DAILY FANTASY PROJECTIONS AND PLAY OR FADE ADVICE

He is projected for 19.4 FanDuel points and 4.8 points on DraftKings. Based on the player pool average points per dollar he is worth +$1275 more than $8.2K on FanDuel and +$1196 more than $7.5K on DraftKings. There may be other options (see below) who are even better values, but barring a significant lineup change consider him a strong daily fantasy play. Below are how he ranks based on projected fantasy points on both DFS platforms. Look for players with more FPs at lower salaries.

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REST OF SEASON OUTLOOK AND POSITION RANK

Based on our latest projection, you can expect Philipp Grubauer to be an elite fantasy starter the rest of the season. His 347 projected fantasy points puts him at #2 behind Andrei Vasilevskiy and ahead of Jordan Binnington. He has averaged 5.88 fantasy points in his past 41 games. Our projected per game average is virtually the same. He is projected to average 5.78 fantasy points. His rank based on avg proj (#3) is worse than his rank based on total fantasy points. He is underrated if you compare his ownership based rank with his projection rank. At 87%, he is the #10 most highly owned goalie. Philipp Grubauer is expected to improve on last season's #32 fantasy position rank.

PROJECTING A DOWN WEEK 3 FOR PHILIPP GRUBAUER WITH FEWER FPS THAN MARC-ANDRE FLEURY

Philipp Grubauer is projected for 11.42 fantasy points in 2 games the rest of the week in week 3 which ranks him as the #10 projected goalie for the week and a starter for most fantasy teams. This is projected to be a better than average week with more fantasy points per game than he is projected to average per game the rest of the season. He is ranked above Darcy Kuemper but behind Marc-Andre Fleury the rest of the week. His projected rank in Week 4 is the same as it is in Week 3. He is projected for 12.98 fantasy points.

FANTASY PROJECTIONS AND ACTUAL STATS

The tables below show projected stats (totals and averages) for the rest of the season and upcoming weeks. Also included are actual stats from the current and last season.