Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 11/01/19
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
- — [TBL] @Luke Witkowski will be back in the lineup vs the Islanders.
- — [PHI] @German Rubtsov was recalled from Lehigh Valley (AHL) and is expected to make his NHL debut in New Jersey.
- — [PHI] @Philippe Myers was recalled from Lehigh Valley (AHL) and is expected to make his season debut in New Jersey.
- — [PHI] @Carsen Twarnyski was recalled from Lehigh Valley (AHL) and is expected to draw into the lineup in New Jersey.
- — [DET] @Dylan Larkin (undisclosed) is expected to play in Carolina.
- — [DET] @Justin Abdelkader (lower-body) is expected to play in Carolina following a three-game absence.
- — [COL] @Ryan Graves will be back in the lineup after serving as a healthy scratch on Wednesday.
- — [ANA] @Hampus Lindholm will play vs the Canucks after a two-game absence.
- – [VAN] @Adam Gaudette will draw back into the Canucks lineup in Anaheim.
- — [SJS] @Jonny Brodzinski will draw back into the lineup vs the Jets.
GAMETIME DECISION
- — [WSH] @Evgeny Kuznetsov (upper-body) is expected to play vs the Sabres but will be a game-time decision.
- — [BUF] @Brandon Montour (hand) may make his season debut in Washington; will be a game-time decision.
- — [TBL] @Erik Cernak (lower-body) will be a game-time decision vs the Islanders.
- — [WPG] @Bryan Little (undisclosed) will be a game-time decision in San Jose.
OUT
- — [WSH] @Nic Dowd (lower-body) is day-to-day and will not play vs the Sabres.
- — [BUF] @Jimmy Vesey (upper-body) will remain sidelined on Friday but hopes to return on Saturday.
- — [PHI] @Scott Laughton (broken finger) has been placed on LTIR.
- — [COL] @Mark Barberio is expected to be a healthy scratch vs the Stars.
- — [DAL] @Andrej Sekera will miss his second straight game with an undisclosed injury.
- — [ANA] @Jacob Larsson is expected to be a healthy scratch vs the Canucks.
- — [VAN] @Micheal Ferland (concussion) has been placed on IR.
- — [SJS] @Dylan Gambrell (upper-body) will miss at least two games.
- — [WPG] @Patrik Laine will remain sidelined with a lower-body injury.
Projected Lineups
*Subject to change*
⚠️ Gametime Decision
Sabres @ Capitals (7:00 pm)
| Olofsson – Eichel – Reinhart Skinner – Johansson – Sobotka Sheary – Mittelstadt – Rodrigues Girgensons – Larsson – Okposo Dahlin – ⚠️ Montour McCabe – Ristolainen Miller – Jokiharju | Ovechkin – Backstrom – Oshie Vrana – ⚠️ Kuznetsov – Wilson Hagelin – Eller – Hathaway Leipsic – Stephenson – Boyd Kempny – Carlson Orlov – Gudas Siegenthaler – Jensen |
Lightning @ Islanders (7:00 pm)
| Volkov – Stamkos – Kucherov Palat – Point – Johnson Killorn – Cirelli – Joseph Gourde – Paquette – Witkowski Sergachev – Shattenkirk McDonagh – ⚠️ Cernak Rutta – Schenn | Lee – Barzal – Bailey Beauvillier – Nelson – Brassard Dal Colle – Cizikas – Clutterbuck Johnston – Bardreau – Wahlstrom Pelech – Pulock Leddy – Boychuk Toews – Mayfield |
Flyers @ Devils (7:00 pm)
| van Riemsdyk – Giroux – Voracek Lindblom – Couturier – Konecny Raffl – Hayes – Farabee Twarnyski – Rubtsov – Stewart Provorov – Niskanen Gostisbehere – Braun Sanheim – Myers | Hall – Hughes – Palmieri Coleman – Zajac – Simmonds Zacha – Hischier – Bratt Wood – Rooney – Hayden Severson – Subban Greene – Vatanen Butcher – Tennyson |
Red Wings @ Hurricanes (7:30 pm)
