Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 01/16/20
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
- — [CGY] @Mark Jankowski will draw back into the lineup in Toronto [scratched for 4 games]
- — [NYI] @Casey Cizikas (groin) will be back in the lineup vs. the Rangers [missed 2 games]
- — [NJD] @Jack Hughes (illness) will play vs. the Capitals [left Tuesday’s game]
- — [CBJ] @Cam Atkinson (ankle) will return to the lineup vs. the Hurricanes [missed 12 games]
- — [PHI] @Joel Farabee was recalled from Lehigh Valley and will draw back into the lineup [missed 1 game]
- — [BOS] @Matt Grzelcyk will be back in the lineup vs. the Penguins [scratched for 1 game]
- — [OTT] @Scott Sabourin will be back in the lineup vs. the Golden Knights [scratched for 5 games]
- — [TBL] @Ryan McDonagh (upper-body) will be back in the lineup in Minnesota [missed 6 games]
- — [VAN] @Brandon Sutter (upper-body) will be back in the lineup vs. the Coyotes [missed 12 games]
GAMETIME DECISION
- — [NJD] @Kevin Rooney (illness) will be a game-time decision vs. the Capitals.
- — [ANA] @Jakob Silfverberg (upper-body) will be a game-time decision in Nashville.
- — [ANA] @Nick Ritchie (knee) will be a game-time decision in Nashville.
- — [ANA] @Derek Grant (shoulder) will be a game-time decision in Nashville.
- — [DAL] @Mattias Janmark (illness) will be a game-time decision vs. the Sabres.
OUT
- — [CGY] @Zach Rinaldo will be a healthy scratch in Toronto
- — [CBJ] @Sonny Milano will be a healthy scratch vs. the Hurricanes
- — [PHI] @Chris Stewart cleared waivers and has been assigned to Lehigh Valley (AHL)
- — [BOS] @Steve Kampfer will be a healthy scratch vs. the Penguins
- — [OTT] @Rudolfs Balcers will be a healthy scratch vs. the Golden Knights
- — [ANA] @Maxime Comtois has been reassigned to San Diego (AHL)
- — [ANA] @Isac Lundestrom has been reassigned to San Diego (AHL)
- — [TBL] @Patrick Maroon (undisclosed) will not play Thursday; will be a game-time decision on Friday
- — [DAL] @Radek Faksa (upper-body) remains day-to-day and will not play vs. the Sabres
- — [COL] @Joonas Donskoi (concussion) will not play Thursday; possible to return Saturday
- — [VAN] @Tim Schaller will be a healthy scratch vs. the Coyotes
Projected Lineups
*Subject to change*
⚠️ Gametime Decision
Flames @ Maple Leafs (7:00 pm)
| Mangiapane – Lindholm – Tkachuk Gaudreau – Monahan – Backlund Lucic – Ryan – Dube Bennett – Jankowski – Rieder Giordano – Brodie Hanifin – Hamonic Kylington – Andersson | Hyman – Matthews – Marner Engvall – Tavares – Nylander Johnsson – Kerfoot – Kapanen Timashov – Gauthier – Spezza Dermott – Holl Marincin – Barrie Sandin – Ceci |
Rangers @ Islanders (7:00 pm)
| Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich Panarin – Strome – Fast Howden – Chytil – Kakko Haley – McKegg – Smith Skjei – Trouba Staal – DeAngelo Lindgren – Fox | Lee – Barzal – Eberle Beauvillier – Nelson – Brassard Dal Colle – Bailey – Kuhnhackl Martin – Cizikas – Komarov Leddy – Pulock Toews – Mayfield Dobson – Boychuk |
