | 12.44% |
| Mika Zibanejad | C | $7,700 | 3.2 | 12.14% |
| Andrew Copp | W | $3,900 | 20.0 | 10.54% |
| Jason Robertson | W | $4,500 | 16.8 | 9.89% |
| Matt Grzelcyk | D | $4,200 | 4.8 | 9.77% |
| Sidney Crosby | C | $8,100 | 8.0 | 9.35% |
| Mathew Barzal | C | $6,800 | 14.4 | 9.32% |
| Victor Hedman | D | $6,400 | 13.3 | 9.32% |
| Kirby Dach | C | $3,700 | 6.4 | 9.16% |
| Calle Jarnkrok | W | $4,200 | 0.0 | 9.08% |
| Thomas Chabot | D | $4,800 | 9.6 | 9.04% |
| Aleksander Barkov | C | $7,900 | 6.4 | 8.55% |
| Ondrej Palat | W | $5,400 | 13.3 | 8.53% |
| Jared McCann | C | $4,400 | 3.2 | 8.17% |
| Kyle Connor | W | $6,500 | 19.2 | 8.13% |
| Ryan Strome | C | $6,200 | 6.4 | 7.82% |
| Sam Reinhart | W | $4,600 | 9.6 | 7.56% |
| Filip Hronek | D | $3,700 | 3.2 | 7.49% |
| Patrick Kane | W | $7,800 | 1.6 | 7.27% |
| Carter Verhaeghe | W | $5,500 | 9.6 | 6.51% |
| Patrice Bergeron | C | $7,600 | 6.4 | 6.42% |
| Bryan Rust | W | $5,900 | 0.0 | 6.37% |
| Roope Hintz | C | $6,000 | 41.8 | 6.34% |
| MacKenzie Weegar | D | $4,100 | 0.0 | 6.34% |
| Pavel Buchnevich | W | $6,000 | 10.1 | 6.32% |
| Alex Ovechkin | W | $8,100 | 20.5 | 6.03% |
| Jack Hughes | C | $4,300 | 34.4 | 5.56% |
| Pavel Zacha | C | $3,900 | 34.6 | 5.41% |
| Andrei Svechnikov | W | $5,600 | 14.9 | 5.33% |
| Brad Marchand | W | $7,900 | 28.4 | 5.30% |
| Chris Kreider | W | $6,400 | 8.0 | 5.23% |
| Alex DeBrincat | W | $7,200 | 8.0 | 5.05% |
| Josh Anderson | W | $4,200 | 3.2 | 5.01% |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | $3,600 | 9.6 | 4.96% |
| Jordan Eberle | W | $6,300 | 15.2 | 4.91% |
| Martin Necas | W | $4,900 | 23.2 | 4.77% |
| Mark Scheifele | C | $7,100 | 11.2 | 4.73% |
| Anthony Beauvillier | W | $4,400 | 9.6 | 4.64% |
| Miro Heiskanen | D | $4,400 | 20.5 | 4.62% |
| Brayden Point | C | $7,300 | 1.6 | 4.57% |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | W | $6,600 | 18.4 | 4.40% |
| Kris Letang | D | $5,900 | 24.8 | 4.10% |
| Jake Guentzel | W | $7,500 | 9.6 | 3.99% |
| Sebastian Aho | C | $7,500 | 17.3 | 3.93% |
| Ivan Provorov | D | $5,100 | 4.8 | 3.83% |
| Connor Murphy | D | $3,800 | 12.8 | 3.76% |
| Jacob Trouba | D | $4,300 | 6.4 | 3.73% |
| Miles Wood | W | $3,700 | 0.0 | 3.65% |
| Colin Blackwell | W | $3,700 | 17.3 | 3.62% |
| Shea Weber | D | $4,900 | 4.8 | 3.60% |
| Evgeny Svechnikov | W | $3,100 | 4.8 | 3.55% |
| Ryan Pulock | D | $4,600 | 11.2 | 3.52% |
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | W | $5,400 | 3.52% | |
| Kyle Palmieri | W | $5,600 | 4.8 | 3.47% |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | $3,800 | 3.2 | 3.27% |
