NHL DFS Core Plays February 28: Top DraftKings & FanDuel Picks

Published: Feb 28, 2023
Welcome to the NHL DFS Core Plays with a 10-game slate tonight! You will see three tiered options for Yahoo! DFS, DraftKings, and FanDuel every night that there are three or more games. Otherwise, you are still getting the same great top plays and the Discord chat is still open for all of your questions. Don't forget to check out our NHL daily projections, the NHL DFS lineup generator, today's NHL betting odds, and NHL starting lines. Have fun and let's make some money together tonight!
NHL DFS Core Plays Notes:
- Buffalo has the highest implied team total at 4.2, followed by Tampa Bay at 4.0 ( Islanders have the lowest at 2.6).
- Rasmus Dahlin and Aleksander Barkov are both OUT for their respective teams.
- Tage Thompson has 11 points and 33 shots on goal in his last ten games.
- Patrick Kane will not play tonight. He has been traded to the Rangers
- NYI/MIN is the only game with a 5.5 total
- Roman Josi finished with three points, five shots on goal and three blocked shots last game, hitting all three bonuses.
- Karel Vejmelka is the top cash-game goalie on the slate and Linus Ullmark is for GPP.
- Goalies are voodoo.
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Position | Top Tier | Mid-Tier | Value-Tier |
---|---|---|---|
C | Tage Thompson | Tomas Hertl | Max Domi |
W | Nikita Kucherov | Kirill Marchenko | Jack Quinn |
D | Roman Josi | Mikhail Sergachev | Owen Power |
G | Filip Gustavsson | Ilya Sorokin | Alex Stalock |

Position | Top Tier | Mid-Tier | Value-Tier |
---|---|---|---|
C | Brayden Point | Tomas Hertl | Tommy Novak |
W | Nikita Kucherov | Jared McCann | Kirill Marchenko |
D | Erik Karlsson | Shayne Gostisbehere | Owen Power |
G | Filip Gustavsson | Alex Stalock | Ilya Sorokin |

Position | Top Tier | Mid-Tier | Value-Tier |
---|---|---|---|
C | Tage Thompson | Max Domi | Tomas Hertl |
W | Nikita Kucherov | Pavel Buchnevich | Clayton Keller |
D | Roman Josi | Mikhail Sergachev | Owen Power |
G | Filip Gustavsson | Karel Vejmelka | Craig Anderson |
Player News
Bennedict Mathurin (wrist) has been ruled out for Friday’s matchup with the Heat.
Jordan Westburg (back) did some light throwing before Friday’s game.
Gunnar Henderson (side) won’t play in any games over the weekend.
Rays manager Kevin Cash told reporters that Jose Caballero (foot) could play as soon as Saturday.
ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reports Ravens S Marcus Williams “is preparing for free agency with the full expectation that Baltimore releases him.”
Jake Lamb will be shut down from baseball activities this weekend while dealing with a left quad strain.