An eight game Saturday night NHL slate is another opportunity to put your hockey know-how to the test and get paid for it. FanDuel’s Saturday night GPPs include a $20,000 guarantee with just a $2 buy-in.

Don’t have any hockey know-how? Well, maybe this quick tutorial will help. And if you don’t already have a FanDuel account you can sign-up now to earn a 100% deposit bonus on your first deposit.

You’ll have a $55,000 budget to put your nine-player squad together. You’re going to draft two centers, two right wingers, two left wingers, two defencemen and of course, a goalie.

Here are some of the highlights from Saturday’s offering on FanDuel.

TdSaturday NHL Breakaway

TdSaturday NHL Goal

TdSaturday NHL Blue Line

TdSaturday NHL One Timer (Single Entry)

Buy-in Name Guarantee
$2 $20,000
$25 $12,000
$5 $9,000
$1 $4,000

The scoring system on FanDuel is pretty fan-friendly and should be easy enough for even the newest hockey watcher to pick up. Your skaters (everybody but the goalie) earn points in six different categories:

  • Goal: 3 points
  • Assist: 2 points
  • Plus/Minus = 1 point
  • Penalty Minute: 0.25 points
  • Powerplay Points: 0.5 points
  • Shots on Goal: 0.4 points

You’re going to want to look for guys that shoot a lot and get a chance to play on the powerplay. Some of the league’s top scorers are in action Saturday night including Tyler Seguin (42 points),Jamie Benn (41 points) and Taylor Hall (35 points) are all in the top ten in points. The top scoring d-man in action is teammates with Seguin and Benn on the Dallas Stars. John Klingberg has 31 points this season in 32 games.

Once you’ve got your eight skates chosen, you’re going to need to find a netminder. Goalies earn points in just four categories:

  • Wins: 3 points
  • Goals Against: -1 point
  • Saves: 0.2 points
  • Shutout: 2 points

Use the Las Vegas odds for each game to find out which team is expected to win and then double check that the goalie you’re looking at is going to start that night. A solid resource for that info is DailyFaceoff.com.

Saturday Night Schedule

Montreal Canadiens vs Dallas Stars
Anaheim Ducks vs New Jersey Devils
Philadelphia Flyers vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Carolina Hurricanes vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Los Angeles Kings vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Minnesota Wild vs Nashville Predators
New York Islanders vs Arizona Coyotes
Edmonton Oilers vs Colorado Avalanche