Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook | 01-09-18

The NHL “bye weeks” are upon us so the schedule is wonky this week. After just one-game on Monday the NHL returns with a seven-game slate on Tuesday.

Whether you spend your entire day at work or school, it can be difficult to stay on top of all NHL news. That’s why I have created the Daily Fantasy Notebook, so you can catch up on everything you might have missed throughout the day.

The notebook will be released everyday after teams wrap up their morning skate. It will include a number of things: Injury updates, projected lines, goalie rankings and DFS value picks.

Key Injuries

IN

– Sebastian Aho (lower-body) is expected to play Tuesday in Tampa Bay.
– Cody Ceci (undisclosed) will be in the Senators lineup vs. Chicago.
– Derick Brassard (undisclosed) will play Tuesday vs. the Blackhawks.
– Mikko Koivu (illness) is expected to be in the Wild lineup after missing Monday’s practice.

GAMETIME DECISION

– Dan Girardi (neck) will be a game-time decision.
– Matt Duchene (illness) will be a game-time decision.
– Mark Borowiecki (concussion) will be a game-time decision.

OUT

– Chris Tanev (mouth) will miss his second straight game.
– Adam Lowry (upper-body) will miss his second straight game.
– Lee Stempniak (upper-body) was activated from IR on Monday but will remain out of the lineup on Tuesday.
– Johnny Oudya (lower-body) will not be in the lineup on Tuesday.

Projected Lineups

Washington Capitals vs. Vancouver Canucks

Washington Capitals	Vancouver Canucks
LW C RW ALEX OVECHKIN NICKLAS BACKSTROM DEVANTE SMITH-PELLY JAKUB VRANA EVGENY KUZNETSOV TOM WILSON BRETT CONNOLLY LARS ELLER T.J. OSHIE CHANDLER STEPHENSON JAY BEAGLE ANDRE BURAKOVSKY DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS DMITRI ORLOV MATT NISKANEN CHRISTIAN DJOOS JOHN CARLSON BROOKS ORPIK MADISON BOWEY	LW C RW DANIEL SEDIN HENRIK SEDIN SVEN BAERTSCHI THOMAS VANEK SAM GAGNER BROCK BOESER MARKUS GRANLUND NIC DOWD LOUI ERIKSSON NIKOLAY GOLDOBIN MICHAEL CHAPUT JAKE VIRTANEN DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS ALEXANDER EDLER ALEX BIEGA BEN HUTTON TROY STECHER MICHAEL DEL ZOTTO ERIK GUDBRANSON

Buffalo Sabres vs. Winnipeg Jets

Buffalo Sabres	Winnipeg Jets
LW C RW EVANDER KANE RYAN O’REILLY JASON POMINVILLE ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS JACK EICHEL KYLE OKPOSO SCOTT WILSON EVAN RODRIGUES SAM REINHART JOHAN LARSSON JACOB JOSEFSON JORDAN NOLAN DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS MARCO SCANDELLA RASMUS RISTOLAINEN NATHAN BEAULIEU ZACH BOGOSIAN BRENDAN GUHLE JAKE MCCABE	LW C RW KYLE CONNOR BLAKE WHEELER PATRIK LAINE MATHIEU PERREAULT BRYAN LITTLE NIKOLAJ EHLERS SHAWN MATTHIAS ANDREW COPP JOEL ARMIA JACK ROSLOVIC MATT HENDRICKS MARKO DANO DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS JOSH MORRISSEY JACOB TROUBA TOBIAS ENSTROM DUSTIN BYFUGLIEN DMITRY KULIKOV TYLER MYERS

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Carolina Hurricanes

Tampa Bay Lightning	Carolina Hurricanes
LW C RW CHRIS KUNITZ STEVEN STAMKOS NIKITA KUCHEROV ONDREJ PALAT BRAYDEN POINT TYLER JOHNSON ALEX KILLORN VLADISLAV NAMESTNIKOV YANNI GOURDE J.T. BROWN CEDRIC PAQUETTE RYAN CALLAHAN DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS ANTON STRALMAN VICTOR HEDMAN MIKHAIL SERGACHEV DAN GIRARDI BRAYDON COBURN ANDREJ SUSTR	LW C RW SEBASTIAN AHO JORDAN STAAL TEUVO TERAVAINEN JEFF SKINNER DEREK RYAN ELIAS LINDHOLM BROCK MCGINN VICTOR RASK JUSTIN WILLIAMS JOAKIM NORDSTROM MARCUS KRUGER JOSH JOORIS DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS JACCOB SLAVIN TREVOR VAN RIEMSDYK KLAS DAHLBECK JUSTIN FAULK NOAH HANIFIN BRETT PESCE

