Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 01/14/20
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
- — [VGK] @Jonathan Marchessault (lower-body) will return from a five-game absence.
- — [VGK] @Nicolas Hague will be back in the lineup in Buffalo.
- — [TOR] @Rasmus Sandin was called up from Toronto (AHL) and will play vs. the Devils.
- — [BOS] @Steven Kampfer will draw back into the lineup in Columbus.
- — [PIT] @Sidney Crosby (mid-body) will return from a 28-game absence.
- — [MIN] @Victor Rask will draw back into the lineup in Pittsburgh.
- — [OTT] @Mark Borowiecki (illness) will return from a two-game absence.
- — [OTT] @Nikita Zaitsev (lower-body) will play for the first time since December 14th.
- — [CHI] @Dylan Sikura will be back in the lineup in Ottawa.
- — [WPG] @Luca Sbisa is expected to be back in the lineup vs. the Canucks.
- — [EDM] @Patrick Russell will be back in the lineup after serving a healthy scratch for six games.
- — [COL] @Andre Burakovsky (illness) will play vs. the Stars after missing Monday’s practice.
- — [DAL] @John Klingberg (lower-body) will play in Colorado after missing the last four games.
- — [DAL] @Justin Dowling will draw into the lineup after being a healthy scratch for seven games.
- — [ARI] @Michael Grabner will be back in the Coyotes lineup vs. the Sharks.
OUT
- — [VGK] @Jon Merrill will be a healthy scratch in Buffalo.
- — [TOR] @Morgan Rielly will miss at least eight weeks with a fractured foot.
- — [NJD] @Kyle Palmieri (left foot) did not travel to Toronto.
- — [BOS] @Matt Grzelcyk will be a healthy scratch in Columbus.
- — [TBL] @Patrick Maroon (undisclosed) will miss his second straight game.
- — [LAK] @Blake Lizotte (lower-body) will miss at least three more games.
- — [MIN] @Ryan Donato will be a healthy scratch in Pittsburgh.
- — [NYI] @Casey Cizikas (groin) will not play vs. the Red Wings; may return on Thursday.
- — [DET] @Jonanthan Bernier (lower-body) is expected to be out until after the All-Star break.
- — [OTT] @Nick Paul will miss at least one month with a high ankle sprain.
- — [CHI] @John Quenneville was reassigned to Rockford (AHL).
- — [WPG] @Tucker Poolman (lower-body) is expected to miss at least two games.
- — [EDM] @Zack Kassian was suspended for two games for his altercation with Matthew Tkachuk.
- — [DAL] @Radek Faksa (upper-body) will not play in Colorado.
- — [DAL] @Taylor Fedun will be a healthy scratch in Colorado.
- — [ARI] @Christian Fischer will be a healthy scratch vs. the Sharks.
Projected Lineups
*Subject to change*
Golden Knights @ Sabres (7:00 pm)
| Marchessault – Karlsson – Smith Pacioretty – Stephenson – Stone Nosek – Stastny – Tuch Carrier – Eakin – Reaves McNabb – Schmidt Holden – Theodore Merrill – Engelland | Girgensons – Eichel – Reinhart Sheary – Johansson – Frolik Larsson – Lazar – Okposo Vesey – Rodrigues – Asplund Pilut – Ristolainen Dahlin – Jokiharju McCabe – Montour |
Devils @ Maple Leafs (7:00 pm)
| Zacha – Hischier – Bratt Coleman – Zajac – Gusev Wood – Hughes – Simmonds Boqvist – Rooney – Hayden Greene – Subban Severson – Vatanen Butcher – Carrick | Hyman – Matthews – Marner Nylander – Tavares – Kerfoot Johnsson – Engvall – Kapanen Gauthier – Brooks – Spezza Dermott – Holl Marincin – Barrie Sandin – Ceci |
Bruins @ Blue Jackets (7:00 pm)
| Marchand – Bergeron – Pastrnak DeBrusk – Krejci – Bjork Heinen – Coyle – Ritchie Nordstrom – Kuraly – Wagner Chara – McAvoy Krug – Carlo Moore – Kampfer | Nyquist – Jenner – Foligno Bemstrom – Dubois – Milano Gerbe – Wennberg – Stenlund Lilja – Nash – Robinson Werenski – Jones Gavrikov – Savard Harrington – Nutivaara |
Kings @ Lightning (7:00 pm)
| Iafallo – Kopitar – Toffoli Clifford – Carter – Brown Kempe – Amadio – Wagner Prokhorkin – Anderson-Dolan – Lewis Martinez – Doughty Forbort – Walker Hutton – Roy | Palat – Point – Kucherov Stamkos – Cirelli – Johnson Killorn – Paquette – Gourde Verhaeghe – Stephens – Volkov Hedman – Rutta Sergachev – Shattenkirk Coburn – Cernak |
Wild @ Penguins (7:00 pm)
| Zucker – Staal – Zuccarello Parise – Koivu – Fiala Foligno – Eriksson Ek – Kunin Greenway – Rask – Hartman Suter – Spurgeon Brodin – Dumba Soucy – Pateryn | McCann – Crosby – Simon Kahun – Malkin – Rust Galchenyuk – Agozzino – Hornqvist Aston-Reese – Blueger – Tanev Johnson – Letang Pettersson – Marino Riikola – Ruhwedel |
