Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 02/27/20
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
- – [MTL] @Charles Hudon was recalled from Laval (AHL) and draw into the lineup vs. the Rangers.
- – [CHI] @Lucas Carlsson will draw back into the lineup in Tampa Bay.
- – [DET] @Filip Hronek (head) will draw back into the lineup vs. the Wild.
- – [DET] @Sam Gagner will make his Red Wings debut vs. the Wild.
- – [DET] @Dennis Cholowski was recalled from Grand Rapids (AHL) and is expected to be in the lineup vs. the Wild.
- – [OTT] @Josh Norris was recalled from Belleville (AHL) and is expected to play in his second career game.
- – [BOS] @Ondrej Kase (illness) is set to make his Bruins debut vs. the Stars.
- – [NSH] @Pekka Rinne (illness) is expected to return as the Predators backup vs. the Flames.
- – [STL] @Robert Bortuzzo is expected to dress as a seventh defenseman vs. the Islanders.
- – [NYI] @Michael Dal Colle (undisclosed) is expected to play in St. Louis.
- – [NYI] @Noah Dobson will draw back into the lineup in St. Louis.
GAMETIME DECISION
- – [TBL] @Blake Coleman (personal) will be a game-time decision vs. the Blackhawks.
- – [CGY] @Mark Giordano (hamstring) will be a game-time decision in Nashville.
OUT
- – [TOR] @Jake Muzzin will miss four weeks with a broken hand.
- – [MTL] @Jonathan Drouin (ankle) will not play vs. the Rangers.
- – [NYR] @Pavel Buchnevich (undisclosed) remains day-to-day; will not play in Montreal.
- – [TBL] @Steven Stamkos (undisclosed) will not play vs. the Blackhawks.
- – [TBL] @Patrick Maroon (undisclosed) will not play vs. the Blackhawks.
- – [CHI] @Nick Seeler will be a healthy scratch in Tampa Bay.
- – [DET] @Robby Fabbri (knee) is day-to-day; will not play vs. the Wild.
- – [DET] @Gustav Lindstrom (undisclosed) is day-to-day; will not play vs. the Wild.
- – [VAN] @Jacob Markstrom underwent a minor lower-body procedure on Wednesday and will be re-evaluated in two weeks.
- – [WPG] @Sami Niku is week-to-week with a lower-body injury.
- – [STL] @Sammy Blais is expected to come out of the lineup vs. the Islanders.
- – [NYI] @Andy Greene (undisclosed) is day-to-day; will not play in St. Louis.
Projected Lineups
*Subject to change*
⚠️ Gametime Decision
Maple Leafs @ Panthers (7:00 pm)
| Spezza – Matthews – Marner Hyman – Tavares – Nylander Engvall – Kerfoot – Kapanen Clifford – Gauthier – Malgin Sandin – Barrie Dermott – Holl Marincin – Liljegren | Huberdeau – Barkov – Dadonov Hoffman – Haula – Vatrano Saarela – Wallmark – Connolly Sceviour – Acciari – Pysyk Weegar – Ekblad Stillman – Stralman Yandle – Matheson |
Rangers @ Canadiens (7:00 pm)
| Kreider – Zibanejad – Chytil Panarin – Strome – Fast Di Giuseppe – Howden – Kakko Lemieux – McKegg – Gauthier Smith – Trouba Lindgren – Fox Staal – DeAngelo | Tatar – Danault – Gallagher Hudon – Suzuki – Armia Byron – Domi – Weal Lehtonen – Evans – Weise Chiarot – Weber Kulak – Petry Alzner – Folin |
Blackhawks @ Lightning (7:00 pm)
| Kubalik – Toews – Caggiula Saad – Carpenter – Kane DeBrincat – Dach – Strome Highmore – Kampf – Nylander Keith – Koekkoek Maatta – Boqvist Carlsson – Murphy | Palat – Point – Kucherov ⚠️ Coleman – Cirelli – Killorn Paquette – Johnson – Goodrow Verhaeghe – Stephens – Gourde Hedman – Cernak Sergachev – Shattenkirk Coburn – Bogosian |
Wild @ Red Wings (7:30 pm)
| Mayhew – Staal – Fiala Parise – Eriksson Ek – Greenway Foligno – Galchenyuk – Zuccarello Donato – Koivu – Hartman Suter – Spurgeon Brodin – Dumba Hunt – Pateryn | Perlini – Larkin – Mantha Bertuzzi – Filppula – Gagner Helm – Nielsen – Glendening Erne – Ehn – Abdelkader Nemeth – Biega Bowey – Hronek Daley – Goloubef |
Canucks @ Senators (7:30 pm)
