Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 01/14/21
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.
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Key Injuries/Lineup Changes
IN
- – [NYR] @Mika Zibanejad (COVID-19) will play in the season opener vs. the Islanders with no restrictions.
- – [WPG] @Sami Niku will suit up on the Jets blueline for their season opener.
- – [NSH] @Viktor Arvidsson missed Wednesday’s practice but is expected to play in the Predators season opener.
- – [ARI] @Lawson Crouse has been cleared of COVID-19 protocol and will play in the Coyotes season opener.
GAMETIME DECISION
- – [BOS] @Brad Marchand (sports hernia) will be a game-time decision in New Jersey but is expected to play.
- – [BOS] @Craig Smith (lower-body) will be a game-time decision in the Bruins season opener.
- – [WPG] @Nikolaj Ehlers (COVID-19) will be a game-time decision Thursday vs. the Flames.
OUT
- – [NYI] @Michael Dal Colle (undisclosed) was placed on IR on Wednesday.
- – [NJD] @Nico Hischier (leg) will miss the season opener and does not have a timetable for his return.
- – [DET] @Bobby Ryan (undisclosed) will not play his Red Wings debut on Thursday.
- – [DET] @Darren Helm (COVID-19) will not play in the Red Wings season opener.
- – [WPG] @Dylan DeMelo (personal) will not play in the Jets season opener vs. Calgary.
- – [CBJ] @Mikko Koivu (COVID-19) did not travel to Nashville and will not play on Thursday.
- – [SJS] @Radim Simek (undisclosed) will miss at least the first two games of the season.
- – [VAN] @J.T. Miller will remain sidelined for Thursday’s game due to COVID-19 protocols.
- – [ANA] @Brendan Guhle will miss six weeks with a sprained MCL.
- – [LAK] @Martin Frk is week-to-week with a lower-body injury.
- – [MIN] @Alex Stalock is out indefinitely with an upper-body injury.
- – [MIN] @Marco Rossi is out indefinitely with an upper-body injury.
Projected Lineups
*Subject to change*
Rangers vs. Islanders (7:00 PM)
| Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich Panarin – Strome – Kakko Lafreniere – Chytil – Gauthier Lemieux – Howden – Di Giuseppe Lindgren – Fox Miller – Trouba Johnson – DeAngelo | Lee – Barzal – Eberle Beauvillier – Nelson – Bailey Johnston – Pageau – Bellows Martin – Cizikas – Clutterbuck Pelech – Pulock Leddy – Mayfield Greene – Dobson |
Devils vs. Bruins (7:00 PM)
| Sharangovich – Hughes – Palmieri Johnsson – Zacha – Gusev Boqvist – Zajac – Wood Kuokkanen – McLeod – Bastian Murray – Subban Kulikov – Severson Smith – Tennyson | Marchand ⚠️ – Bergeron – Studnicka DeBrusk – Krejci – Kase Ritchie – Coyle – Smith ⚠️ Bjork – Kuraly – Wagner Lauzon – McAvoy Grzelcyk – Carlo Zboril – Miller |
Sabres vs. Capitals (7:00 PM)
| Hall – Eichel – Thompson Olofsson – Staal – Reinhart Rieder – Eakin – Cozens Skinner – Lazar – Sheahan McCabe – Ristolainen Dahlin – Montour Miller – Jokiharju | Ovechkin – Backstrom – Oshie Vrana – Kuznetsov – Wilson Panik – Eller – Sheary Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway Orlov – Carlson Dillon – Schultz Chara – Jensen |
Red Wings vs. Hurricanes (7:30 PM)
| Bertuzzi – Larkin – Mantha Namestnikov – Fabbri – Zadina Brome – Filppula – Gagner Nielsen – Glendening – Erne Nemeth – Hronek DeKeyser – Merrill Staal – Stecher | Niederreiter – Aho – Teravainen Svechnikov – Staal – Necas Foegele – Trocheck – Fast Dzingel – Martinook – McGinn Slavin – Hamilton Skjei – Pesce Gardiner – Fleury |
Jets vs. Flames (8:00 PM)
