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DFS: Friday's Center Value Rankings

Rick Osentoski / Reuters

Here are theScore's center value rankings for Friday, November 6:

Value Rankings
C | W | D | G

# Name Opponent Risk
1 Henrik Zetterberg (DET) at TOR Low
2 Leon Draisatil (EDM) vs. PIT Low
3 Tyler Seguin (DAL) at CAR Low
4 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (EDM) at PIT Low
5 Evgeni Malkin (PIT) at EDM Low

Zetterberg tops the value rankings over Draisaitl and Nugent-Hopkins; the 35-year-old is the player most likely to return his value at a reasonable price versus a Maple Leafs team struggling to keep pucks out of the net.

Seguin is the highest-priced player in NHL DFS, and is worth exposing your lineups around most nights - except for Friday in Carolina. Dallas has been on the road since Monday, setting up the potential for stinker.

# Name Opponent Risk
6 Derrick Brassard (NYR) at COL Medium
7 Artem Anisimov (CHI) at NJ Medium
8 Nathan MacKinnion (COL) vs. NYR Medium
9 Travis Zajac (NJ) vs. CHI Medium
10 Riley Sheahan (DET) at TOR Medium
11 Sidney Crosby (PIT) at EDM Medium
12 Jonathan Toews (CHI) at NJ Medium
13 Ryan Getzlaf (ANA) vs. CLB Medium
14 Adam Henrique (NJ) vs. CHI Medium
15 Carl Soderberg (COL) vs. NYR Medium
16 Victor Rask (CAR) vs. DAL Medium
17 Derek Stepan (NYR) at COL Medium
18 Cody Eakin (DAL) at CAR Medium
19 Ryan Johansen (CLB) at ANA Medium
20 Kevin Hayes (NYR) at COL Medium

Brassard has taken over the first-line C role from teammate Stepan, and is producing with Rick Nash and Mats Zuccarrello - scoring four goals and assisting on six over 12 games. Expect a mulit-point night against backup Avalanche G Reto Berra.

Johansen has been dropped to the second line in the John Tortorella era; in Detroit, Sheahan has won the second-line center role and has points in his last two games.

# Name Opponent Risk
21 Matt Duchene (COL) vs. NYR High
22 Nazem Kadri (TOR) vs. DET High
23 Brandon Dubinsky (CLB) at ANA High
24 Boone Jenner (CLB) at ANA Medium
25 Tyler Bozak (TOR) vs. DET High

The Leafs' centers produce solid DFS points, but you can't trust them to come through every night - especially against a solid Detroit team.

Duchene is on the Avs' second line with Soderberg and W Gabriel Landeskog, presenting good value on most DFS slates. But Duchene may struggle against Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist, still among the league's best.

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