Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 01/19/21
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Key Injuries/Lineup Changes
IN
- – [FLA] @Sergei Bobrovsky will make his season debut vs. the Blackhawks.
- – [FLA] @Riley Stillman will make his season debut vs. Chicago.
- – [PIT] @Kasperi Kapanen (visa issue) will make his Penguins debut vs. Washington.
- – [OTT] @Alex Galchenyuk will make his Senators debut vs. the Jets.
- – @Lias Andersson will make his Kings debut vs. the Avalanche.
- – [LAK] @Carl Grundstrom will make his season debut vs. Colorado.
- – [COL] @Erik Johnson (COVID-19 protocol) will make his season debut as Colorado’s seventh defenseman on Tuesday.
GAMETIME DECISION
- – [BUF] @Linus Ullmark (personal) is questionable to be available for Tuesday’s rematch vs. Philadelphia.
OUT
- – [FLA] @Gustav Forsling will be a healthy scratch vs. the Blackhawks.
- – [PIT] @Sam Lafferty is expected to be a healthy scratch on Tuesday.
- – [OTT] @Tim Stützte is day-to-day with a minor injury.
- – [WPG] @Patrik Laine (upper-body) will miss his second straight game on Tuesday.
- – [DET] @Robby Fabbri (COVID-19 protocol) is not expected to be available on Tuesday.
- – [DET] @Adam Erne (COVID-19 protocol) is not expected to be available vs. the Blue Jackets.
- – [LAK] @Matt Luff is day-to-day with an undisclosed injury.
- – [LAK] @Mike Amadio will be a healthy scratch vs. the Avalanche.
- – [COL] @Andre Burakovsky is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.
Projected Lineups
*Subject to change*
Panthers vs. Blackhawks (7:00 PM)
| Verhaeghe – Barkov – DuclairHuberdeau – Wennberg – Hornqvist Vatrano – Luostarinen – Tippett Lomberg – Acciari – Connolly Weegar – Ekblad Yandle – Gudas Stillman – Stralman | DeBrincat – Suter – KaneKurashev – Strome – Kubalik Janmark – Wallmark – Shaw Highmore – Kampf – Carpenter Keith – Murphy Zadorov – Boqvist de Haan – Mitchell |
Penguins vs. Capitals (7:00 PM)
| Guentzel – Crosby – KapanenZucker – Malkin – Rust McCann – Jankowski – Tanev Sceviour – Blueger – Rodrigues Dumoulin – Letang Pettersson – Marino Riikola – Ruhwedel | Ovechkin – Backstrom – WilsonVrana – Kuznetsov – Sprong Panik – Eller – Oshie Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway Orlov – Carlson Dillon – Schultz Chara – Jensen |
Flyers vs. Sabres (7:00 PM)
| Giroux – Hayes – Konecnyvan Riemsdyk – Patrick – Farabee Lindblom – Frost – Voracek Raffl – Laughton – Aube-Kubel Provorov – Sanheim Gustafsson – Myers Hagg – Braun | Hall – Eichel – ReinhartOlofsson – Staal – Cozens Rieder – Eakin – Thompson Skinner – Lazar – Sheahan McCabe – Ristolainen Dahlin – Montour Miller – Jokiharju |
Senators vs. Jets (7:00 PM)
| Tkachuk – Norris – Batherson Galchenyuk – Stepan – Dadonov Paul – Tierney – C. Brown Paquette – Anisimov – Watson Chabot – Gudbranson Reilly – Zaitsev Coburn – J.Brown | Copper – Scheifele – WheelerEhlers – Stastny – Connor Harkins – Lowry – Appleton Perreault – Thompson – Lewis Morrissey – Niku Forbort – Pionk Stanley – Beaulieu |
Rangers vs. Devils (7:00 PM)
| Kreider – Zibanejad – BuchnevichPanarin – Strome – Lafrenière Di Giuseppe – Chytil – Kakko Lemieux – Howden – Gauthier Lindgren – Trouba Johnson – Fox Miller – Smith | Sharangovich – Hughes – PalmieriJohnsson – Zacha – Gusev Wood – Zajac – Boqvist Kuokkanen – McLeod – Bastian Murray – Subban Kulikov – Severson Smith – Tennyson |
Red Wings vs. Blue Jackets (7:30 PM)
| Bertuzzi – Larkin – ManthaRyan – Rasmussen – Zadina Namestnikov – Fiilppula – Gagner Brome – Glendening – Nielsen Hronek – Nemeth DeKeyser – Merrill Staal – Stecher | Jenner – Domi – AtkinsonGrigorenko – Dubois – Bemstrom Foligno – Texier – Bjorkstrand Robinson – Nash – Foudy Gavrikov – Jones Werenski – Savard Del Zotto – Kukan |
Kings vs. Avalanche (10:00 PM)
| Iafallo – Kopitar – BrownAthanasiou – Lizotte – Carter Kempe – Vilardi – Wagner Grundstrom – Andersson – Moore Maata – Doughty Anderson – Roy Walker – MacDermid | Landeskog – MacKinnon – RantenenSaad – Kadri – Donskoi Jost – Compher – Nichushkin Bellemare – Calvert Toews – Makar Graves – Girard Cole – Timmins Johnson |
Consensus Goalie Rankings
✅ — Confirmed
🅿️ — Probable
🅾️ — Projected
Rank | Goalie – Matchup | Salary | |
1 | Philipp Grubauer (@ LAK) | ✅ | 8400 |
2 | Sergei Bobrovsky (vs. CHI) | ✅ | 8200 |
3 | Elvis Merzlikins (@ DET) | ✅ | 8100 |
4 | Alexandar Georgiev (vs. NJD) | ✅ | 7800 |
5 | Casey DeSmith (vs. WSH) | ✅ | 7700 |
6 | Mackenzie Blackwood (@ NYR) | ✅ | 7300 |
7 | Laurent Brossoit (@ OTT) | ✅ | 7600 |
8 | Matt Murray (vs. WPG) | 🅿️ | 7600 |
9 | Carter Hutton (@ PHI) | 🅾️ | 7000 |
10 | Vitek Vanecek (@ PIT) | ✅ | 7200 |
11 | Jonathan Bernier (vs. CBJ) | 🅿️ | 6800 |
12 | Brian Elliott (vs. BUF) | ✅ | 7900 |
13 | Kevin Lankinen (@ FLA) | ✅ | 6500 |
14 | Cal Petersen (vs. COL) | ✅ | 6700 |
Daily Value Picks
C — Alexandre Texier ($3,400)
W — Alexis Lafrenière ($3,300)
D — Josh Morrissey ($3,900)
Optimizer Highest Projections
C — Nathan MacKinnon (14.55)
W — Alex Ovechkin (14.50)
D — Roman Josi (11.62)
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DFS 5v5 Score:
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4. DET1 (+5.91)
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