This article will provide you with an overview of the make-up of your NHL team on our platform. Below you will see how your roster is made up, how you can accumulate points and how you manage your roster and a look into how our platform operates.
- Join a Contest:
- Pick your Team! Each team gets 10 players and a set amount of “Game Opportunities” per roster position! Pick your players to maximize those game opportunities!
- Manage your lineup! Swap and deactivate/activate players to ensure you’re getting the most out of your team! There are many different strategies that can help you pull out the win!
- Compete over 7 days
Joining a contest.
The primary method of joining contests is to go to the 'Lobby' page.
Navigate to the 'Lobby' at the top of your home screen. Within this page, you can filter by contest type, real-money vs OwnersBucks (site currency), available sports, number of entrants, and entry fee. Clicking anywhere within the contest row will open a window where you can review contest details and enter the contest by clicking on 'Join Contest'.
Click HERE for more info on how to enter a contest.
Type of matchups.
2 Team (1-week duration):
Two people compete head-to-head over the course of a week (7 days) and the winner takes the prize pool.
4 Team (2-week duration):
Four people compete in a head-to-head bracket-style tournament with each H2H matchup taking a week (7 days). The two winners move on to the next round and play each other for first place the following week. In total, 4 team contests take two weeks from start to finish.
8 Team (3-week duration):
Eight people compete in a head-to-head bracket-style tournament with each H2H matchup taking a week (7 days). The winners move on to the next round and play each other, and so on until the completion of the contest. In total, 8 team contests take three weeks from start to finish.
16 Team (4-week duration):
Sixteen people compete in a head-to-head bracket-style tournament with each H2H matchup taking a week (7 days). The winners move on to the next round and play each other, and so on until the completion of the contest. In total, 16 team contests take four weeks from start to finish.
We also provide the user with public, private, and group-specific matchups.
Public: entering contests in the Lobby section. This allows users to compete against people across North America.
Friend: allows you to create a contest and invite any of your friends.
Group: allows you to create a contest and invite members of a group you're an admin of. The results from this contest type are tracked within the context of the group.
Selecting your team.
If participating in our Head-to-Head match-ups, your roster will be selected through a live draft.
OwnersBox live drafts use the 'Snake Draft' format. Meaning the order of who picks/drafts is reversed each round.
i.e. Round 1 ( User 1, User 2, User 3, User 4)
Round 2 ( User 4, User 3, User 2, User 1)
Each contestant will have a fair chance of filling their rosters with a good set of players. Each contestant will have their own unique team as no athlete/player can be drafted by multiple contestants, and no rosters are pre-determined. Each selection is given a 1-minute time limit to draft. If a contestant does not make a decision within the time limit, a player will be auto-drafted for that selection.
*Adding players to your queue is a good way to ensure if your time limit is reached, you will at least auto-draft a player that you were already interested in.
Our draft also provides users the option to auto-pick every selection. This is useful for beginners who may not be experienced in drafting for a specific sport or who are new to Fantasy Sports. The auto-pick option will draft the best available player based on points projection for the remaining roster spots you need to fill for your team. This can also be used for someone who is unable to be present for their entire draft.
If you are disconnected from the system while in the live draft, auto-pick will automatically enable and draft your remaining players.
For more information on our live draft click HERE
Managing your line-up.
For our Head-to-Head contests, under the Matchup Summary, you will see your “Lineup” button to the left. This will change the bottom portion of the screen to your lineup management view.
From here you can swap players as well as activate or bench them. Pay attention to the game opportunities on the far right side as you make changes. This number represents your total available games to earn Fantasy Points, make sure to maximize your games to earn as many Fantasy Points within the week.
You are allowed to swap a maximum of two (2) players per week. If you win your Head-to-Head (H2H) for the week and advance (in 4, 8, 16 team contests), your swaps will be refreshed and you will get two new swaps.
You can see the number of drops available on the Matchup page underneath the player scores or within the Add/Drop window beside the control buttons.
Note: If a player on your team becomes inactive, you have the ability to swap them out without consuming a swap.
For more info on how to manage your lineup click HERE
Roster:
When drafting a team for your Head-to-Head matchup, your NHL team Roster will be made up of the following positions.
5 Forwards (F)
3 Defense (D)
2 Goalies (G)
10 Players total.
Game opportunities:
Your 10-player roster will accumulate points for you over a 7-day period, however, they may not accumulate points for every game they play in. Your team is allowed a specific number of games per week, per position, to accumulate points. These are referred to as game opportunities.
In your Head-to-Head contest, you get to choose which games your players accumulate points in to maximize your score.
Your NHL roster’s Game Opportunities are listed below per position.
Forwards - 16 game opportunities
Defense - 10 game opportunities
Goalies - 4 game opportunities
For additional details surrounding game opportunities and managing your lineup click HERE
Scoring:
Your roster will accumulate points based on the following stat lines.
Skaters and Goalies
Goal (G) = 10 points
Assist (A) = 5 points
Shots on Goal (SOG) = 1 point
Blocked shots (B) = 1 point
Plus/Minus (+/-) = 2 points (the plus/minus is a multiple of this)
i.e your player finishes with a -2 rating (-2x2 points) = -4 points
Goalies
Save (S) = 1 point
Goals Against (GA) = -5 points
Win (W) = 10 points
Shut Out (SO) = 5 points