| Brock Nelson | C | $5,600 | 15.2 | 3.26% |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | $3,500 | 1.6 | 3.24% |
| Steven Stamkos | W | $7,400 | 15.7 | 3.23% |
| Tyler Toffoli | W | $6,400 | 6.4 | 3.09% |
| Victor Olofsson | W | $4,800 | 16.8 | 3.08% |
| Brady Tkachuk | W | $6,000 | 11.2 | 3.04% |
| Anthony Mantha | W | $4,600 | 3.2 | 2.96% |
| Neal Pionk | D | $4,400 | 11.2 | 2.94% |
| Jordan Staal | C | $4,900 | 3.2 | 2.87% |
| John Carlson | D | $6,900 | 25.0 | 2.84% |
| Connor Brown | W | $3,900 | 21.6 | 2.84% |
| Yegor Sharangovich | W | $4,200 | 32.8 | 2.80% |
| Noel Acciari | C | $3,700 | 8.0 | 2.76% |
| Mikhail Sergachev | D | $4,200 | 6.4 | 2.72% |
| Nick Leddy | D | $3,800 | 3.2 | 2.56% |
| Eric Staal | C | $3,900 | 3.2 | 2.54% |
| Corey Perry | W | $3,100 | 1.6 | 2.53% |
| Patric Hornqvist | W | $5,900 | 3.2 | 2.45% |
| John Klingberg | D | $5,400 | 4.8 | 2.41% |
| Craig Smith | W | $4,300 | 23.7 | 2.40% |
| Seth Jones | D | $4,900 | 12.8 | 2.39% |
| Dominik Kubalik | W | $4,800 | 21.6 | 2.38% |
| Anthony Cirelli | C | $5,200 | 0.0 | 2.37% |
| Filip Zadina | W | $3,500 | 1.6 | 2.31% |
| Alex Killorn | W | $4,600 | 0.0 | 2.14% |
| T.J. Oshie | W | $5,900 | 22.6 | 2.10% |
| James van Riemsdyk | W | $5,200 | 3.2 | 2.07% |
| Jesper Bratt | W | $5,000 | 21.8 | 2.03% |
| Ty Smith | D | $3,600 | 21.8 | 2.01% |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | C | $5,100 | 0.0 | 2.01% |
| Dylan Larkin | C | $6,100 | 1.6 | 1.95% |
| Mikael Granlund | C | $5,300 | 15.2 | 1.92% |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | $6,300 | 6.4 | 1.92% |
| Nick Suzuki | C | $5,100 | 9.6 | 1.90% |
| Viktor Arvidsson | W | $5,100 | 48.8 | 1.87% |
| Brandon Montour | D | $3,900 | 14.9 | 1.85% |
| Jaccob Slavin | D | $3,600 | 1.6 | 1.78% |
| Josh Morrissey | D | $4,200 | 20.0 | 1.75% |
| Nino Niederreiter | W | $4,300 | 9.6 | 1.74% |
| David Krejci | C | $5,100 | 4.8 | 1.73% |
| Oliver Wahlstrom | W | $3,400 | 1.66% | |
| Jonathan Huberdeau | W | $7,300 | 1.6 | 1.63% |
| Mike Matheson | D | $3,800 | 4.8 | 1.62% |
| Eeli Tolvanen | W | $4,700 | 1.55% | |
| Jeff Petry | D | $6,000 | 12.8 | 1.54% |
| Josh Norris | C | $4,000 | 3.2 | 1.53% |
| Gustav Forsling | D | $3,600 | 1.6 | 1.44% |
| Ryan Johansen | C | $4,600 | 4.8 | 1.44% |
| Joe Pavelski | W | $7,000 | 16.5 | 1.44% |
| Brett Pesce | D | $4,300 | 4.8 | 1.44% |
| Mason Marchment | W | $3,100 | 1.6 | 1.42% |
| Jesper Fast | W | $3,700 | 1.6 | 1.37% |
| Yanni Gourde | C | $4,300 | 36.8 | 1.35% |
| Tage Thompson | W | $3,300 | 20.5 | 1.33% |
| Tyler Johnson | W | $3,600 | 8.0 | 1.28% |
| P.K. Subban | D | $3,800 | 8.0 | 1.23% |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | $6,500 | 10.1 | 1.21% |
