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How a Slate Pick'em pool works

Slate Pick'em is PikSheet's NHL pool. The commissioner picks which games count each week — the slate — and every member picks the winner of N of them, straight up. Here is one made-up week from start to finish.

1. The commissioner sets the slate

At setup the commissioner chooses the weeks, the picks per week (N), and which NHL games make each week's slate — always at least N. A week's slate can be edited until that week's first slate game starts; after that its games are fixed. In this example the pool picks 5 games a week from an 8-game slate, ranked.

2. You pick N games

Pick exactly N games from the slate and the team you think wins each one. There is no puck line. In a ranked pool you also give your picks the values 1 through N, each used once — your surest pick gets N. In a flat pool there are no values; every correct pick is worth one point.

3. Picks lock

The commissioner chooses one of three lock modes: everything locks at the week's first slate game, each day's picks lock at that day's first slate game, or each pick locks at its own game's start. You can change any pick that hasn't locked yet. Once a game locks, everyone's picks on it show in the Field tab.

4. Games are graded

A pick is correct if its team wins the game — in regulation, overtime, or a shootout. Here is the example week:

Four of five correct scores 11 points in the ranked pool. The same card in a flat pool scores 4. The other three slate games weren't picked, so they don't count either way.

5. Weekly tiebreaker (optional)

If the commissioner turns it on, each entry also predicts the total shots on goal — both teams combined — in the week's last slate game. When entries tie on the week's points and record, the closest prediction wins. With it off, those ties stand.

6. Standings

Weekly points add up across the season. The Standings tab shows the week and the season; most points at the end of the pool's last week wins.

Want the settings and strategy in detail? See the Slate Pick'em format page.