Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 12/03/19
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
- — [MIN] @Victor Rask will be back in the Wild lineup on Tuesday.
- — [TOR] @Jason Spezza will be back in the Maple Leafs lineup in Philadelphia.
- — [VGK] @Chandler Stephenson was acquired from Washington on Monday and is expected to make his Golden Knights debut on Tuesday.
- — [MTL] @Matthew Peca will make his season debut on Tuesday.
- — [NSH] @Kyle Turris is expected to be back in the Predators lineup on Tuesday.
- — [VAN] @Antoine Roussel (knee) will make his season debut on Tuesday.
- — [OTT] @Logan Brown will be bacon the Senators lineup in Vancouver.
- — [WSH] @Carl Hagelin is expected to return to the Capitals lineup on Tuesday.
GAMETIME DECISION
- — [TBL] @Alex Killorn (lower-body) will be a game-time decision in Nashville.
- — [VAN] @Jake Virtanen (illness) will be a game-time decision vs. the Senators.
OUT
- — [CBJ] @Zach Werenski will miss one month with a sprained AC joint.
- — [MIN] @Ryan Donato will be a healthy scratch on Tuesday.
- — [TOR] @Mitch Marner (ankle) practiced on Monday but will is not ready to return Tuesday.
- — [MTL] @Charles Hudon will be a healthy scratch on Tuesday.
- — [WPG] @Dmitry Kulikov (upper-body) is expected to be out until the All-Star break.
- — [VAN] @Jacob Markstrom is expected to be out until the weekend after being granted a personal leave of absence.
- — [SJS] @Antti Suomela (upper-body) is out indefinitely.
- — [WSH] @Nicklas Backstrom has resumed practicing with the team but will not play in San Jose.
Projected Lineups
*Subject to change*
⚠️ Gametime Decision
Coyotes @ Blue Jackets (7:00 pm)
| Keller – Stepan – Hinostroza Dvorak – Schmaltz – