As you may have noticed we have transformed Scout into a data and stats driven service geared towards helping invested fans make the right decisions on a daily basis. This is our new Fantasy Scouting Report that we produce for each fantasy relevant player. We treat them like a stock and report their value in season long fantasy, the current fantasy week, and if applicable, on FanDuel and on DraftKings. We establish what is expected of the player based on fantasy ownership %, start %, and DFS Salary and see if our proprietary forecasting model projects a better or worse than expected performance. For complete recaps of the best and worst values for each market (season, weekly, daily), injury reports and team outlooks be sure to check out the new Scout.

DAILY FANTASY VALUE

Kucherov is projected for 18.4 FanDuel points and is fairly ranked. He is the #1 highest priced wing ($8600). At his projected points, he is worth a salary of $9.4K (expected pts per $ is calculated daily based on the average of healthy starters). Based on salary, he is expected to have 16.8 FPs, a value reached in 46 of 84 games (55%). The combined 'cover percentage' for wings priced at $4.0K and above is 43%.

• 4/16 VEGAS LINE EXPECTATION: TB 3.1 (#2 Most Today) @ CLB 2.9 (#6 Most)
• PROJECTION (POS RANK): 18.36 Fantasy Points (#1), 1.36 points (#1), 0.48 goals (#3), 0.89 assists (#1), 2.9 shots on goal (#9), 0.8 PIM (#6 most), 0.34 blocked shots (#47)

Kucherov is in the SportsLine FanDuel optimal lineup based on the computer model's projection. SportsLine.com also offers premium optimal lineups from Mike McClure, a professional DFS player who has over $1 million in career winnings. He is not in the DraftKings optimal lineup but Cam Atkinson is.

DRAFTKINGS VALUE: Based on a projected 4.8 DraftKings points Kucherov is fairly ranked. At $7700 he is expected to be the #1 right wing. Based on the projection, Kucherov is worth $7.8K. Based on salary, he is expected to have 4.8 FPs, a value reached in 43 of 84 games (51%). The combined 'cover percentage' for right wing priced at $4.0K and above is 42%.

SEASON FANTASY RECAP AND TREND

Nikita Kucherov is the number one fantasy wing and the #7 ranked player overall. He steadily increased his fantasy average as the season went on. He averaged 3.7 FPs in his first 27 games, 3.9 fantasy points in his next 27 and 5 FP after that. He is still relatively young, so he should be able to continue showing improvement next season. His fantasy production is stable and he is not as volatile as most players based on a below average standard deviation. He averaged 4.2 FPs, but on any given day his projected ceiling is as high as 16 fantasy points.

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STATISTICAL IMPROVEMENT OVER LAST SEASON

He has demonstrated the solid year-to-year improvement that you look for in a younger player. His average Fantasy points increased by 24% this season.

WEEKLY FANTASY RECAP

He has averaged 13.6 fantasy points per week and had 9 weeks where he came up short (below 80% of average) and had 7 weeks where he was +20% above average.

DAILY FANTASY SEASON RECAP

His FanDuel average was 20.2 points and on DraftKings it was 5.3 per game. We looked at all of his games that were between the 10th and 90th percentile where the 10th percentile is his floor and the 90th is his ceiling. On DraftKings his floor was 1 and on FanDuel it was 3.2 fantasy points. He had a relatively high ceiling. On Draftkings it was 10.5 and on FanDuel it was 42.3 FPs. He has had more bad FanDuel games (below average by 20%) than good games (20% above average), and the same was true on DraftKings. We are only including games where they were in the daily fantasy slate and played.