DraftKings Fantasy Hockey Cheat Sheet: The Best NHL DFS Stacks Today (December 23)

We have some more scorching-hot action as we wind through the 2024-25 NHL season! We’re breaking down the DraftKings NHL DFS slate today. As always, Stokastic is bringing you DraftKings NHL picks cheat sheet and top stacks for Monday, Dec. 23, based on our industry-leading NHL DFS projections from the best DFS players in the world and our NHL DFS Top Stacks Tool.

Fantasy Hockey Cheat Sheet: DraftKings NHL DFS Picks & Stacks Today

LineTeamPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Salary; Leverage
High Priced StackLightning 1Nikita KucherovBrayden PointJake Guentzel$25,900; 18.2%
Mid-Priced StackDucks 1Frank VatranoTroy TerryRyan Strome$16,200; 2.0%
Low-Priced StackSabres 2J.J. PeterkaDylan CozensPeyton Krebs$12,000; 0.3%
Stacks are selected based on leverage in Stokastic’s NHL Top Stacks. Leverage is the difference between the line’s probability of being a top-2 stack and its projected ownership. Data accurate as of publish time. If you want real-time data, check out Stokastic’s NHL DFS projections.

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NHL Rankings

The rankings for fantasy points and value are derived directly from my own fantasy NHL DFS projections. Roster players with solid value rankings and spend most, if not all of your salary. I’m confident that lineups built using this method will be competitive in tournaments.

NHL Projections

The NHL DFS projection model was created and is maintained by the top DFS players in the world. It includes DFS projections for contests on both DraftKings and FanDuel. The projections are most effectively used by uploading them into our Fantasy Cruncher premium add-on, which can generate hundreds of optimal NHL lineups within minutes.

NHL Ownership Projections

Initial NHL ownership projections for DraftKings main slates will be posted daily by 4 p.m. EST and will be updated thereafter when major news breaks. Note that last-minute injury reports will impact not only the injured players’ or their replacements’ ownership projection, but can affect overall roster construction and therefore, the ownership projection for every other player on the slate.

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The NHL Top Stack Tool utilizes Stokastic’s personalized rankings and projections, goes through myriad data and finds the best possible stacks for your daily fantasy lineups.

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Sam Smith is a writer and editor with Stokastic and OddsShopper. He has been immersed in the world of professional sports data since 2015, while also writing extensively on the NFL for a multitude of blogs and websites. With Stokastic, Sam looks to blend his sports and editorial expertise with Stokastic's data to bring you the best fantasy information possible.

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