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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DFS Thursday: A Wild Rebound; Ottawa’s Stuetzle/Tkachuk Duo; Value In San Jose

By Brad Hayward|2023-03-02T08:10:39-05:00March 2nd, 2023|Daily Fantasy (DFS) Advice, Daily Fantasy Hockey Tips (DFS)|

The frenzy that’s been a trade deadline WEEK isn’t likely to be done a day early - I’ve been following the Dobber hockey authors for their takes on the fantasy implications, and the forum for the hysteria (LOL). Certainly, the Rangers, Devils and Maple Leafs have made big splashes into the pool of available talent, [...]

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DFS Saturday: DeBrusk in a Top Tier Stack

By Stephen Dotzel|2023-02-25T01:51:33-05:00February 25th, 2023|Daily Fantasy (DFS) Advice|

I spent much of last week’s article talking up the slate as one of the best of the year for an NHL DFS player. Unfortunately for me, my lineups did not cooperate. For anyone reading, hopefully you made out better and were able to turn the night into a success. If your lineups were more [...]

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DFS Saturday: Expect Flyers to Break Slump

By Stephen Dotzel|2023-02-18T01:55:48-05:00February 18th, 2023|Daily Fantasy (DFS) Advice|

We’ve reached one of the best times of the year to play NHL DFS, and we have NBA All-Star weekend to thank. With no NBA games on the schedule, the NFL having obviously completed their season last weekend, and MLB still a few weeks away from starting up – the NHL is quite literally the [...]

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DFS Thursday: Golden Knights Standing Tall; Seattle Presenting Value

By Brad Hayward|2023-02-16T13:00:27-05:00February 16th, 2023|Daily Fantasy (DFS) Advice, Daily Fantasy Hockey Tips (DFS)|

Wow, what a tense and exciting game between Tampa and Arizona last night! Not at all what I anticipated, how about you? In the shootout, Connor Ingram bested two of three likely Hall of Famers, and came out with the 47-save shutout. This isn’t really fantasy relevant however, as Ingram is rostered in only 3% [...]

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DFS Saturday: Something Left in St. Louis

By Stephen Dotzel|2023-02-11T01:55:34-05:00February 11th, 2023|Daily Fantasy (DFS) Advice|

I hope everyone enjoyed the few days off of the fantasy grind over the All-Star break. Things got back rolling this week and the next few days are a good primer in leading up to what is typically the best time of year to play daily fantasy hockey. That time is the NBA All-Star break [...]

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DFS Thursday: Panthers Fishing For Sharks; Nugent-Hopkins’ Power Play Prowess

By Brad Hayward|2023-02-09T10:16:22-05:00February 9th, 2023|Daily Fantasy (DFS) Advice, Daily Fantasy Hockey Tips (DFS)|

I’ve enjoyed my all-star break without being sucked into the silliness, whether pro football’s “flag football” game, or Sergei Ovechkin scoring on Igor Shesterkin. (Sergei is draft-eligible in 2036, for dynasty league planning.) And today is the first day since January 28th with even seven games on the schedule - a light night for a [...]

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DFS Saturday: Top-Tier Tampa Stack

By Stephen Dotzel|2023-01-28T02:27:06-05:00January 28th, 2023|Daily Fantasy (DFS) Advice|

For the NHL daily fantasy player, I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is we have a nice nine-game slate on tap for us on this DFS Saturday. Personally, I consider the 7-9 game range the sweet spot, as it’s not too many games that you get bogged down looking [...]

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DFS Thursday: Colorado To Crush At Home; Calgary Looks To Torch Chicago

By Brad Hayward|2023-01-26T11:01:32-05:00January 26th, 2023|Daily Fantasy (DFS) Advice, Daily Fantasy Hockey Tips (DFS)|

The Canucks fell back to reality last night after a very good performance for Rick Tocchet’s initial game. Two statistics stand out: first, this was the Kraken’s only win against their northern neighbor in their existence (now 1-5-1), and second, when I gave up at the mid-point of the 2nd period, the combination of Bo [...]

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DFS Tuesday: Pittsburgh Primed For Offense, And Philadelphia Should Roll At Home

By Brad Hayward|2023-01-24T11:14:16-05:00January 24th, 2023|Daily Fantasy (DFS) Advice, Daily Fantasy Hockey Tips (DFS)|

I’m looking at an 11-game smörgåsbord menu - pick what you like - and there aren’t really any matchups that seem badly unbalanced. Should be a fun night to watch scores (although I’ll do so from within the PPG arena in Pittsburgh). I’m going to go with the Pennsylvania teams, absolutely a first for me, [...]

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DFS Saturday: Shark Stack

By Stephen Dotzel|2023-01-21T02:12:05-05:00January 21st, 2023|Daily Fantasy (DFS) Advice|

Another Saturday and another large slate available to us for daily fantasy. This week the slate features 11 games, down slightly from the 13 we had last week, but a big one none the less. We have no shortage of firepower here either with teams like Toronto, Edmonton, and Colorado on the schedule. After reading [...]