Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 03/05/20
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
- — [BOS] @Brad Marchand (illness) missed Wednesday’s practice but is expected to play in Florida.
- — [PHI] @Joel Farabee was recalled from Lehigh Valley (AHL) and will draw into the lineup vs. the Hurricanes.
- — [OTT] @Anthony Duclair (ankle) will return to the lineup vs. the Islanders.
- — [NSH] @Ryan Johansen (illness) is expected to draw back into the lineup vs. the Stars.
- — [NSH] @Dan Hamhuis (lower-body) is expected to be back in the lineup vs. the Stars.
- — [DAL] @Ben Bishop (lower-body) is expected to serve as Khudobin’s backup in Nashville.
- — [MIN] @Gerald Mayhew will be back in the lineup in San Jose.
GAMETIME DECISION
- — [MTL] @Brendan Gallagher (illness) will be a game-time decision in Tampa Bay.
- — [PIT] @Nick Bjugstad (abdomen) will be a game-time decision in Buffalo.
- — [PIT] @Brandon Tanev (illness) will be a game-time decision in Buffalo.
OUT
- — [MTL] @Tomas Tatar (upper-body) will not play in Tampa Bay.
- — [FLA] @Sergei Bobrovsky (lower-body) is not expected to be available vs. the Bruins.
- — [PHI] @James van Riemsdyk will not play Wednesday due to a broken hand.
- — [OTT] @Artem Anisimov (upper-body) will not play vs. the Islanders.
- — [NYI] @Johnny Boychuk (face) is not expected to play in Ottawa.
- — [MIN] @Eric Staal (personal) did not travel to San Jose for Thursday’s game.
Projected Lineups
*Subject to change*
Canadiens @ Lightning (7:00 pm)
| Lehkonen – Danault – ⚠️ Gallagher Hudon – Suzuki – Armia Byron – Domi – Weal Vejdemo – Evans – Weise Chiarot – Weber Kulak – Petry Ouellet – Folin | Palat – Point – Kucherov Coleman – Cirelli – Killorn Goodrow – Stephens – Johnson Maroon – Paquette – Gourde Hedman – Cernak Sergachev – Shattenkirk Coburn – Bogosian |
Bruins @ Panthers (7:00 pm)
| Marchand – Bergeron – Pastrnak Ritchie – Krejci – Kase DeBrusk – Coyle – Wagner Kuraly – Lindholm – Nordstrom Chara – McAvoy Krug – Carlo Grzelcyk – Lauzon | Huberdeau – Barkov – Dadonov Vatrano – Haula – Hoffman Toninato – Wallmark – Connolly Sceviour – Acciari – Pysyk Matheson – Ekblad Stillman – Stralman Yandle – Brown |
Hurricanes @ Flyers (7:00 pm)
| Niederreiter – Aho – Teravainen Dzingel – Staal – Williams Svechnikov – Trocheck – Necas Foegele – Martinook – McGinn Edmundson – Slavin Fleury – Skjei Gardiner – van Riemsdyk | Giroux – Couturier – Voracek Farabee – Hayes – Konecny Laughton – Grant – Pitlick Raffl – Thompson – Aube-Kubel Provorov – Niskanen Sanheim – Myers Hagg – Braun |
Capitals @ Rangers (7:00 pm)
| Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson Vrana – Backstrom – Oshie Hagelin – Eller – Kovalchuk Panik – Dowd – Hathaway Dillon – Carlson Orlov – Jensen Siegenthaler – Gudas | Di Giuseppe – Zibanejad – Buchnevich Panarin – Strome – Fast Howden – Chytil – Kakko Lemieux – McKegg – Gauthier Lindgren – Fox Smith – Trouba Staal – DeAngelo |
Penguins @ Sabres (7:00 pm)
| Zucker – Crosby – Sheary Marleau – Malkin – Rust McCann – ⚠️ Bjugstad – Hornqvist Rodrigues – Blueger – ⚠️ Tanev Dumoulin – Letang Pettersson – Marino Johnson – Schultz | Olofsson – Eichel – Reinhart Kahun – Johansson – Vesey Skinner – Lazar – Simmonds Girgensons – Larsson – Okposo Dahlin – Montour Pilut – Ristolainen McCabe – Jokiharju |
Islanders @ Senators (7:30 pm)