| Bertuzzi – Larkin – Helm Athanasiou – Filppula – Mantha Perlini – Nielsen – Hirose Abdelkader – de la Rose – Enre Nemeth – Hronek Hicketts – Green Daley – Bowey | Niederreiter – Staal – Teravainen Svechnikov – Aho – Foegele Dzingel – Haula – Necas McGinn – Wallmark – Gibbons Slavin – Hamilton Gardiner – Pesce Edmundson – van Riemsdyk |
Blue Jackets @ Blues (8:00 pm)
| Nyquist – Dubois – Atkinson Foligno – Jenner – Anderson Milano – Wennberg – Bjorkstrand Lilja – Nash – Bemstrom Werenski – Jones Nutivaara – Savard Gavrikov – Kukan | Schwartz – Schenn – Blais Sanford – O’Reilly – Perron Steen – Bozak – Thomas MacEachern – Barbashev – Sundqvist Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo Bouwmeester – Parayko Dunn – Faulk |
Stars @ Avalanche (9:00 pm)
| Benn – Seguin – Radulov Gurianov – Hintz – Pavelski Janmark – Dickinson – Perry Cogliano – Faksa – Caamano Lindell – Klingberg Oleksiak – Heiskanen Hanley – Fedun | Kadri – MacKinnon – Donskoi BUrakovsky – Jost – Compher Calvert – Bellemare – Nieto Nichushkin – Kamenev – Megna Girard – Johnson Cole – Makar Graves – Zadorov |
Canucks @ Ducks (10:00 pm)
| Miller – Pettersson – Boeser Pearson – Horvat – Virtanen Leivo – Gaudette – Sutter Schaller – Beagle – Eriksson Edler – Myers Hughes – Tanev Benn – Stecher | Ritchie – Getzlaf – Comtois Rakell – Henrique – Silfverberg Jones – Steel – Terry Deslauriers – Grant – Rowney Lindholm – Fowler Del Zotto – Gudbranson Mahura – Holzer |
Jets @ Sharks (10:30 pm)
| Connor – Scheifele – Wheeler Ehlers – ⚠️ Little – Roslovic Perreault – Copp – Bourque Suess – Gustafsson – Shaw Morrissey – Poolman Kulikov – Pionk Dahlstrom – Bitetto | Marleau – Couture – Meier Kane – Hertl – Labanc Sorensen – Thornton – M. Karlsson Radil – Goodrow – Brodzinski Vlasic – Burns Dillon – E. Karlsson Ferraro – Heed |
Consensus Goalie Rankings
✅ — Confirmed
🅿️ — Probable
🅾️ — Projected
Rank | Goalie — Matchup — Price | Brock | Dylan |
1 | ✅ Jordan Binnington — vs. CBJ ($8,400) | 1 | 2 |
t-2 | ✅ Andrei Vasilevskiy — @ NYI ($7,900) | 4 | 1 |
t-2 | ✅ Petr Mrazek — vs. DET ($8,000) | 2 | 3 |
4 | ✅ Jacob Markstrom — @ ANA ($7,500) | 3 | 5 |
5 | 🅿️ Braden Holtby — vs. BUF ($8,100) | 6 | 4 |
6 | ✅ Philipp Grubauer — vs. DAL ($8,200) | 5 | 6 |
7 | ✅ Connor Hellebuyck — @ SJS ($7,300) | 7 | 7 |
8 | ✅ Mackenzie Blackwood — vs. PHI ($7,400) | 8 | 10 |
9 | ✅ Carter Hart — @ NJD ($7,600) | 12 | 8 |
t-10 | 🅾️ Carter Hutton — @ WSH ($7,300) | 10 | 12 |
t-10 | ✅ Anton Khudobin — @ COL ($7,000) | 11 | 11 |
t-10 | ✅ John Gibson — vs. VAN ($7,700) | 13 | 9 |
13 | ✅ Thomas Greiss — vs. TBL ($7,600) | 9 | 16 |
14 | ✅ Martin Jones — vs. WPG ($7,800) | 15 | 13 |
15 | 🅿️ Jimmy Howard — @ CAR ($7,000) | 14 | 15 |
16 | ✅ Elvis Merzlikins — @ STL ($6,700) | 16 | 14 |
Daily Value Picks
| Brock | Dylan | |
| C | Roope Hintz ($4,400) | Tyler Bozak ($3,200) |
| W | Jack Roslovic ($2,900) | Max Comtois ($2,900) |
| D | Joe Hicketts ($2,600) | Ryan McDonagh ($3,500) |
Optimizer Highest Projections
| C | Jack Eichel ($7,500) | 16.09 DK Points |
| W | Alex Ovechkin ($8,100) | 20.88 DK Points |
| D | John Carlson ($7,300) | 16.68 DK Points |
| G | Philipp Grubauer ($8,200) | 14.27 DK Points |
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DFS Lines to Target:
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5. Carolina 2 (Svechnikov – Aho – Foegele)
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