| Josh Bailey | W | $4,900 | 0.0 | 1.20% |
| Frank Vatrano | W | $4,300 | 3.2 | 1.19% |
| Tom Wilson | W | $5,200 | 8.0 | 1.16% |
| Claude Giroux | C | $6,700 | 9.6 | 1.12% |
| Zach Werenski | D | $5,300 | 16.8 | 1.12% |
| Tim Stuetzle | W | $4,100 | 9.6 | 1.10% |
| Janne Kuokkanen | W | $3,600 | 29.6 | 1.09% |
| Nick Ritchie | W | $4,500 | 4.8 | 1.08% |
| Kailer Yamamoto | W | $3,800 | 15.7 | 1.04% |
| Ross Colton | C | $3,200 | 16.8 | 0.97% |
| Alex Wennberg | C | $4,500 | 0.0 | 0.94% |
| Tomas Tatar | W | $5,300 | 12.8 | 0.94% |
| Jonathan Drouin | W | $4,300 | 3.2 | 0.94% |
| Travis Konecny | W | $5,600 | 11.2 | 0.90% |
| Scott Mayfield | D | $3,600 | 1.6 | 0.89% |
| Denis Gurianov | W | $4,300 | 3.2 | 0.88% |
| Jakub Voracek | W | $6,100 | 15.2 | 0.84% |
| Alex Chiasson | W | $3,700 | 1.6 | 0.82% |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | D | $3,700 | 1.6 | 0.82% |
| Sean Couturier | C | $7,100 | 6.4 | 0.77% |
| Radek Faksa | C | $3,500 | 6.4 | 0.75% |
| Esa Lindell | D | $3,800 | 14.4 | 0.72% |
| Keith Yandle | D | $4,200 | 6.4 | 0.68% |
| Adam Lowry | C | $3,100 | 3.2 | 0.66% |
| Rasmus Asplund | W | $3,100 | 0.0 | 0.66% |
| Adam Boqvist | D | $3,700 | 3.2 | 0.65% |
| Travis Zajac | C | $4,200 | 1.6 | 0.64% |
| Adam Pelech | D | $3,600 | 9.6 | 0.63% |
| Paul Stastny | W | $4,900 | 4.8 | 0.62% |
| Kevin Hayes | C | $5,100 | 4.8 | 0.61% |
| Joel Farabee | W | $4,400 | 4.8 | 0.60% |
| Damon Severson | D | $4,200 | 6.4 | 0.59% |
| Warren Foegele | W | $3,400 | 0.0 | 0.56% |
| Tyce Thompson | W | $3,000 | 1.6 | 0.55% |
| Jamie Benn | W | $6,400 | 20.2 | 0.52% |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | $3,900 | 3.2 | 0.49% |
| Drake Batherson | W | $4,400 | 0.0 | 0.47% |
| Justin Schultz | D | $3,900 | 3.2 | 0.45% |
| Duncan Keith | D | $4,700 | 3.2 | 0.44% |
| Adam Erne | W | $3,500 | 9.6 | 0.40% |
| Mason Appleton | W | $3,400 | 8.0 | 0.40% |
| Filip Chytil | C | $4,400 | 3.2 | 0.40% |
| Jack Roslovic | C | $4,700 | 31.2 | 0.39% |
| Nicholas Merkley | W | $3,300 | 1.6 | 0.37% |
| Kyle Okposo | W | $3,200 | 12.8 | 0.37% |
| Jason Zucker | W | $4,800 | 22.1 | 0.35% |
| Brian Dumoulin | D | $3,600 | 12.8 | 0.35% |
| Luke Kunin | W | $3,600 | 6.4 | 0.34% |
| Ryan McDonagh | D | $3,700 | 33.6 | 0.34% |
| Kaapo Kakko | W | $4,200 | 10.1 | 0.33% |
| Pius Suter | C | $4,200 | 1.6 | 0.33% |
| Jakub Vrana | W | $4,200 | 1.6 | 0.33% |
| Charlie Coyle | C | $3,900 | 10.1 | 0.29% |
| Adam Larsson | D | $3,500 | 4.8 | 0.29% |
| Cam Atkinson | W | $6,500 | 14.4 | 0.29% |
| Patrik Laine | W | $6,000 | 4.8 | 0.29% |