| Lee – Barzal – Eberle Dal Colle – Nelson – Brassard Beauvillier – Pageau – Bailey Martin – Koivula – Clutterbuck Greene – Pulock Toews – Mayfield Leddy – Dobson | Tkachuk – Tierney – Brown Balcers – White – Ryan Duclair – Paul – Hawryluk Boedker – Peca – Sabourin Chabot – Hainsey Reilly – Zaitsev Englund – Jaros |
Stars @ Predators (8:00 pm)
| Benn – Seguin – Perry Cogliano – Faksa – Comeau Janmark – Pavelski – Radulov Hintz – Dickinson – Gurianov Lindell – Klingberg Heiskanen – Johns Oleksiak – Sekera | Sissons – Johansen – Jarnkrok Forsberg – Duchene – Granlund Grimaldi – Bonino – Smith Trenin – Turris – Arvidsson Josi – Ellis Tinrodi – Ekholm Hamhuis – Fabbro |
Oilers @ Blackhawks (8:30 pm)
| Neal – McDavid – Ennis Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto Archibald – Sheahan – Kassian Athanasiou – Khaira – Chiasson Nurse – Bear Jones – Larsson K. Russell – Benning | Kubalik – Toews – Saad Nylander – Strome – Kane DeBrincat – Dach – Caggiula Highmore – Kampf – Carpenter Keith – Boqvist Carlsson – Murphy Maatta – Koekkoek |
Wild @ Sharks (10:30 pm)
| Greenway – Kunin – Fiala Parise – Eriksson Ek – Mayhew Foligno – Galchenyuk – Zuccarello Donato – Koivu – Hartman Suter – Spurgeon Brodin – Dumba Hunt – Pateryn | Kane – Couture – Gregor Meier – Thornton – Labanc Sorensen – Kellman – Gambrell M. Karlsson – Suomela – Noesen Simek – Burns Vlasic – Ferraro Davidson – Heed |
Maple Leafs @ Kings (10:30 pm)
| Hyman – Matthews – Marner Nylander – Tavares – Kerfoot Clifford – Spezza – Kapanen Engvall – Gauthier – Malgin Marincin – Barrie Dermott – Holl Rosen – Liljegren | Iafallo – Kopitar – Brown Kempe – Lizotte – Frk Moore – Vilardi – Lewis Prokhorkin – Amadio – Wagner Hutton – Doughty Anderson – Roy MacDermid – Walker |
Consensus Goalie Rankings
✅ — Confirmed
🅿️ — Probable
🅾️ — Projected
Rank | Goalie — Matchup — Price | Brock | Dylan |
1 | ✅ Matt Murray – @ BUF ($7,700) | 2 | 1 |
2 | ✅ Jaroslav Halak – @ FLA ($7,800) | 1 | 3 |
t-3 | 🅿️ Andrei Vasilevskiy – vs. MTL ($8,400) | 6 | 2 |
t-3 | ✅ Semyon Varlamov – @ OTT ($7,500) | 4 | 4 |
t-3 | 🅾️ Frederik Andersen – @ LAK ($7,900) | 3 | 5 |
6 | ✅ Carter Hart – vs. CAR ($8,200) | 5 | 7 |
7 | ✅ Anton Khudobin – @ NSH ($7,300) | 8 | 6 |
8 | ✅ Martin Jones – vs. MIN ($7,700) | 7 | 9 |
9 | ✅ Alex Stalock – @ SJS ($7,600) | 9 | 10 |
10 | ✅ Ilya Samsonov – @ NYR ($7,800) | 12 | 8 |
11 | ✅ Mike Smith – @ CHI ($7,200) | 11 | 12 |
t-12 | 🅾️ Carey Price – @ TBL ($7,100) | 10 | 14 |
t-12 | 🅾️ Juuse Saros – vs. DAL ($7,800) | 13 | 11 |
14 | ✅ Alexandar Georgiev – vs. WSH ($7,400) | 15 | 13 |
15 | ✅ Corey Crawford – vs. EDM ($7,900) | 16 | 15 |
16 | 🅿️ Craig Anderson – vs. NYI ($7,600) | 14 | 18 |
17 | ✅ Chris Driedger – vs. BOS ($7,200) | 17 | 16 |
18 | ✅ Jonas Johansson – vs. PIT ($7,100) | 18 | 17 |
19 | 🅿️ Alex Nedeljkovic – @ PHI ($6,900) | 19 | 19 |
20 | 🅾️ Jonathan Quick – vs. TOR ($7,200) | 20 | 20 |
Daily Value Picks
| Brock | Dylan | Optimizer | |
| C | Tyler Johnson ($3,800) | Joe Thornton ($3,000) | Charlie Coyle ($3,400) |
| W | Denis Gurianov ($3,400) | Patrick Marleau ($3,100) | Ondrej Kase ($3,700) |
| D | Justin Schultz ($3,400) | Martin Marincin ($2,800) | Travis Sanheim ($3,700) |
Optimizer Highest Projections
| C | Auston Matthews ($8,300) | 16.72 DK Points |
| W | David Pastrnak ($8,100) | 17.12 DK Points |
| D | John Carlson ($7,200) | 12.27 DK Points |
| G | Andrei Vasilevskiy ($8,400) | 16.57 DK Points |
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5. Minnesota 2 (Parise – Eriksson Ek – Greenway)
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