{"id":501249,"date":"2026-03-13T12:57:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/501249\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T12:57:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:57:57","slug":"nhl-dfs-picks-draftkings-top-plays-strategy-for-march-13-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/501249\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL DFS Picks: DraftKings Top Plays &#038; Strategy for March 13 Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even with only two games on the NHL schedule, there are enough top selections to consider for your Friday DraftKings DFS lineups.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lozad \" style=\"aspect-ratio:16 \/ 7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/vxbebmqtozspzr2unwzb.jpg\" alt=\"NHL DFS Picks: DraftKings Top Plays and Strategy for Friday, March 13\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1500\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMLB Draft Kit<\/p>\n<p>Prepare for your baseball season with RotoWire&#8217;s MLB Draft Kit including rankings, auction value support, and mock draft simulator.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tSLATE PREVIEW<\/p>\n<p>There are only two games in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/hockey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL<\/a> on Friday with LA traveling to play the Islanders and St. Louis hosting Edmonton. Below, you&#8217;ll find suggested options for crafting an effective lineup.<\/p>\n<p>GOALIE<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/hockey\/player\/ilya-sorokin-4478\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ilya Sorokin<\/a>, NYI vs. LA ($8,000): Sorokin has gone 6-1-0 over his last seven starts as the Isles currently hold a playoff spot in the Metropolitan Division. He&#8217;ll be facing a Kings team on Friday ranked 29th in goals per game (2.58).<\/p>\n<p>VALUE PLAYS\/ONE-OFFS<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/hockey\/player\/robert-thomas-5428\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Thomas<\/a>, STL vs. EDM ($5,400): Thomas picked up an assist on Thursday to prolong his scoring streak to eight where he&#8217;s totaled five goals and eight assists after returning from injury. He&#8217;s also registered 43 points through 48 outings this season. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/hockey\/player\/anders-lee-3685\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anders Lee<\/a>, NYI vs. LA ($3,800): Lee has notched 15 goals and 35 points overall, including four and six on the power play. He&#8217;s also skating on the Islanders&#8217; third line and second man-advantage.<\/p>\n<p>FORWARD LINE STACK<\/p>\n<p>Oilers at Blues<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/hockey\/player\/zach-hyman-4964\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Hyman<\/a> (W &#8211; $6,300), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/hockey\/player\/connor-mcdavid-4712\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Connor McDavid<\/a> (C &#8211; $9,500), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/hockey\/player\/ryan-nugent-hopkins-3743\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Nugent-Hopkins<\/a> (W &#8211; $5,300)<\/p>\n<p>This trio didn&#8217;t do particularly well on Thursday as they were held scoreless with a combined minus-8 during a 7-2 loss to Dallas. McDavid still leads the league with 110 points, including 36 goals. Hyman has tallied 27 goals and 17 assists from 47 appearances while Nugent-Hopkins is at 50 points. Edmonton has plenty to prove on Friday against a weak St. Louis attack and subpar defense.<\/p>\n<p>DEFENSEMEN<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/hockey\/player\/matthew-schaefer-7359\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Schaefer<\/a>, NYI vs. LA ($5,800): Schaefer is having an amazing season as an 18-year-old rookie with 20 goals and 27 assists, with 15 of those points coming on the power play.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/hockey\/player\/logan-mailloux-6498\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Logan Mailloux<\/a>, STL vs. EDM ($3,700): Mailloux has only produced three goals and two assists this year, but has recently been placed on the Blues&#8217; second man-advantage after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/hockey\/player\/justin-faulk-3547\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Faulk<\/a> was dealt to Detroit at the deadline. And even if he doesn&#8217;t get on the scoresheet, he&#8217;s decent at providing shots and hits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The author(s) of this article may play in daily fantasy contests including \u2013 but not limited to \u2013 games that they have provided recommendations or advice on in this article. In the course of playing in these games using their personal accounts, it&#8217;s possible that they will use players in their lineups or other strategies that differ from the recommendations they have provided above. The recommendations in this article do not necessarily reflect the views of RotoWire. Michael Finewax plays in daily fantasy contests using the following accounts: FanDuel: finny_flyers, DraftKings: michaelfinewa-19CVH. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Even with only two games on the NHL schedule, there are enough top selections to consider for your&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[462],"tags":[5,55615,4,465,466],"class_list":{"0":"post-501249","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl-draft","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-minor-league-stats","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-nhl-draft","12":"tag-nhl-entry-draft"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116221989501620128","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}