Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 01/09/20
The Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook will be released everyday Monday-to-Friday as soon as the morning skates finish.
The Notebook includes everything you need to know to set your Season-Long and Daily Fantasy Lineups: including Injuries, Projected Lines and Pairings, Starting Goalie Rankings, Value Picks (DFS), and previews from our DFS Premium Package.
Key Injuries/Lineup Changes
IN
- — [NYR] @Ryan Lindgren (upper-body) will play vs. the Devils.
- — [VAN] @Jordie Benn will be back in the lineup in Florida.
- — [BOS] @David Backes will play vs. the Jets.
- — [WPG] @Dmitry Kulikov (upper-body) has been activated from IR and is expected to play in Boston.
- — [WPG] @Gabriel Bourque is expected to draw back into the lineup in Boston.
- — [BUF] @Michael Frolik will make his Sabres debut in St. Louis.
- — [BUF] @Lawrence Pilut will make his season debut in St. Louis.
- — [CHI] @Drake Caggiula (concussion) will play for the first time since November 10th.
- — [CHI] @Matthew Highmore will be back in the Blackhawks lineup vs. Nashville.
- — [CHI] @Slater Koekkoek will draw back into the lineup vs. the Predators.
GAMETIME DECISION
- — [MTL] @Brendan Gallagher (concussion) will be a game-time decision vs. the Oilers.
- — [BOS] @Torey Krug (illness) will be a game-time decision vs. the Jets.
OUT
- — [MTL] @Ben Chiarot (lower-body) will not play vs. the Oilers.
- — [NJD] @Jack Hughes (upper-body) will miss his fourth straight game.
- — [NJD] @Jesper Bratt (undisclosed) will miss his third straight game.
- — [VAN] @Oscar Fantenberg will be a healthy scratch in Florida.
- — [BOS] @Brett Ritchie will be a healthy scratch vs. the Jets.
- — [WPG] @Jansen Harkins will be a healthy scratch in Boston.
- — [STL] @Colton Parayko (upper-body) will miss his third straight on Thursday.
- — [BUF] @Jake McCabe (upper-body) did not travel to St. Louis.
- — [CHI] @Dylan Strome will not play Thursday due to an ankle injury.
- — [CHI] @Dylan Sikura will be a healthy scratch vs. the Predators.
- — [CHI] @Dennis Gilbert will be a healthy scratch vs. the Predators.
- — [NSH] @Dante Fabbro (upper-body) is expected to miss his fourth straight game.
- — [VGK] @Jonathan Marchessault (lower-body) will miss his fourth consecutive game.
- — [LAK] @Blake Lizotte (lower-body) will not play in Vegas.
- — [ANA] @Jakob Silfverberg (upper-body) will not play vs. the Stars.
- — [DAL] @John Klingberg (lower-body) is expected to miss his third straight game.
- — [SJS] @Logan Couture is expected to miss six weeks with a fractured ankle.
Projected Lineups
*Subject to change*
Oilers @ Canadiens (7:00 pm)
| Neal – McDavid – Kassian Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto Gagner – Haas – Chiasson Nygard – Sheahan – Archibald Nurse – Bear Klefbom – Larsson Jones – Russell | Tatar – Danault – Gallagher Kovalchuk – Domi – Suzuki Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi – Cousins Poehling – Thompson – Weal Scandella – Weber Kulak – Petry Mete – Fleury |
Devils @ Rangers (7:00 pm)
| Simmonds – Hischier – Palmieri Coleman – Zajac – Gusev Boqvist – Zacha – Wood Street – Rooney – Hayden Greene – Subban Severson – Vatanen Butcher – Mueller | Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich Panarin – Strome – Fast Howden – Chytil – Kakko Smith – McKegg – Fogarty Skjei – Trouba Staal – DeAngelo Lindgren – Fox |
Canucks @ Panthers (7:00 pm)
| Pearson – Horvat – Eriksson Miller – Pettersson – Boeser Roussel – Gaudette – Virtanen Schaller – Beagle – Motte Edler – Myers Hughes – Tanev Benn – Stecher | Huberdeau – Barkov – Dadonov Connolly – Trocheck – Acciari Vatrano – Toninato – Hoffman Sceviour – Boyle – Malgin Matheson – Ekblad Stillman – Stralman Yandle – Pysyk |
Coyotes @ Lightning (7:00 pm)
| Hall – Dvorak – Garland Keller – Soderberg – Schmaltz Crouse – Stepan – Kessel Fischer – Richardson – Hinostroza Ekman-Larsson – Demers Chychrun – Goligoski Oesterle – Lyubushkin | Stamkos – Point – Kucherov Palat – Cirelli – Johnson Killorn – Paquette – Maroon Verhaeghe – Stephens – Gourde Hedman – Rutta Sergachev – Shattenkirk Coburn – Cernak |
Jets @ Bruins (7:00 pm)