| Ehlers ⚠️ – Scheifele – Wheeler Connor – Stastny – Laine Copp – Lowry – Appleton Perreault – Thompson – Lewis Morrissey – Poolman Forbort – Pionk Beaulieu – Niku | Tkachuk – Lindholm – Dune Gaudreau – Monahan – Leivo Mangiapane – Backlund – Ryan Lucic – Bennett – Nordstrom Giordano – Andersson Hanifin – Tanev Valimaki – Nesterov |
Predators vs. Blue Jackets (8:00 PM)
| Forsberg – Johansen – Arvidsson Haula – Duchene – Kunin Cousins – Sissons – Grimaldi Smith – Richardson – Jarnkrok Josi – Ellis Ekholm – Fabbro Borowiecki – Benning | Grigorenko – Dubois – Bjorkstrand Foligno – Domi – Atkinson Jenner – Texier – Bemstrom Foudy – Nash – Robinson Werenski – Jones Gavrikov – Savard Del Zotto – Kukan |
Coyotes vs. Sharks (9:00 PM)
| Hayton – Schmaltz – Garland Caggiula – Dvorak – Kessel Crouse – Brassard – Keller Fischer – Larsson – Pitlick Ekman-Larsson – Demers Chychrun – Goligoski Oesterle – Hjalmarsson | Meier – Couture – Labanc Leonard – Hertl – Kane Donato – Gregor – Nieto Marleau – Kellman – Sorensen Vlasic – Karlsson Ferraro – Burns Knyzhov-Meloche |
Oilers vs. Canucks (9:00 PM)
| Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Kassian Kahun – Draisaitl – Yamamoto Archibald – Turris – Puljujarvi Ennis – Khaira – Chiasson Nurse – Bear Jones – Larsson Koekkoek – Barrie | Boeser – Pettersson – Virtanen Pearson – Horvat – Hoglander Roussel – Gaudette – MacEwen Motte – Beagle – Sutter Edler – Schmidt Hughes – Hamonic Juolevi – Myers |
Golden Knights vs. Ducks (10:00 PM)
| Pacioretty – Stephenson – Stone Marchessault – Karlsson – Smith Tuch – Glass – Roy Carrier – Nosek – Reaves Kolesar McNabb – Pietrangelo Martinez – Theodore Whitecloud | Rakell – Henrique – Silfverberg Lundestrom – Getzlaf – Heinen Comtois – Steel – Terry Deslauriers – Grant – Rowney Lindholm – Shattenkirk Fowler – Manson Curran – Hakanpaa |
Kings vs. Wild (10:00 PM)
| Iafallo – Kopitar – Brown Athanasiou – Lizotte – Carter Kempe – Vilardi – Wagner Moore – Amadio – Luff Maatta – Doughty Anderson – Roy Clague – Alt | Parise – Bjugstad – Kaprizov Johansson – Bonino – Fiala Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Foligno Sturm – Rask – Hartman Suter – Dumba Spurgeon – Brodin Pateryn – Soucy |
Consensus Goalie Rankings
✅ — Confirmed
🅿️ — Probable
🅾️ — Projected
Rank | Goalie – Matchup | Salary | |
1 | Tuukka Rask – @ NJD | ✅ | $8,300 |
2 | Robin Lehner – vs. ANA | 🅾️ | $8,500 |
3 | Petr Mrazek – @ DET | ✅ | $8,400 |
4 | Ilya Samsonov – @ BUF | ✅ | $8,200 |
5 | Cam Talbot – @ LAK | ✅ | $7,900 |
6 | Connor Hellebuyck – vs. CGY | 🅿️ | $7,800 |
7 | Juuse Saros – vs. CBJ | 🅿️ | $8,100 |
8 | Igor Shesterkin – vs. NYI | ✅ | $7,900 |
9 | Darcy Kuemper – vs. SJS | 🅾️ | $8,000 |
10 | Joonas Korpisalo – @ NSH | ✅ | $7,400 |
11 | Martin Jones – @ ARI | ✅ | $7,500 |
12 | Jonathan Quick – vs. MIN | 🅿️ | $7,700 |
13 | Jacob Markstrom – @ WPG | ✅ | $7,900 |
14 | Mackenzie Blackwood – vs. BOS | ✅ | $7,000 |
15 | Semyon Varlamov – @ NYR | ✅ | $7,800 |
16 | Thatcher Demko – @ EDM | 🅾️ | $7,600 |
17 | Mike Smith – vs. VAN | ✅ | $8,000 |
18 | John Gibson – @ VGK | ✅ | $6,800 |
19 | Carter Hutton – vs. WSH | 🅿️ | $7,400 |
20 | Thomas Greiss – vs. CAR | 🅿️ | $6,900 |
Daily Value Picks
C — Chandler Stephenson ($3,700)
W — Dominik Kahun ($3,000)
D — Matt Grzelcyk ($3,330)
Optimizer Highest Projections
C — Connor McDavid (EDM) – 15.01
W — Alex Ovechkin (WSH) – 14.70
D — Dougie Hamilton (CAR) – 12.63
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DFS 5v5 Score:
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3. NYI1 (+7.11)
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5. BUF1 (+5.75)
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