| Rocco Grimaldi | W | $3,500 | 9.6 | 0.28% |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | W | $6,300 | 19.2 | 0.28% |
| Evan Rodrigues | W | $3,200 | 25.3 | 0.28% |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C | $3,800 | 22.4 | 0.27% |
| Phillip Danault | C | $4,400 | 13.6 | 0.27% |
| Jordan Martinook | W | $3,100 | 3.2 | 0.26% |
| Nick Foligno | W | $3,900 | 3.2 | 0.26% |
| Blake Coleman | W | $3,500 | 32.8 | 0.24% |
| Mike Reilly | D | $4,200 | 12.8 | 0.24% |
| Lars Eller | C | $4,300 | 0.0 | 0.22% |
| Ryan Lindgren | D | $3,600 | 1.6 | 0.22% |
| Nick Paul | W | $3,400 | 8.0 | 0.22% |
| Max Domi | C | $4,200 | 16.8 | 0.21% |
| K'Andre Miller | D | $3,600 | 3.2 | 0.21% |
| Dylan Strome | W | $4,300 | 6.4 | 0.21% |
| Jeff Skinner | W | $3,900 | 16.8 | 0.20% |
| John Marino | D | $3,900 | 6.4 | 0.20% |
| Kris Russell | D | $3,600 | 3.2 | 0.19% |
| Brady Skjei | D | $3,700 | 12.8 | 0.19% |
| Artem Anisimov | C | $3,200 | 3.2 | 0.19% |
| Alexis Lafreniere | W | $3,600 | 0.0 | 0.19% |
| Nikita Zaitsev | D | $3,600 | 0.0 | 0.18% |
| Tyler Lewington | D | $3,500 | 16.0 | 0.18% |
| Cal Foote | D | $3,500 | 3.2 | 0.18% |
| Joel Edmundson | D | $3,500 | 11.2 | 0.17% |
| Conor Sheary | W | $3,900 | 1.6 | 0.17% |
| Dominik Kahun | W | $3,400 | 0.0 | 0.17% |
| Sami Vatanen | D | $3,500 | 1.6 | 0.17% |
| Tucker Poolman | D | $3,500 | 8.0 | 0.16% |
| Brenden Dillon | D | $3,800 | 3.2 | 0.15% |
| Zdeno Chara | D | $3,600 | 4.8 | 0.15% |
| Evgenii Dadonov | W | $4,600 | 4.8 | 0.14% |
| Jacob Bryson | D | $3,500 | 1.6 | 0.14% |
| Michael Rasmussen | W | $3,600 | 1.6 | 0.14% |
| Vinnie Hinostroza | W | $3,000 | 11.2 | 0.14% |
| Kyle Turris | C | $3,400 | 1.6 | 0.13% |
| Ryan Murray | D | $3,700 | 0.0 | 0.13% |
| Cody Ceci | D | $3,700 | 8.0 | 0.13% |
| Leo Komarov | W | $3,200 | 9.6 | 0.13% |
| Matt Benning | D | $3,500 | 6.4 | 0.13% |
| Vladislav Namestnikov | C | $4,100 | 1.6 | 0.13% |
| Danny DeKeyser | D | $3,600 | 0.0 | 0.13% |
| Mattias Janmark | W | $3,900 | 0.0 | 0.12% |
| Noah Dobson | D | $3,500 | 4.8 | 0.12% |
| Matt Kiersted | D | $3,500 | 4.8 | 0.12% |
| Alexandre Texier | W | $3,400 | 11.2 | 0.12% |
| Travis Sanheim | D | $3,600 | 3.2 | 0.12% |
| Casey Cizikas | C | $3,300 | 1.6 | 0.12% |
| Jake DeBrusk | W | $4,100 | 4.8 | 0.12% |
| Steven Kampfer | D | $3,500 | 0.0 | 0.11% |
| Chris Tierney | C | $3,500 | 9.6 | 0.11% |
| Colton Sissons | C | $3,000 | 17.6 | 0.11% |
| Nick Cousins | W | $3,100 | 26.4 | 0.11% |
| Mathieu Joseph | W | $3,200 | 1.6 | 0.10% |
| Philipp Kurashev | C | $3,500 | 11.2 | 0.10% |
| Zach Aston-Reese | W | $3,300 | 12.8 | 0.10% |
| Oskar Lindblom | W | $3,500 | 1.6 | 0.10% |
