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Get today's top DraftKings daily fantasy hockey lineup picks for November 1, 2025. Doug's expert NHL DFS goalies picks, value plays, stacks, and power play picks.
Tonight marks the first time this year that we have a regular, easy-to-manage eight-game slate, rather than having to deal with 12 games or being given just two or three games. There are many good spots to attack tonight, starting in the early window with road teams like St. Louis and Vancouver having great matchups, and ending with a home game for a dangerous Edmonton offense.
DraftKings continues to do a solid job with its tournament offerings, as four of its contests have a top prize of $1,000 or more with an entry of $20 or less. Two of those are single-entry contests with fewer than 1,000 participants. They also have two contests in the $30-$40 range with fewer than 300 entries, with a top prize of at least $1,000, meaning there are a plethora of chances to join the comma club tonight, no matter your budget.
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NHL DFS Analysis And Picks For 11/1/25
Edmonton Oilers (EDM1 - Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Andrew Mangiapane; $17100 DK)
Defensive Addition: Evan Bouchard ($6700 DK)
Reality is starting to set in for the Chicago Blackhawks and goalie Spencer Knight, as their unsustainable hot defensive start came crashing down on Thursday night against the Winnipeg Jets when the team allowed six goals. I said I wanted to be on the right side of that regression when it happened, and we used the Jets' top line with great success that night.
Tonight, we continue the assault on Knight with the Oilers' top line of Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, and Andrew Mangiapane. The trio hasn’t had a ceiling game yet this year, but Nugent-Hopkins is playing above his price point of $4,900, averaging 10 DraftKings points per game.
Mangiapane should carry next to no ownership, meaning he could be the difference in your lineup’s success if he’s the one who scores the goals for this unit. We saw this exact scenario play out on Thursday night with Gabriel Vilardi being the key to your Jets’ stacks.
They’ll face the defensive pairing of Connor Murphy and Matt Grzelcyk, who have combined to allow 3.2 expected goals and 41.53 scoring chances per 60 minutes on the road this season. That inefficiency has been one of the main reasons that Knight saved fewer than 90% of the shots he faced in back-to-back games, allowing nine total goals over that span.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins aims to keep his point streak going as the #Oilers face the Rangers for the final time this season. We've got tonight's notes, presented by @DirtyLaundryVin 🍷📝 #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/v7MOF1Wocz
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) October 30, 2025
Washington Capitals (WSH1; Alexander Ovechkin, Connor McMichael, Ryan Leonard $13900 DK)
Defensive Addition: Jakob Chychrun ($5900 DK)
I rarely look to use a team that is playing its second game in as many nights, especially if they had to travel from a home game to a road game, but that’s precisely what we are doing here with the Capitals. Washington has underperformed this year on the road, scoring 0.6 fewer even-strength goals per 60 minutes than expected.
This, despite generating a robust 12.23 high-danger chances per 60 minutes. Alexander Ovechkin is still in pursuit of his 900th career goal, having not scored in a week. I don’t like to use the term “due”, but I can do so here, given the data’s suggestion that the Caps have underperformed.
The Sabres have been a poor defensive team at home, allowing 2.58 even-strength goals per 60 minutes, but data shows that they have room to be even worse, as that number is 0.32 goals lower than expected. The biggest issue as we advance for Buffalo is that they have allowed 13.47 high-danger chances per 60 minutes at home, a number that suggests they will be under pressure a lot tonight.
Adding to their issues is the fact that Connor Timmins and Owen Power, the defensive pairing tasked with stopping Ovechkin and company, have allowed 16.2 high-danger chances and over 40 scoring chances per 60 minutes at home this season. Nothing is guaranteed, but tonight presents the best opportunity for Ovi to get that milestone goal and for Washington to turn things around offensively.
Vancouver Canucks (VAN2 - Evander Kane, Lukas Reichel, Kiefer Sherwood; $11300 DK)
The Canucks have one of the best matchups of any road team tonight, facing off against a Wild team that has allowed 3.69 even-strength goals per 60 minutes at home on the young season. Only one other home team on the slate tonight comes within even half a goal of that level of ineptitude.
Goalie Filip Gustavsson has been playing poorly, allowing over four goals per game, while saving just 75% of the high-danger shots he’s faced at home. That’s a big problem for a goalie whose team is allowing 14.16 high-danger chances per 60 minutes at home on the season.
Vancouver’s second line of Evander Kane, Lukas Reichel, and Kiefer Sherwood will spend the majority of their ice time lined up against the two more generous defensive pairings for Minnesota, mostly avoiding the top duo of Brock Faber and Zeev Buium. Kiefer Sherwood is the main sniper on this line, with three multi-goal games this year, including a hat trick the last time he took the ice.
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NHL DFS Value Stack of the Night
St. Louis Blues (STL1 - Brayden Schenn, Pavel Buchnevich, Jimmy Snuggerud; $10700 DK)
Slowly, but surely, the St. Louis offense is rounding into form. Brayden Schenn has a goal and an assist over his past three games, Pavel Buchnevich has three or more shots in three of his last four games, and Jimmy Snuggerud has 17 or more DraftKings points in two of his previous four games.
As a team, the Blues have been great on the road, averaging 3.47 even-strength goals per 60 minutes, a number advanced data suggests is sustainable given their aggressive nature in the offensive zone. The team has produced a slate-high 17.33 high-danger chances per 60 minutes on the road, a number 20% higher than any other team tonight.
On the other side of the ice, data suggests that Columbus is due for negative goal regression, having allowed 0.7 even-strength goals fewer per 60 minutes than expected. This is a team that has allowed 13.59 high-danger chances per 60 minutes at home, a number that rises to 16.71 when defenders Ivan Provorov and Damon Severson are on the ice.
Goalie Jet Greaves has saved the day by stopping over 91% of the high-danger shots he’s faced, but that number is unsustainable given the volume of shots he’s taking. Like with Chicago on Thursday night, I want to be on the right side of that regression when Columbus gets caved for five goals.
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What a shot from Jimmy Snuggerud! pic.twitter.com/1q9OdyjARD
— NHL (@NHL) October 31, 2025
NHL DFS Goalie to Target
Joey Daccord (SEA - $7200 DK)
Tonight’s top goalie was a close call between Dan Vladar of Philly and Joey Daccord of Seattle, with both being excellent values considering how well each is playing. The deciding factor for me was that Daccord, for $200 cheaper, is facing a less potent Rangers’ offense than the high-powered potential of the Leafs' offense, which will take shots at Vladar.
Daccord has been a menace at home this year, allowing just 0.9 even-strength goals per 60 minutes. He got roughed up for four goals by Montreal on Tuesday night, but a lot of that damage came on the power play, which doesn’t play a significant factor in who we choose for our fantasy goalies since so much more time is played at even-strength. Before that game, Daccord had only allowed four total goals in three other home games this year.
For the season, Daccord has only three games of fewer than 13.7 DraftKings points, but four games of over 20 points. That’s the kind of floor and ceiling combination that makes Daccord an excellent option for both cash and tournament lineups.
Others in consideration: Dan Vladar (PHI), Jet Greaves (CBJ), Thatcher Demko (VAN)
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