Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 12/02/21

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

• Casey Mittelstadt (BUF) will play for the first time since the Sabres’ season opener.
• Jacob Bryson (BUF) will play Thursday after missing Monday’s game with an undisclosed injury.
• Steven Stamkos (TBL) will be back after missing one game due to personal reasons.
• Chris Wideman (MTL) is expected to be back in the Canadiens lineup on Thursday.
• Brett Kulak (MTL) will play after missing the last four games with a lower-body injury.
• Mathieu Perreault (MTL) will return to the Habs lineup on Friday.
• Anders Lee (NYI) has cleared COVID-19 protocol and is expected to play Thursday.
• Josh Bailey (NYI) has cleared COVID-19 protocol and is expected to play Thursday.
• Adam Pelech (NYI) has cleared COVID-19 protocol and is expected to play Thursday.
• Andy Greene (NYI) has cleared COVID-19 protocol and is expected to play Thursday.
• Mats Zuccarello (MIN) will return to the Wild lineup after missing two games with a hand injury.

GAMETIME DECISION

• Riley Stillman (CHI) will be a game-time decision.
• Elvis Merzlikins (CBJ) is dealing with an illness but may be available to start or backup.

OUT

• Dustin Tokarski (BUF) has been added to the COVID-19 protocol list.
• Calvin de Haan (CHI) will not play Thursday.
• Jordan Binnington (STL) has been added to the COVID-19 protocol list.
• Brendan Gallagher (MTL) has been added to the COVID-19 protocol list.
• Sami Niku (MTL) has been added to the COVID-19 protocol list.
• Darcy Kuemper (COL) is day-to-day with an upper-body injury and not expected to be available on Thursday.
• Bowen Byram (COL) will come out of the Avalanche lineup on Friday.
• Joonas Korpialo (CBJ) is not expected to be available due to an illness.

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

Florida Panthers vs. Buffalo Sabres

Huberdeau – Bennett – Verhaeghe Mamin – Lundell – Reinhart Vatrano – Thornton – Tippett Lomberg – Luostarinen – Hornqvist Weegar – Ekblad Kiersted – Gudas Carlsson – Montour

Skinner – Thompson – Olofsson Murray – Cozens – Okposo Girgensons – Mittelstadt – Asplund Jankowski – Eakin – Hinostroza Dahlin – Pysyk Bryson – Jokiharju Hagg – Miller

Washington Capitals vs. Chicago Blackhawks

Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Protas Sprong – Eller – Wilson Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway Malenstyn – McMichael – Leason Fehervary – Carlson Orlov – Jensen van Riemsdyk – Schultz

Hagel – Toews – Kane DeBrincat – Dach – Strome Kubalik – Borgstrom – Khaira Slavin – Johnson – Carpenter Gustafsson – S. Jones McCabe – Murphy Stillman – C. Jones

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. St. Louis Blues

Palat – Stamkos – Barre-Boulet Killorn – Cirelli – Fortier Katchouk – Colton – Raddysh Maroon – Bellemare – Perry Hedman – Rutta McDonagh – Cernak Sergachev – Bogosian

Schenn – O’Reilly – Kyrou Buchnevich – Thomas – Tarasenko Saad – Sundqvist – Barbashev Joshua – Brown Krug – Faulk Mikkola – Parayko Perunovich – Bortuzzo Scandella

Montreal Canadiens vs. Colorado Avalanche

Toffoli – Dvorak – Anderson Lehkonen- Suzuki – Evans Drouin – Poehling – Armia Pezzetta – Perreault – Caufield Chiarot – Savard Kulak – Petry Romanov – Wideman

Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen Nichushkin – Kadri – Burakovsky Aube-Kubel – Newhook – O’Connor Helm – Jost – Megna Toews – Makar J. Johnson – Girard MacDermid – E. Johnson

Carolina Hurricanes vs. Ottawa Senators

Svechnikov – Aho – Necas Fast – Trocheck – Jarvis Teravainen – Staal – Lorentz Niederreiter – Kotkaniemi – Martinook Slavin – Cole Skjei – Chatfield Smith – Lajoie

