Sunday NHL DFS is weird. There are usually plenty of teams playing for the second day in a row, and the start times tend to be varied. That’s the case today with five teams on the second half of a back-to-back, and various afternoon start times.

FanDuel is offering an all-day slate, a three-game afternoon slate and a three-game main slate in the evening. DraftKings is offering a three-game afternoon slate (which does not include the same three games that are on FanDuel’s afternoon slate) and a three-game main slate.

The contest selection for the all-day and afternoon slates on FanDuel is very thin. As a result, we will only be breaking down the afternoon DK slate and the main slate (for both sites). Example GPP lineups for those slates are included at the bottom of this post.

Afternoon DraftKings Slate

The Senators are playing on this slate, so their opponent, the Panthers, will draw heavy ownership. The Senators have been one of the worst teams all season, but after dealing away players at the deadline, they’re unquestionably the worst team in the league. Over their last eight games they’re allowing 4.7 goals per game.

Florida’s top line of Aleksander Barkov, Mike Hoffman and Jonathan Huberdeau, who all play together on the top PP unit, will be very popular on the slate. However, all three of those guys are noticeably overpriced on DK. Meanwhile, the second line duo of Vincent Trocheck and Evgenii Dadonov provide much more value. You also get a bit of exposure to the top line with Dadonov as he plays on the top PP unit. You can get additional exposure to the top unit by pairing D-man Keith Yandle with Trocheck and Dadonov as he skated primarily with Trocheck’s line at even last night.

The other chalk team of the slate is Vegas as they are -245 favorites at home against the Canucks. Paul Stastny has the most value in his price tag on Dk among Vegas top six forwards, and he has the most productive player on the team, Mark Stone, on his wing. D-man Colin Miller plays with that line plenty at even and on the second PP unit with Stastny and Patch.

Colorado is the third, and smallest, favorite of this three-game slate, but they might be a better play than the Golden Knights. The Ducks are the fourth best matchup in the league for opposing skaters per my own match stat, though the return of John Gibson to the lineup makes the matchup slightly less appealing. Perhaps the Ducks won’t want to work Gibson too hard given their season is effectively over and he’ll be given the day off after starting on Friday.

Nathan MacKinnon is easily the most talented player on this slate, so it makes sense to roster him against a bad defensive team, especially when his price tag is reasonable. Mikko Rantanen and Alexander Kerfoot are playing with MacKinnon at even and on the top PP unit. Kerfoot’s lower salary makes stacking MacKinnon’s line easier than it would be if Gabriel Landeskog was still on the top line.

The easy goalie choice on this slate is Marc-Andre Fleury with the Golden Knights being massive home favorites. The other projected goalies on favored teams are Roberto Luongo and Philipp Grubauer Luongo has a pathetic .897 SV%, and the Avs are only a slight favorite, so they’re not nearly as appealing as Fleury.

The gambler’s goalie on this slate is Jacob Markstrom. Markstrom would be a very contrarian play against the heavily favored Knights, but he has tons of upside and value potential. I have him projected to see the most shots against of any goalie on the slate, and he’s the cheapest projected goalie of the slate at only $7000. There’s a fair amount of value in the pricing of Canucks skaters on DK, so you could pair some of them with Markstrom in a contrarian lineup.

Main Slate

The main slate is all about the Sharks as they host the Blackhawks. Chicago is the best matchup in the league for opposing skaters per my matchup stat, and they’re hemorrhaging goals lately allowing 4.67 goals per game in their last nine. The Hawks played last night and are likely going with Cam Ward and his .893 SV% since Corey Crawford started yesterday.

The best value among San Jose top six forwards on either site is Timo Meier on FD, though his lime mates on the top line, Logan Couture and Joe Pavelski, are priced better on DK. Given how advantageous this matchup is, you may want lineups with exposure to each of San Jose’s top six lines. Collectively, neither line represents significantly more value on one site or the other, so you might just split your exposure to each line between DK and FD.

On the blue line, San Jose could potentially be without both of their stud D-men. Erik Karlsson has already been ruled out, and Brent Burns missed practice on Saturday with an illness. If Burns is able to go, he’s an obviously elite option. If Burns is out, Marc-Edouard Vlasic turns into a fantastic value play as his usage with the top six at even and on the power play should be extremely high. The same goes for his D partner Tim Heed, but to a slightly lesser extent.

Columbus is a slight home favorite against the Jets, and they have a better matchup against Winnipeg than the other favorite on the slate, which is Nashville on the road in Minnesota. Columbus’ top line of Pierre-Luc Dubois, Cam Atkinson and Artemi Panarin is a stack option with similar value on both sites. D-man Zach Werenski skates on the top PP unit with Atkinson and Panarin.

Columbus’s second line has been seeing opposing bottom six lines in home games, which sounds good but isn’t in this matchup against a Winnipeg team with strong possession players in the bottom six. If you want Jackets cheaper than the top liners, go with the third line of Boone Jenner, Nick Foligno and Josh Anderson. All three see power play work, and Foligno even plays up on the top unit. Seth Jones skates a lot with that line at even and plays with Jenner and Anderson on the second PP unit.

The Blackhawks are an option to pair with Sharks for a game stack. That game has a rarely seen over/under of seven, and the Sharks, while a strong defensive team, are tied for the worst save percentage in the league. In 13 games since the All-Star break the Chicago offense has come to life as they’re averaging 4.5 goals per game in that stretch.

On DK, rostering Patrick Kane is very appealing given that he’s significantly cheaper than he is on FD. He’s the most expensive skater of the slate by $1400 on FD but only by $500 on DK. Said another way, his salary is about three standard deviations above the mean for forwards on FD but only two above the mean on DK. He’s skating with Jonathan Toews who is overpriced on both sites but less so on DK.

Alex Debrincat took Brandon Saad’s place on the left wing of the top line towards the end of yesterday’s game, which is excellent for stacking purposes since Debrincat plays on the top PP unit with Kane/Toews and Saad does not. Erik Gustafsson is the D-man on the top PP unit, and he skates the most with the Toews line at even. Both Debrincat and Gustafsson are priced better on DK than FD, so DK is the spot for a CHI-SJ game stack.

Goalie is honestly tough to peg on this slate at this point. We’re not sure if Minnesota and/or Columbus will go with top options Devan Dubnyk and Sergei Bobrovsky two days in a row or if they’re unappealing backups will get the nod. Martin Jones and Cam Ward were mentioned above as guys to pick on, so they’re not options. That’s four of the six goalies accounted for, which leaves Pekka Rinne and Connor Hellebuyck. If Dubnyk doesn’t start, your choices will be limited to Rinne and Hellebuyck.