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.

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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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5. Carolina 2 (Svechnikov – Aho – Foegele)

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