Tkachuk – Norris – Batherson Stützle – Paul – Brown Formenton – Tierney – Ennis Sanford – Gambrell – Watson Chabot – Zub Mete – Zaitsev Holden – Thomson

New York Islanders vs. San Jose Sharks

Lee – Barzal – Bailey Beauvillier – Pageau – Palmieri Parise – Koivula – Wahlstrom Martin – Andreoff – Clutterbuck Pelech – Mayfield Greene – Dobson Salo – Aho

Meier – Couture – Dahlen Barabanov – Hertl – Balcers Nieto – Bonino – Labanc Weatherby – Pederson – Gadjovich Ferraro – Burns Middleton – Karlsson Vlasic – Simek

Minnesota Wild vs. New Jersey Devils

Kaprizov – Hartman – Zuccarello Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Foligno Pitlick – Rask – Fiala Duhaime – Sturn – Bjugstad Brodin – Dumba Merrill – Goligoski Benn – Kulikov

Hughes – Hischier – Zacha Johnsson – Mercer – Bratt Kuokkanen – Sharangovich – Tatar Vesey – McLeod – Bastian Graves – Hamilton Siegenthaler – Severson Smith – Subban

Nashville Predators vs. Boston Bruins

Forsberg – Granlund – Duchene Tolvanen – Johansen – Kunin Trenin – Sissons – Jeannot Cousins – Novak – Tomasino Josi – Fabbro Ekholm – Carrier Borowiecki – Benning

Hall – Bergeron – Pastrnak Foligno – Coyle – Smith Nosek – Frederic – Kuhlman DeBrusk – Haula – Lazar Forbort – McAvoy Grzelcyk – Carlo Reilly – Zboril

Dallas Stars vs. Columbus Blue Jackets

Robertson – Hintz – Pavelski Raffl – Benn – Gurianov Kiviranta – Seguin – Glendening Peterson – Faksa – Radulov Suter – Klingberg Lindell – Heiskanen Sekera – Hakanpaa

Nyquist – Jenner – Bjorkstrand Chinakhov – Sillinger – Voracek Domi – Roslovic – Danforth Robinson – Kuraly – Texier Werenski – Bean Gavrikov – Boqvist Bayreuther – Peeke

Los Angeles King vs. Calgary Flames

Kempe – Kopitar – Brown Iafallo – Danault – Arvidsson Andersson – Kupari – Moore Grundstrom – Lizotte – Kaliyev Anderson – Doughty Edler – Roy Bjornfot – Durzi

Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk Coleman – Backlund – Mangiapane Dube – Monahan – Pitlick Lucic – Richardson – Lewis Hanifin – Andersson Kylington – Tanev Zadorov – Gudbranson

Goalie Rankings

✅ — Confirmed

🅿️ — Probable

🅾️ — Projected

1	Sergei Bobrovsky	✅	vs. BUF
2	Antti Raanta	✅	vs. OTT
3	Jake Oettinger	✅	vs. CBJ
4	Andrei Vasilevskiy	✅	vs. STL
5	Jacob Markstrom	🅾️	@ LAK
6	Vitek Vanecek	✅	vs. CHI
7	Kaapo Kahkonen	✅	vs. NJD
8	Juuse Saros	🅾️	vs. BOS
9	Jeremy Swayman	✅	@ NSH
10	Ilya Sorokin	🅾️	vs. SJS
11	Cal Petersen	🅿️	vs. CGY
12	Marc-Andre Fleury	✅	@ WSH
13	Adin Hill	✅	@ NYI
14	Mackenzie Blackwood	🅾️	@ MIN
15	Ville Husso	✅	@ TBL
16	Jones Johansson	🅾️	@ MTL
17	Jake Allen	🅿️	vs. COL
18	Anton Forsberg	✅	@ CAR
19	Aaron Dell	🅾️	@ FLA
20	Daniil Tarasov	🅿️	@ DAL

Daily Value Picks

C – Jonathan Toews ($3,900)
W – Martin Necas ($3,800)
D – Esa Lindell ($3,600)

Optimizer Highest Projections

C – Nathan MacKinnon (COL – $8,700)
W – David Pastrnak (BOS – $9,200)
D – John Carlson (WSH – $6,400)

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5.  MIN (+6.00)

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