Red Wings @ Islanders (7:00 pm)
| Bertuzzi – Larkin – Fabbri Erne – Filppula – Zadina Helm – Nielsen – Glendening Abdelkader – Ehn – Smith Nemeth – Green Bowey – Hronek Lashoff – Biega | Lee – Nelson – Eberle Beauvillier – Barzal – Bailey Dal Colle – Brassard – Kuhnhackl Johnston – Komarov – Martin Leddy – Pulock Toews – Mayfield Dobson – Boychuk |
Blackhawks @ Senators (7:30 pm)
| Kubalik – Toews – Caggiula Nylander – Carpenter – Kane DeBrincat – Kampf – Dach Sikura – Smith – Highmore Keith – Boqvist Gustafsson – Murphy Maatta – Koekkoek | Tkachuk – Pageau – Brown Duclair – Tierney – Batherson Chlapik – White – Ennis Namestnikov – Anisimov – Balcers Chabot – Hainsey Reilly – DeMelo Borowiecki – Zaitsev |
Canucks @ Jets (8:00 pm)
| Pearson – Horvat – Eriksson Miller – Pettersson – Boeser Roussel – Gaudette – Virtanen Schaller – Beagle – Motte Edler – Stecher Hughes – Tanev Fantenberg – Myers | Connor – Scheifele – Laine Copp – Wheeler – Ehlers Perreault – Lowry – Roslovic Bourque – Shore – Appleton Morrissey – Pionk Kulikov – Niku Sbisa – Bitetto |
Predators @ Oilers (9:00 pm)
| Jarnkork – Johansen – Arvidsson Forsberg – Duchene – Granlund Grimaldi – Bonino – Smith Trenin – Turris – Blackwell Josi – Weber Tinordi Ekholm Hamhuis – Carrier | Neal – McDavid – Archibald Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto Nygard – Sheahan – P. Russell Gagner – Haas – Chiasson Nurse – Bear Klefbom – Larsson K. Russell – Jones |
Stars @ Avalanche (9:00 pm)
| Benn – Seguin – Radulov Gurianov – Hintz – Pavelski Cogliano – Dickinson – Comeau Janmark – Dowling – Kiviranta Lindell – Klingberg Oleksiak – Heiskanen Polak – Sekera | Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen Nichushkin – Kadri – Burakovsky Jost – Compher – Kamenev Nieto – Bellemare – Calvert Graves – Makar Girard – Johnson Cole – Zadorov |
Sharks @ Coyotes (9:00 pm)
| Kane – Hertl – Labanc Marleau – Suomela – Meier Goodrow – Thornton – Sorensen M. Karlsson – Kellman – Noesen Dillon – Burns Vlasic – E. Karlsson Simek – Ferraro | Hall – Dvorak – Garland Keller – Soderberg – Schmaltz Crouse – Stepan – Kessel Grabner – Richardson – Hinostroza Ekman-Larsson – Demers Chychrun – Goligoski Oesterle – Hjalmarsson |
Consensus Goalie Rankings
✅ — Confirmed
🅿️ — Probable
🅾️ — Projected
Rank | Goalie — Matchup — Price | Brock | Dylan |
1 | ✅ Andrei Vasilevskiy – vs. LAK ($8,400) | 1 | 1 |
2 | ✅ Frederik Andersen – vs. NJD ($8,300) | 4 | 2 |
3 | ✅ Marc-Andre Fleury – @ BUF ($7,900) | 2 | 5 |
t-4 | ✅ Tuukka Rask – @ CBJ ($8,000) | 3 | 6 |
t-4 | ✅ Tristan Jarry – vs. MIN ($8,200) | 6 | 3 |
6 | ✅ Thomas Greiss – vs. DET ($8,300) | 8 | 4 |
7 | ✅ Jacob Markstrom – @ WPG ($7,500) | 5 | 8 |
8 | 🅾️ Pekka Rinne – @ EDM ($7,400) | 7 | 10 |
9 | ✅ Adin Hill – vs. SJS ($8,100) | 12 | 7 |
10 | ✅ Philipp Grubauer – vs. DAL ($7,900) | 11 | 9 |
11 | ✅ Robin Lehner – @ OTT ($7,200) | 10 | 11 |
t-12 | ✅ Elvis Merzlikins – vs. BOS ($7,100) | 13 | 15 |
t-12 | 🅾️ Aaron Dell – @ ARI ($7,100) | 9 | 19 |
14 | ✅ Mike Smith – vs. NSH ($7,800) | 17 | 12 |
15 | ✅ Ben Bishop – @ COL ($7,800) | 16 | 14 |
16 | ✅ Connor Hellebuyck – vs. VAN ($7,600) | 18 | 13 |
t-17 | ✅ Devan Dubnyk – @ PIT ($7,000) | 15 | 17 |
t-17 | ✅ Marcus Hogberg – vs. CHI ($7,200) | 14 | 18 |
19 | ✅ Linus Ullmark – vs. VGK ($7,300) | 19 | 16 |
20 | ✅ Jimmy Howard – @NYI ($6,700) | 20 | 20 |
21 | 🅿️ Jonathan Quick – @ TBL ($6,900) | 21 | 21 |
22 | ✅ Louis Domingue – @ TOR ($7,000) | 22 | 22 |
Daily Value Picks
| Brock | Dylan | |
| C | Anthony Cirelli ($3,500) | Derek Stepan ($3,000) |
| W | Dominik Simon ($2,900) | Adrian Kempe ($2,900) |
| D | Rasmus Sandin ($2,500) | Dylan DeMelo ($2,900) |
Optimizer Highest Projections
| C | Nathan MacKinnon ($8,100) | 17.29 DK Points |
| W | David Pastrnak ($8,200) | 16.44 DK Points |
| D | Roman Josi ($7,000) | 15.97 DK Points |
| G | Tristan Jarry ($8,200) | 17.44 DK Points |
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DFS Lines to Target:
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6. Arizona 1 (Hall – Dvorak – Garland)
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