NHL DFS Picks, Projections, Lineups & Stacks Today: Friday Playbook
Published: Jan 24, 2025
Welcome to another NHL DFS Playbook! We have a cozy 4-game slate with some lower scoring teams in action.
There are still some good matchups, but we can’t play them all. We also need to make sure that we are picking the correct goalie. There is so much to get to, so let’s dive right into the action.
NHL DFS Picks & Daily Fantasy Playbook Today, January 24th
Before we get into DFS, let’s make some pick’em picks for the night over on Sleeper.
There are lots of ways we try to fill your wallet over here at Fantasy Alarm and this is just another option.
NHL Pick 'Em Picks On Sleeper Fantasy Today
- Nikita Kucherov O/3.5 SOG
- Connor Hellebuyck U/24.5 SV
- Jake Oettinger U/24.5 SV
Friday Salary Cap DFS Picks
Goalie Of The Day: Connor Hellebuyck - WPG
Today's play was a 1A and 1B sort of thing as I love Hellebuyck and Andrei Vasilevsky tonight and will be playing each of them in my lineups today but Hellebuyck got the edge on a few key factors. The first of which is shot volume, you will get more from Utah as an opponent than Chicago so numbers will be higher. The next factor is that Utah played last night and the Jets are on home ice. At home this season Hellebuyck has a 1.81 GAA on the season and is 17-3-2, crazy numbers.
Player Of The Day: Nikita Kucherov - TB
They say chalk can help settle your stomach and on a Friday drinking evening for most us we may need some of that chalk! Enter Kucherov who at 31 is still one of the very best players in the NHL and rides into tonight with 70 points in just 44 games! The splits are better on the road too with 42 of his 70 points have come away from the Bay. He gets Chicago tonight and they're all kinds of terrible. Expect shots and points galore tonight from this man.
Value Play Of The Day: Bo Horvat - NYI
Let me say that I understand everyone, nobody gets excited about playing New York Islanders skaters in DFS and I normally agree but its a small slate and they have a nice matchup. The Flyers are allowing 3.54 goals per game on the road this season and they are rolling with a backup goaltender tonight. Horvat has been really productive this season at home as well with 72 shots and 16 points in 22 games. Under 6k he's a slate buster if he can just get on the board!
Stack Of The Day - TB PP1/L1 (Anthony Cirelli, Nikita Kucherov and Brandon Hagel)
Back to the well on Tampa Bay as we need to be fully fading the Blackhawks and their awful team this season. This line among lines that have skated over 150 total minutes together is #1 in the NHL in expected goals percentage and if that doesn't tell you enough then I can't help you, play these studs.
Today's NHL DFS Cheat Sheet & Stacks
Player Pool
| $ Tier | C | W | G | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High |  Brayden Point  $8,000 | Nikita Kucherov $8,800 | Andrei Vasilevskiy $8,400 | |
 Kyle Connor $8,200 | Connor Hellebuyck $8,200 | |||
| Medium | Mark Scheifele $6,700 | Brandon Hagel $6,900 |  Jake Oettinger $8,000 | Victor Hedman $6,500 |
| Anthony Cirelli $5,800 |  Travis Konecny $6,600 | Josh Morrissey $5,700 | ||
 Bo Horvat $5,700 | Anders Lee $6,000 | |||
| Low |  Morgan Frost $4,400 | Gabriel Vilardi $5,400 |  Arvid Soderblom $7,000 | Ryan Pulock $4,300 |
| Nick Paul $4,000 | Matvei Michkov $4,500 | Jamie Drysdale $2,900 | ||
| Kyle Palmieri $4,000 |
Stacks
| Lightning | Brandon Hagel | Nikita Kucherov | Anthony Cirelli |
| DraftKings | 6900 | 8800 | 5800 |
 Fanduel | - | - | - |
| Islanders | Ryan Pulock | Bo Horvat | Anders Lee |
| DraftKings | 4300 | 5700 | 6000 |
| Fanduel | - | - | - |
Player News
Jakob Poeltl stuffed the stat sheet on Monday with 21 points (10-of-13 FGs), 11 rebounds, one assist, two steals and three blocks in a 112-104 win over the Wizards.
Anthony Edwards finished with 17 points (7-of-19 FGs), two rebounds, four assists, one steal and one three-pointer against the Pacers on Monday.
Nationals placed LHP DJ Herz on the 15-day injured list.
Padres optioned RHP Stephen Kolek, INF/OF Connor Joe and RHP Ron Marinaccio to Triple-A El Paso.
Rudy Gobert recorded a double-double on Monday with 16 points (8-of-12 FGs), 16 rebounds and three assists in a 119-103 loss to the Pacers.
Obi Toppin provided a boost off the bench with 20 points (7-of-10 FGs), one rebound, one assist and six three-pointers against the Timberwolves on Monday.