Ryan Dadoun

Monday's scheduled game between Nashville and Tampa Bay was postponed, so the first regular-season contests of 2024-25 to be played in North America will take place today. The action will start at 4:30 p.m. ET with Seattle hosting the Blues. Florida will then begin its defense of the Stanley Cup at 7:00 p.m. ET with a home game versus Boston. Tuesday's action will conclude with Utah's inaugural contest, which will be at home against the Blackhawks, beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET.

After three games were played Tuesday, the opening days of the NHL season continue tonight with five contests. The evening will begin with Toronto visiting Montreal for a 7:00 p.m. ET start time followed by Pittsburgh hosting the Rangers, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. We also got three late 10:00 p.m. starts, featuring Edmonton, Vancouver and Las Vegas playing at home against Winnipeg, Calgary and Colorado, respectively.

We have our first busy night of the 2024-25 campaign ahead of us with nine games on the docket. That gives us plenty of options to work through. Sometimes it can be challenging to navigate through a wealth of choices, so here are my recommendations to help narrow it down.

There's plenty of action ahead of us with nine games on the docket. I've combed through the options from tonight's games to provide you with my lineup recommendations.

Sandwiched between packed Tuesday and Thursday slates, we have a fairly light Wednesday schedule with just four games on the docket. The Penguins will host Buffalo, starting at 7:00 p.m. ET, followed by the Kings visiting Toronto at 7:30. For the late action, Colorado will try to end its season-opening losing streak at home against Boston, beginning at 9:30, and Utah is on the road against the Ducks with that contest set for 10:00 p.m.

There are a whopping 11 games tonight, but just one contest takes place after 8:30 p.m. ET – the lone exception is the Flyers in Seattle, starting at 10:00. Even if you're on the East Coast, you should have a fairly good idea of how your lineup's performed before you turn in for the night. Here are my FanDuel recommendations for the upcoming action.

After all 32 teams played Tuesday, there's just one contest scheduled for tonight. That changes how you will assemble your FanDuel roster. Your team will consist of five players, including a Captain, who will provide you with 1.5 times the fantasy points. Here are my recommendations.

We have nine games on the docket Thursday, including clashes involving the final four teams that haven't been defeated in regulation time – Winnipeg Jets (6-0-0), New York Rangers (5-0-1), Calgary Flame (5-0-1) and the Minnesota Wild (4-0-2). The 0-5-2 Sharks will also be looking to earn their first victory of the 2024-25 campaign, a feat every other squad has accomplished.

After a week that was built around two packed days of hockey (16 games last Tuesday and 14 last Saturday), the action is far more spread out for the final nights of October. After eight games were on the docket Monday, we have another seven ahead of us tonight. Here are my DFS recommendations.

Wednesday will be a somewhat light night in the world of hockey with six games on the docket. The action will be somewhat more favorable to viewers on the West Coast with four of the games starting at 9:00 p.m. ET or later. Here are my recommendations for those wishing to supplement the watching experience with FanDuel DFS contests.