Daily Fantasy (DFS) Advice

The Kings of Daily Fantasy: NHL DFS Picks, Stacks, and Strategy
Welcome to our Daily Fantasy (DFS) Advice page, your premier destination for winning NHL DFS strategies. This category is dedicated to providing high-level analysis for DraftKings, FanDuel, OwnersBox and Yahoo daily fantasy contests. Our experts break down the nightly slate to identify the essential value plays and high-upside stacks needed to climb the leaderboards.

Master the Daily Slate
Success in daily fantasy hockey requires more than just picking good players; it requires understanding ownership projections, line correlations, and salary efficiency. Our regular updates focus on:

GPP & Cash Game Targets: Tailored recommendations based on your contest type and risk tolerance.

Optimal DFS Stacks: Identifying high-correlation line combinations and power-play units to maximize scoring ceilings.

Value Plays: Uncovering minimum-salary players in prime deployment situations to help you fit elite superstars under the cap.

Goaltender Evaluations: Analyzing matchup data and save-volume projections to pick the right anchor for your lineup.

Data-Driven DFS Dominance
By combining Frozen Pool’s advanced metrics with expert game-tape analysis, “The Kings of Daily Fantasy” provides a comprehensive look at the nightly NHL landscape. Whether you are a casual player or a high-volume grinder, our insights help you navigate goalie confirmations, late-scratches, and shifting betting lines to build a mathematically superior lineup every night.

Andrew Santillo studies DFS and uses his experience to pass along his most optimal lineup for busy slates of games on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

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Daily Fantasy Saturday: Wings Offer Value and Could Surprise

By Brad Hayward|2023-10-28T11:04:56-04:00October 28th, 2023|Daily Fantasy (DFS) Advice|

Happy Halloween! And apparently, it’s time to take a few masks off - it’s still October, and some hockey writers are prematurely out there awarding trophies. Jack Hughes for the Hart! Connor Bedard for the Calder! (Of course, that one was “settled” pre-season, maybe even before the draft lottery - Bedard actually HAS the trophy [...]

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Daily Fantasy Saturday: Rip the Net

By Brad Hayward|2023-10-21T11:04:02-04:00October 21st, 2023|Daily Fantasy (DFS) Advice|

Two weeks (not quite) into the NHL season, and we find some pretty familiar stories. Las Vegas and Colorado are already being crowned out west, and Boston and Philadelphia (?) lead the Eastern divisions. Carter Hart has three wins already, and Sean Couturier ($4800) leads the league with a (+7), on a team that has [...]

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Daily Fantasy: First Saturday of the Season

By Brad Hayward|2023-10-14T10:05:01-04:00October 14th, 2023|Daily Fantasy (DFS) Advice|

Welcome to the Saturday DFS series! Last season, aided by a ballsy $5 wager that Florida would take out the Boston Bruins, and specifically in seven games, I finished the hockey season up just about $100. But yeah, I’m not a hard-core gambler - fantasy sports exist to be fun, to make us all better [...]

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DFS Saturday: Grab Both Goalies

By Stephen Dotzel|2023-06-10T00:10:20-04:00June 10th, 2023|Daily Fantasy (DFS) Advice|

With Game 6 and 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals set for next Friday and Monday respectively, today’s DFS Saturday article will serve as my last of the season. It’s been another fun year here at Dobber Hockey and I hope I’ve been able to provide some sort of valuable information to you readers throughout [...]

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DFS Thursday: Panthers Look To Claw Back In Series With Help From Reinhart And Barkov

By Brad Hayward|2023-06-08T13:21:41-04:00June 8th, 2023|Daily Fantasy (DFS) Advice, Daily Fantasy Hockey Tips (DFS)|

I’m going to start off today having total agreement with Steve Dotzel’s Saturday article – that for these single-game fantasy picks, you first need to imagine a final score and then run with that scenario. But the issue for that plan tonight is that I envision a 4–3 overtime game that’s a coin flip as [...]

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DFS Saturday: Knight Time

By Stephen Dotzel|2023-06-02T19:24:33-04:00June 3rd, 2023|Daily Fantasy (DFS) Advice|

With Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals on tap for tonight, the biggest storyline for me is going to be how each team handles all the time off they’ve had. Vegas comes in having been off for the last four days, however Florida has been idle for a staggering nine days! I am sure [...]

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DFS Saturday: Top of the Hill

By Stephen Dotzel|2023-05-26T21:54:04-04:00May 27th, 2023|Daily Fantasy (DFS) Advice|

Something that caught my attention the other day was that for a few moments, both the Eastern Conference and Western Conference series in each of the NHL and NBA playoffs were 3-0. I have to think that is something that has never happened before. On the NHL side, the Panthers were able to bring the [...]

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DFS Thursday: Rebounding Stars Including Oettinger and Seguin

By Brad Hayward|2023-05-25T10:31:56-04:00May 25th, 2023|Daily Fantasy (DFS) Advice, Daily Fantasy Hockey Tips (DFS)|

I think we were all getting settled in for another overtime marathon last night, popcorn and beer refills all around, when BOOM! And yet another of the Cup favorites found themselves on the wrong end of the handshake line, with another season of what could’ve been. I look at the Hurricanes today a bit like [...]

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DFS Saturday: Considerations for Game 2, Including Goaltending

By Stephen Dotzel|2023-05-19T23:25:02-04:00May 20th, 2023|Daily Fantasy (DFS) Advice|

As expected, we are down to just one game per day, or less, for the remainder of the NHL playoffs. Don’t fret though, as the fantasy sites have a format for this occasion and will continue to post contests up until the final horn sounds on the 2022-2023 season. A unique format that I haven’t [...]

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DFS Thursday: Cats Can Crush Carolina; Bobrovsky Proving His Worth

By Brad Hayward|2023-05-18T12:45:15-04:00May 18th, 2023|Daily Fantasy (DFS) Advice, Daily Fantasy Hockey Tips (DFS)|

We’re down to four teams, and the Conference Finals begin tonight. Please raise your hands if you had these four squads predicted when the playoffs began, because none of the DobberHockey writers did - and you likely missed out, but now it’s truly time to take hold and ride the excitement. Is there a clear [...]