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
- — [DAL] Corey Perry (foot) will make his Stars debut in Columbus.
- — [DAL] Denis Gurianov has been recalled from Texas (AHL) and will play on Wednesday.
- — [COL] JT Compher (lower-body) will return to the Avalanche lineup after a three-game absence.
- — [COL] Mark Barberio will draw back into the Colorado lineup after being a healthy scratch on Monday.
- — [EDM] Patrick Russell will be back in the Oilers lineup after being a healthy scratch for the last two games.
GAMETIME DECISION
- — [PIT] Jared McCann (lower-body) will be a game-time decision vs. Colorado.
- — [SJS] Marcus Sorensen (concussion protocol) will be a game-time decision vs. Carolina.
OUT
- — [WSH] Michal Kempny (hamstring) will not play on Wednesday but is getting “close” to making his season debut.
- — [COL] Valeri Nichushkin will be a healthy scratch on Wednesday.
- — [COL] Nikita Zadorov will be a healthy scratch on Wednesday.
- — [EDM] Joakim Nygard will miss 2-to-4 weeks with a rib injury.
Projected Lineups
- *Subject to change*
- ⚠️ Gametime Decision
Dallas Stars @ Columbus Blue Jackets (7:00 pm)
| Benn — Seguin — Radulov
Janmark — Hintz — Perry Dickinson — Faksa — Pavelski Cogliano — Gardner — Gurianov Lindell — Klingberg Sekera — Heiskanen Oleksiak — Fedun |
Nyquist — Dubois — Atkinson
Foligno — Wennberg — Bjorkstrand Texier — Jenner — Bemstrom Milano — Nash — Lilja Werenski — Jones Murray — Nutivaara Gavrikov — Savard |
Toronto Maple Leafs @ Washington Capitals (7:00 pm)
| Johnsson — Matthews — Nylander
Moore — Tavares — Marner Mikheyev — Kerfoot — Kapanen Timashov — Shore — Gauthier Rielly — Ceci Muzzin — Barrie Marincin — Holl |
Ovechkin — Backstrom — Oshie
Hagelin — Kuznetsov — Wilson Vrana — Eller — Hathaway Leipsic — Stephenson — Panik Seigenthaler — Carlson Orlov — Gudas Jensen — Lewington |
Colorado Avalanche @ Pittsburgh Penguins (7:00 pm)
| Landeskog — MacKinnon — Rantanen
Donskoi — Kadri — Burakovsky Wilson — Jost — Compher Nieto — Bellemare — Calvert Johnson — Girard Makar — Cole Barberio — Graves |
Guentzel — Crosby — Tanev
Kahun — ⚠️ McCann — Hornqvist Aston-Reese — Blueger — Simon Johnson — Blandisi — Lafferty Dumoulin — Letang Pettersson — Schultz Johnson — Milano |
Philadelphia Flyers @ Edmonton Oilers (9:30 pm)
| Giroux — Hayes — van Riemsdyk
Lindblom — Couturier — Konecny Pitlick — Laughton — Voracek Stewart — Raffl — Twarnyski Provorov — Braun Sanheim — Niskanen Hagg — Gostisbehere |
Draisaitl — McDavid — Kassian
Chiasson — Nugent-Hopkins — Neal Khaira — Sheahan — P. Russell Jurco — Granlund — Archibald Nurse — Bear Klefbom — Persson Russell — Benning |
Buffalo Sabres @ Anaheim Ducks (10:00 pm)
| Olofsson — Eichel — Reinhart
Skinner — Johnasson — Sobotka Vesey — Mittelstadt — Rodrigues Girgensons — Larsson — Okposo McCabe — Ristolainen Dahlin — Miller Scandella — Jokiharju |
Rakell — Henrique — Silfverberg
Comtois — Getzlaf — Kase Ritchie — Steel — Terry Jones — Grant — Rowney Lindholm — Manson Del Zotto — Fowler Larsson — Holzer |
Carolina Hurricanes @ San Jose Sharks (10:30 pm)
| Niederreiter — Aho — Teravainen
Svechnikov — Staal — McGinn Dzingel — Haula — Necas Foegele — Wallmark — Gibbons Slavin — Hamilton Edmundson — Pesce Gardiner — Fleury |
Meier — Couture — Marleau
Kane — Hertl — Labanc ⚠️ Sorensen — Thornton — Goodrow M. Karlsson — Gambrell — Radil Vlasic — Burns Dillon — E. Karlsson Ferraro — Heed |
Consensus Goalie Rankings
✅ — Confirmed
🅿️ — Probable
🅾️ — Projected
|
Rank |
Goalie — Matchup — Price |
Brock |
Dylan |
|
t-1 |
✅ Ben Bishop — @ CBJ ($7,900) |
2 |
1 |
|
t-1 |
✅ John Gibson — vs. BUF ($7,800) |
1 |
2 |
|
3 |
✅ Philipp Grubauer — @ PIT ($7,500) |
4 |
3 |
|
t-4 |
✅ Carter Hart — @ EDM ($7,100) |
6 |
4 |
|
t-4 |
🅿️ Carter Hutton — @ ANA ($7,300) |
5 |
5 |
|
t-4 |
✅ Martin Jones — vs. CAR ($8,100) |
3 |
7 |
|
7 |
✅ Mikko Koskinen — vs. PHI ($8,000) |
7 |
6 |
|
t-8 |
✅ Ilya Samsonov — vs. TOR ($7,800) |
8 |
9 |
|
t-8 |
✅ Matt Murray — vs. COL ($7,700) |
9 |
8 |
|
10 |
🅿️ James Reimer — @ SJS ($7,000) |
11 |
10 |
|
11 |
✅ Joonas Korpisalo — vs. DAL ($7,600) |
10 |
12 |
|
12 |
🅿️ Michael Hutchinson — @ WSH ($7,200) |
12 |
11 |
Daily Value Picks
| Brock | Dylan | |
| C | Ryan Getzlaf ($4,400) | Alexander Wennberg ($3,400) |
| W | Max Comtois ($3,100) | Kevin Labanc ($4,000) |
| D | Sam Girard ($3,600) | Travis Sanheim ($3,000) |
Optimizer Highest Projections
| C | Connor McDavid ($8,200) | 15.41 DK Points |
| W | Alex Ovechkin ($7,600) | 12.94 DK Points |
| D | Brent Burns ($6,900) | 12.23 DK Points |
| G | John Gibson ($7,800) | 14.47 DK Points |
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