Ottawa Senators vs. Chicago Blackhawks

Ottawa Senators	Chicago Blackhawks
LW C RW RYAN DZINGEL DERICK BRASSARD MARK STONE MIKE HOFFMAN MATT DUCHENE BOBBY RYAN ZACK SMITH JEAN-GABRIEL PAGEAU TOM PYATT ALEXANDRE BURROWS COLIN WHITE GABRIEL DUMONT DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS THOMAS CHABOT ERIK KARLSSON DION PHANEUF CODY CECI BEN HARPUR FREDRIK CLAESSON	LW C RW BRANDON SAAD JONATHAN TOEWS VINCE HINOSTROZA RYAN HARTMAN NICK SCHMALTZ PATRICK KANE PATRICK SHARP DAVID KAMPF ALEX DEBRINCAT LANCE BOUMA TOMMY WINGELS RICHARD PANIK DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS DUNCAN KEITH JORDAN OESTERLE GUSTAV FORSLING JAN RUTTA MICHAL KEMPNY CONNOR MURPHY

St. Louis Blues vs. Florida Panthers

St. Louis Blues	Florida Panthers
LW C RW IVAN BARBASHEV PAUL STASTNY VLADIMIR TARASENKO VLADIMIR SOBOTKA BRAYDEN SCHENN TAGE THOMPSON PATRIK BERGLUND KYLE BRODZIAK ALEX STEEN SCOTTIE UPSHALL OSKAR SUNDQVIST MAGNUS PAAJARVI DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS JAY BOUWMEESTER ALEX PIETRANGELO JOEL EDMUNDSON COLTON PARAYKO CARL GUNNARSSON ROBERT BORTUZZO	LW C RW JONATHAN HUBERDEAU ALEKSANDER BARKOV EVGENY DADONOV DENIS MALGIN VINCENT TROCHECK NICK BJUGSTAD MAXIM MAMIN JARED MCCANN COLTON SCEVIOUR MICHEAL HALEY DEREK MACKENZIE CONNOR BRICKLEY DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS MICHAEL MATHESON AARON EKBLAD KEITH YANDLE MARK PYSYK IAN MCCOSHEN ALEX PETROVIC

Nashville Predators vs. Edmonton Oilers

Nashville Predators	Edmonton Oilers
LW C RW PONTUS ABERG RYAN JOHANSEN VIKTOR ARVIDSSON KEVIN FIALA KYLE TURRIS CRAIG SMITH SCOTT HARTNELL NICK BONINO COLTON SISSONS MIIKKA SALOMAKI CALLE JARNKROK AUSTIN WATSON DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS ROMAN JOSI RYAN ELLIS MATTIAS EKHOLM P.K. SUBBAN ALEXEI EMELIN YANNICK WEBER	LW C RW PATRICK MAROON CONNOR MCDAVID LEON DRAISAITL MILAN LUCIC RYAN NUGENT-HOPKINS JESSE PULJUJARVI JUJHAR KHAIRA RYAN STROME MICHAEL CAMMALLERI DRAKE CAGGIULA MARK LETESTU ZACK KASSIAN DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS DARNELL NURSE ADAM LARSSON OSCAR KLEFBOM KRIS RUSSELL ANDREJ SEKERA MATT BENNING

Minnesota Wild vs. Calgary Flames

Minnesota Wild	Calgary Flames
LW C RW NINO NIEDERREITER MIKKO KOIVU MIKAEL GRANLUND JOEL ERIKSSON EK CHARLIE COYLE ZACH PARISE JASON ZUCKER ERIC STAAL TYLER ENNIS MARCUS FOLIGNO MATT CULLEN DANIEL WINNIK DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS RYAN SUTER JARED SPURGEON JONAS BRODIN MATHEW DUMBA GUSTAV OLOFSSON NATE PROSSER	LW C RW JOHNNY GAUDREAU SEAN MONAHAN MICHEAL FERLAND MATTHEW TKACHUK MIKAEL BACKLUND TROY BROUWER SAM BENNETT MARK JANKOWSKI GARNET HATHAWAY CURTIS LAZAR MATT STAJAN ANDREW MANGIAPANE DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS MARK GIORDANO DOUGIE HAMILTON T.J. BRODIE TRAVIS HAMONIC BRETT KULAK MICHAEL STONE

Consensus Goalie Rankings

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Daily Value Picks