Kings @ Panthers (7:00 pm)
| Iafallo – Kopitar – Toffoli Clifford – Carter – Brown Kempe – Amadio – Wagner Prokhorkin – Anderson-Dolan – Lewis Martinez – Doughty Forbort – Walker Hutton – Roy | Huberdeau – Barkov – Dadonov Connolly – Trocheck – Acciari Vatrano – Toninato – Hoffman Hawryluk – Boyle – Sceviour Matheson – Ekblad Stillman – Stralman Yandle – Brown |
Devils @ Capitals (7:00 pm)
| Wood – Hischier – Bratt Coleman – Zajac – Gusev Zacha – Hughes – Simmonds Boqvist – ⚠️ Rooney – Hayden Greene – Subban Severson – Vatanen Butcher – Mueller | Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson Vrana – Kuznetsov – Oshie Hagelin – Eller – Panik Leipsic – Dowd – Hathaway Kempny – Carlson Orlov – Jensen Siegenthaler – Gudas |
Hurricanes @ Blue Jackets (7:00 pm)
| Svechnikov – Staal – Teravainen Aho – Haula – Foegele Dzingel – Wallmark – Necas McGinn – Martinook – Niederreiter Slavin – Hamilton Gardiner – Pesce Edmundson – van Riemsdyk | Nyquist – Jenner – Foligno Bemstrom – Dubois – Atkinson Gerbe – Wennberg – Stenlund Lilja – Nash – Robinson Werenski – Jones Gavrikov – Savard Harrington – Nutivaara |
Canadiens @ Flyers (7:00 pm)
| Tatar – Danault – Kovalchuk Lehkonen – Domi – Suzuki Poehling – Kotkaniemi – Cousins Peca – Thompson – Weise Chiarot – Weber Scandella – Petry Mete – Fleury | Giroux – Hayes – Konecny Raffl – Couturier – Voracek van Riemsdyk – Laughton – Aube-Kubel Farabee – Bunnaman – Pitlick Provorov – Niskanen Sanheim – Myers Hagg – Friedman |
Penguins @ Bruins (7:00 pm)
| McCann – Crosby – Simon Kahun – Malkin – Rust Galchenyuk – Agozzino – Hornqvist Aston-Reese – Blueger – Tanev Johnson – Letang Pettersson – Marino Riikola – Ruhwedel | Marchand – Bergeron – Pastrnak Heinen – Krejci – Kuhlman DeBrusk – Coyle – Bjork Nordstrom – Kuraly – Wagner Chara – McAvoy Krug – Carlo Moore – Grzelcyk |
Golden Knights @ Senators (7:30 pm)
| Marchessault – Karlsson – Smith Pacioretty – Stephenson – Stone Nosek – Stastny – Tuch Carrier – Eakin – Reaves McNabb – Schmidt Holden – Theodore Hague – Engelland | Tkachuk – Pageau – Brown Ennis – White – Batherson Namestnikov – Tierney – Duclair Chlapik – Anisimov – Sabourin Chabot – Hainsey Borowiecki – Zaitsev Reilly – DeMelo |
Ducks @ Predators (8:00 pm)
| Rakell – Getzlaf – Sprong Jones – Steel – Kase ⚠️ Ritchie – Henrique – ⚠️ Silfverberg Deslauriers – Shore – Rowney Lindholm – Manson Fowler – Gudbranson Larsson – Del Zotto | Jarnkrok – Johansen – Smith Forsberg – Duchene – Granlund Grimaldi – Bonino – Arvidsson Trenin – Turris – Blackwell Josi – Fabbro Hamhuis – Ekholm Weber – Tinordi |
Lightning @ Wild (8:00 pm)
| Palat – Point – Kucherov Stamkos – Cirelli – Johnson Volkov – Paquette – Killorn Verhaeghe – Stephens – Gourde Hedman – Rutta McDonagh – Cernak Sergachev – Shattenkirk | Parise – Staal – Zuccarello Zucker – Rask – Fiala Foligno – Eriksson Ek – Kunin Greenway – Koivu – Hartman Suter – Spurgeon Brodin – Dumba Soucy – Pateryn |
Sabres @ Stars (8:30 pm)