| Connor – Scheifele – Laine Ehlers – Wheeler – Copp Perreault – Lowry – Roslovic Bourque – Shore – Appleton Morrissey – Poolman Sbisa – Pionk Niko – Kulikov | Marchand – Bergeron – Pastrnak DeBrusk – Krejci – Bjork Heinen – Coyle – Backes Nordstrom – Kuraly – Wagner Grzelcyk – McAvoy Krug – Carlo Moore – Kampfer |
Sabres @ Blues (8:00 pm)
| Asplund – Eichel – Reinhart Frolik – Johansson – Sheary Girgensons – Larsson – Okposo Vesey – Lazar – Wilson Pilut – Ristolainen Dahlin – Miller Montour – Jokiharju | Schwartz – Schenn – Kyrou Sanford – O’Reilly – Perron Steen – Thomas – Bozak MacEachern – Barbashev – Sundqvist Dunn – Pietrangelo Bouwmeester – Faulk Mikkola – Bortuzzo |
Predators @ Blackhawks (8:30 pm)
| Forsberg – Johansen – Arvidsson Jarnkrok – Duchene – Granlund Grimaldi – Bonino – Smith Trenin – Turris – Watson Josi – Weber Hamhuis – Ekholm Tinordi – Irwin | Kubalik – Toews – Caggiula DeBrincat – Dach – Kampf Nylander – Carpenter – Kane Highmore – Smith – Quenneville Keith – Boqvist Gustafsson – Murphy Maatta – Koekkoek |
Wild @ Flames (9:00 pm)
| Donato – Staal – Zuccarello Parise – Koivu – Fiala Foligno – Eriksson Ek – Kunin Greenway – Rask – Hartman Suter – Spurgeon Brodin – Dumba Hunt – Soucy | Gaudreau – Monahan – Backlund Mangiapane – Lindholm – Tkachuk Lucic – Ryan – Dube Rinaldo – Jankowski – Bennett Giordano – Brodie Hanifin – Hamonic Kylington – Andersson |
Kings @ Golden Knights (10:00 pm)
| Iafallo – Kopitar – Toffoli Prokhorkin – Carter – Brown Kempe – Amadio – Wagner Clifford – Lewis – Luff Forbort – Doughty Hutton – Martinez Walker – Roy | Stephenson – Karlsson – Smith Pacioretty – Stastny – Stone Nosek – Eakin – Tuch Carrier – Roy – Reaves McNabb – Schmidt Holden – Theodore Hague – Engelland |
Stars @ Ducks (10:00 pm)
| Benn – Seguin – Radulov Gurianov – Hintz – Pavelski Cogliano – Faksa – Comeau Janmark – Dickinson – Kiviranta Oleksiak – Heiskanen Lindell – Polak Sekera – Fedun | Henrique – Getzlaf – Sprong Comtois – Lundestrom – Rakell Jones – Steel – Kase Deslauriers – Shore – Rowney Lindholm – Manson Fowler – Gudbranson Larsson – Del Zotto |
Blue Jackets @ Sharks (10:30 pm)
| Nyquist – Dubois – Gerbe Milano – Jenner – Foligno Bemstrom – Wennberg – Stenlund Robinson – Nash – Lilja Werenski – Jones Gavrikov – Savard Harrington – Nutivaara | Kane – Hertl – Labanc Marleau – Suomela – Meier Sorensen – Thornton – Goodrow M. Karlsson – Kellman – Noesen Dillon – Burns Vlasic – E. Karlsson Simek – Ferraro |
Consensus Goalie Rankings
✅ — Confirmed
🅿️ — Probable
🅾️ — Projected
Rank | Goalie — Matchup — Price | Brock | Dylan |
1 | ✅ Jordan Binnington – vs. BUF ($8,300) | 1 | 1 |
2 | ✅ Jaroslav Halak – vs. WPG ($8,100) | 3 | 2 |
t-3 | ✅ Andrei Vasilevskiy – vs. ARI ($8,200) | 4 | 3 |
t-3 | 🅿️ Ben Bishop – @ ANA ($8,000) | 2 | 5 |
5 | ✅ Igor Shesterkin – vs. NJD ($7,900) | 5 | 4 |
6 | ✅ Malcolm Subban – vs. LAK ($8,200) | 7 | 6 |
7 | ✅ Mike Smith – @ MTL ($7,500) | 6 | 9 |
8 | ✅ Elvis Merzlikins – @ SJS ($7,400) | 8 | 8 |
9 | ✅ Cam Talbot – vs. MIN ($7,900) | 10 | 7 |
10 | 🅾️ Pekka Rinne – @ CHI ($7,400) | 13 | 10 |
11 | ✅ Aaron Dell – vs. CBJ ($7,700) | 9 | 15 |
12 | ✅ Carey Price – vs. EDM ($7,500) | 12 | 13 |
13 | ✅ Sergei Bobrovsky – vs. VAN ($7,800) | 15 | 11 |
t-14 | ✅ Thatcher Demko – @ FLA ($7,200) | 16 | 12 |
t-14 | 🅿️ Alex Stalock – @ CGY ($7,300) | 11 | 17 |
16 | ✅ Corey Crawford – vs. NSH ($7,700) | 14 | 16 |
17 | ✅ Mackenzie Blackwood – @ NYR ($7,100) | 17 | 14 |
18 | 🅾️ John Gibson – vs. DAL ($7,500) | 19 | 18 |
19 | ✅ Linus Ullmark – @ STL ($7,200) | 18 | 20 |
20 | 🅾️ Jack Campbell – @ VGK ($6,700) | 22 | 19 |
t-21 | ✅ Adin Hill – @ TBL ($7,000) | 21 | 21 |
t-21 | ✅ Laurent Brossoit – @ BOS ($7,100) | 20 | 22 |
Daily Value Picks
| Brock | Dylan | |
| C | Adam Gaudette ($3,100) | Kirby Dach ($3,800) |
| W | Dominik Kubalik ($3,700) | Jesper Fast ($2,900) |
| D | Vince Dunn ($3,500) | Adam Boqvist ($3,700) |
Optimizer Highest Projections
| C | Jack Eichel ($7,800) | 16.25 DK Points |
| W | David Pastrnak ($8,300) | 16.57 DK Points |
| D | Roman Josi ($7,500) | 15.38 DK Points |
| G | Andrei Vasilevskiy ($8,200) | 17.04 DK Points |
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