| Pearson – Horvat – Eriksson Miller – Pettersson – Toffoli Roussel – Gaudette – Virtanen Motte – Beagle – Sutter Edler – Stecher Hughes – Tanev Fantenberg – Myers | Tkachuk – Norris – Ryan Balcers – Tierney – Brown Paul – Anisimov – Hawryluk Boedker – Peca – Sabourin Chabot – Hainsey Reilly – Zaitsev Englund – Jaros |
Stars @ Bruins (7:30 pm)
| Benn – Seguin – Perry Janmark – Pavelski – Radulov Cogliano – Faksa – Comeau Hintz – Dickinson – Gurianov Lindell – Klingberg Oleksiak – Heiskanen Sekera – Polak | Marchand – Bergeron – Pastrnak Ritchie – Krejci – Kase DeBrusk – Coyle – Bjork Kuraly – Lindholm – Wagner Chara – McAvoy Krug – Carlo Grzelcyk – Lauzon |
Flames @ Predators (8:00 pm)
| Gaudreau – Monahan – Lindholm Mangiapane – Backlund – Tkachuk Lucic – Ryan – Dube Bennett – Jankowski – Rieder ⚠️ Giordano – Brodie Hanifin – Andersson Forbort – Gustafsson | Blackwell – Johansen – Sissons Jarnkrok – Duchene – Arvidsson Grimaldi – Turris – Smith Forsberg – Bonino – Granlund Josi – Ellis Tinordi – Ekholm Hamhuis – Fabbro |
Capitals @ Jets (8:00 pm)
| Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson Vrana – Backstrom – Oshie Hagelin – Eller – Kovalchuk Panik – Dowd – Hathaway Dillon – Carlson Orlov – Jensen Kempny – Gudas | Connor – Scheifele – Wheeler Ehlers – Eakin – Laine Harkins – Copp – Roslovic Bourque – Shore – Appleton Kulikov – Pionk Beaulieu – DeMelo Bitetto – Poolman |
Islanders @ Blues (8:00 pm)
| Lee – Barzal – Eberle Beauvilluer – Nelson – Brassard Dal Colle – Pageau – Bailey Martin – Koivula – Komarov Leddy – Pulock Toews – Mayfield Dobson – Boychuk | Schwartz – O’Reilly – Schenn Sanford – Thomas – Perron Steen – Bozak – Kyrou Barbashev – Sundqvist – Blais Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo Scandella – Parayko Dunn – Faulk |
Devils @ Sharks (10:30 pm)
| Hughes – Hischier – Palmieri Wood – Zajac – Anderson Bratt – Zacha – Gusev Rooney – McLeod – Hayden Mueller – Subban Mermis – Severson Claesson – Carrick | Meier – Thornton – Gambrell Kane – Couture – Gregor Sorensen – True – Labanc Bergmann – Kellman – Noesen Simek – Burns Vlasic – Ferraro Middleton – Heed |
Consensus Goalie Rankings
✅ — Confirmed
🅿️ — Probable
🅾️ — Projected
Rank | Goalie — Matchup — Price | Brock |
1 | 🅿️ Alex Stalock – @ DET ($7,900) | 1 |
2 | ✅ Jordan Binnington – vs. NYI ($8,400) | 2 |
3 | ✅ Thatcher Demko – @ OTT ($7,600) | 3 |
4 | ✅ Martin Jones – vs. NJD ($7,800) | 4 |
5 | ✅ Jaroslav Halak – vs. DAL ($8,300) | 5 |
6 | ✅ Curtis McElhinney – vs. CHI ($8,300) | 6 |
7 | ✅ Ilya Samsonov – @ WPG ($7,400) | 7 |
8 | ✅ Carey Price – vs. NYR ($8,200) | 8 |
9 | ✅ David Rittich – @ NSH ($7,200) | 9 |
10 | ✅ Alexandar Georgiev – @ MTL ($7,100) | 10 |
11 | ✅ Ben Bishop – @ BOS ($7,000) | 11 |
12 | 🅿️ Frederik Andersen – @ FLA ($7,400) | 12 |
13 | ✅ Connor Hellebuyck – vs. WSH ($7,900) | 13 |
14 | ✅ Thomas Greiss – @ STL ($7,000) | 14 |
15 | 🅿️ Sergei Bobrovsky – vs. TOR ($8,000) | 15 |
16 | 🅿️ Juuse Saros – vs. CGY ($7,900) | 16 |
17 | ✅ Corey Crawford – @ TBL ($6,900) | 17 |
18 | 🅿️ Marcus Hogberg – vs. VAN ($7,700) | 18 |
19 | ✅ Jimmy Howard – vs. MIN ($7,100) | 19 |
20 | ✅ Cory Schneider – @ SJS ($7,100) | 20 |
Daily Value Picks
| Brock | Optimizer | |
| C | Josh Norris ($2,500) | Chris Tierney ($3,500) |
| W | Gerald Mayhew ($2,800) | Roope Hintz ($4,000) |
| D | Mike Reilly ($3,500) | Justin Faulk ($3,500) |
Optimizer Highest Projections
| C | Mika Zibanejad ($8,200) | 15.15 DK Points |
| W | David Pastrnak ($8,500) | 15.64 DK Points |
| D | Alex Edler ($5,900) | 14.37 DK Points |
| G | Ilya Samsonov ($7,400) | 14.89 DK Points |
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6. Vancouver 1 (Pearson – Horvat – Eriksson)
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