NHL DFS Hot Shot for DraftKings and FanDuel (May 16)

This article focuses on 5/16 NHL Picks for both DraftKings and FanDuel Sportsbooks and FanDuel and DraftKings Daily Fantasy. We analyze tournament tactics, statistics, pricing, and attempt to tackle this highly variable Daily Fantasy format so that we can gain an edge on the field at large. Full goal-scoring odds and rankings for each position for both sites are available below.

Sunday 5/16 NHL Slate and DFS Gameplan

Welcome back to the Hot Shot for the first multigame slate of the 2021 NHL Playoffs.

DraftKings is running all three playoff games beginning at 12 p.m. ET. Meanwhile, the FanDuel slate only contains the late game, Florida at Tampa Bay, along with the Calgary at Vancouver regular-season game.

Notable Goal Scoring Odds

Note: All odds are listed +300 or below. All odds are taken from DraftKings Sportsbook, as of the time of writing.

Main Slate – Games in Time Order

New York Islanders (+118) at Pittsburgh Penguins (-136) – 5.5 Projected Goal Total – DRAFTKINGS ONLY – Jake Guentzel (+148), Sidney Crosby (+165), Bryan Rust (+180), Evgeni Malkin (+215), Brock Nelson (+230), Jared McCann (+240), Mathew Barzal (+250), Anthony Beauvillier (+265), Jordan Eberle (+265), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (+265), Kyle Palmieri (+295), Jason Zucker (+300)

The Islanders come into this game in really poor form, particularly offensively. However, when these teams last met in the playoffs two years the Islanders swept Pittsburgh, so should have some confidence. I think this will be the lowest scoring of the four games despite all having the same projected total.

Minnesota Wild (+138) at Las Vegas Golden Knights (-159) – DRAFTKINGS ONLY – 5.5 Projected Goal Total – Max Pacioretty (+128), Kirill Kaprizov (+160), Mark Stone (+170), William Karlsson (+205), Jonathan Marchessault (+205), Alex Tuch (+205), Kevin Fiala (+205), Reilly Smith (+230), Chandler Stephenson (+260), Joel Eriksson Ek (+285), Mattias Janmark (+295), Alex Pietrangelo (+295), Mats Zuccarello (+300)

Both Max Pacioretty and Alec Martinez are game-time decisions. However, the Golden Knights are still the biggest favorite on the slate.

Tampa Bay Lightning (-125) at Florida Panthers (+108) – 5.5 Projected Goal Total – Nikita Kucherov (+155), Brayden Point (+175), Aleksander Barkov (+180), Steven Stamkos (+190), Carter Verhaeghe (+195), Ondrej Palát (+200), Jonathan Huberdeau (+225), Patric Hörnqvist (+250), Alex Killorn (+250), Anthony Cirelli (+265), Yanni Gourde (+265), Sam Bennett (+280)

This should be an entertaining matchup between the two NHL teams from Florida. Sam Bennett gets high ranks below as a value option he is on absolute fire.

Calgary Flames (-127) at Vancouver Canucks (+110) – FANDUEL ONLY – 5.5 Projected Goal Total – Brock Boeser (+185), Matthew Tkachuk (+185), Bo Horvat (+205), J.T. Miller (+225), Elias Lindholm (+225), Johnny Gaudreau (+235), Tanner Pearson (+245), Andrew Mangiapane (+250), Dillon Dube (+300)

I’m not sure why on Earth FanDuel didn’t just create a slate with the three playoff games like DraftKings did. Nevertheless, I think there should be goals here in what’s a repeat of a matchup we have several times over the last two weeks.

5/16 NHL FanDuel Rankings

Centers

1. Sam Bennett – Florida – $4,600
2. Aleksander Barkov – Florida – $8,200
3. Elias Lindholm – Calgary – $6,700
4. Brayden Point – Tampa Bay – $7,400
5. Mikael Backlund – Calgary – $4,600

Wingers

1. Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay – $8,000
2. Matthew Tkachuk – Calgary – $5,800
3. Ondrej Palat – Tampa Bay – $5,600
4. Johnny Gaudreau – Calgary – $7,300
5. Blake Coleman – Tampa Bay – $4,300

Defense

1. Mark Giordano – Calgary – $6,200
2. Mackenzie Weegar – Florida – $4,200
3. Mikhail Sergachev – Tampa Bay – $4,300
4. Gustav Forsling – Florida – $3,700
5. Jack Rathbone – Vancouver – $3,600

Goalies

1. Andrei Vasilevskiy – Tampa Bay – $8,600
2. Jacob Markstrom – Calgary – $7,800

5/16 NHL DraftKings Rankings

Centers

1. Sam Bennett – Florida – $5,300
2. Aleksander Barkov – Florida – $8,000
3. Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh – $7,700
4. Evgeni Malkin – Pittsburgh – $5,500 “GTD”
5. William Karlsson – Las Vegas – $5,100

Wingers

1. Max Pacioretty – Las Vegas – $7,500 – GTD
2. Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay – $7,200
3. Kirill Kaprizov – Minnesota – $6,900
4. Blake Coleman – Tampa Bay – $3,900
5. Jason Zucker – Minnesota – $3,600

Defense

1. Alex Pietrangelo – Las Vegas – $6,200
2. Kris Letang – Pittsburgh – $5,800
3. Alec Martinez – Las Vegas – $5,600
4. Noah Dobson – New York Islanders – $3,300
5. Keith Yandle – Florida – $3,900

Goalies

1. Marc-Andre Fleury – Las Vegas – $8,200
2. Tristan Jarry – Pittsburgh – $7,900

Cash Considerations “DraftKings”

Not recommended for slates with less than four games.

Cash Considerations “FanDuel”

Not recommended for slates with less than four games.

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