| Girgensons – Eichel – Reinhart Sheary – Johansson – Frolik Larsson – Lazar – Okposo Vesey – Rodrigues Pilut – Ristolainen Dahlin – Jokiharju McCabe – Montour Miller | Benn – Seguin – Radulov Hintz – Pavelski – Kiviranta Cogliano – Dickinson – Comeau Gurianov – Dowling – Perry Lindell – Klingberg Oleksiak – Heiskanen Sekera – Polak |
Sharks @ Avalanche (9:00 pm)
| Kane – Hertl – Labanc Marleau – Suomela – Meier Goodrow – Thornton – Sorensen M. Karlsson – Kellman – Noesen Dillon – Burns Vlasic – E. Karlsson Simek – Ferraro | Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen Nichushkin – Kadri – Burakovsky Calvert – Bellemare – Compher Kamenev – Jost – Nieto Graves – Makar Girard – Johnson Cole – Zadorov |
Coyotes @ Canucks (10:00 pm)
| Hall – Dvorak – Garland Crouse – Stepan – Kessel Schmaltz – Soderberg – Keller Grabner – Richardson – Hinostroza Ekman-Larsson – Demers Chychrun – Goligoski Oesterle – Hjalmarsson | Pearson – Horvat – Eriksson Miller – Pettersson – Virtanen Roussel – Gaudette – Boeser Motte – Beagle – Sutter Edler – Stecher Hughes – Tanev Fantenberg – Myers |
Consensus Goalie Rankings
✅ — Confirmed
🅿️ — Probable
🅾️ — Projected
Rank | Goalie — Matchup — Price | Brock | Dylan |
1 | ✅ Ilya Samsonov – vs. NJD ($8,300) | 2 | 1 |
2 | ✅ Ben Bishop – vs. BUF ($8,200) | 1 | 3 |
t-3 | ✅ Philipp Grubauer – vs. SJS ($8,300) | 3 | 5 |
t-3 | 🅾️ Marc-Andre Fleury – @ OTT ($8,100) | 6 | 2 |
5 | 🅿️ Juuse Saros – vs. ANA ($7,500) | 4 | 10 |
t-6 | ✅ Frederik Andersen – vs. CGY ($7,700) | 10 | 6 |
t-6 | ✅ Chris Driedger – vs. LAK ($8,000) | 12 | 4 |
8 | ✅ Tristan Jarry – @ BOS ($7,800) | 9 | 9 |
9 | 🅾️ Petr Mrazek – @ CBJ ($7,500) | 5 | 14 |
10 | ✅ Curtis McElhinney – @ MIN ($7,800) | 8 | 12 |
11 | ✅ Semyon Varlamov – vs. NYR ($8,400) | 15 | 8 |
t-12 | ✅ Carey Price – @ PHI ($7,400) | 11 | 13 |
t-12 | ✅ Elvis Merzlikins – vs. CAR ($7,500) | 17 | 7 |
14 | ✅ Alexandar Georgiev – @ NYI ($6,700) | 7 | 21 |
15 | ✅ Jacob Markstrom – vs. ARI ($7,600) | 14 | 15 |
t-16 | ✅ Adin Hill – @ VAN ($7,600) | 13 | 19 |
t-16 | ✅ John Gibson – @ NSH ($7,200) | 21 | 11 |
18 | ✅ Jaroslav Halak – vs. PIT ($7,800) | 16 | 17 |
19 | ✅ Alex Lyon – vs. MTL ($7,700) | 16 | 18 |
20 | ✅ Linus Ullmark – @ DAL ($7,000) | 19 | 16 |
21 | ✅ David Rittich – @ TOR ($7,300) | 20 | 20 |
22 | 🅿️ Jack Campbell – @ FLA ($6,900) | 22 | 22 |
23 | ✅ Martin Jones – @ COL ($7,000) | 23 | 24 |
t-24 | ✅ Alex Stalock – vs. TBL ($7,200) | 24 | 25 |
t-24 | ✅ Louis Domingue – @ WSH ($6,900) | 26 | 23 |
26 | ✅ Craig Anderson – vs. VGK ($7,100) | 25 | 26 |
Daily Value Picks
| Brock | Dylan | |
| C | Michael Amadio ($3,100) | Chris Tierney ($2,700) |
| W | Craig Smith ($3,900) | Jake Virtanen ($3,500) |
| D | P.K. Subban ($3,900) | Rasmus Sandin ($2,700) |
Optimizer Highest Projections
| C | Auston Matthews ($8,000) | 23.00 DK Points |
| W | Jonathan Huberdeau ($6,700) | 18.09 DK Points |
| D | Roman Josi ($7,400) | 15.71 DK Points |
| G | Ben Bishop ($8,200) | 17.16 DK Points |
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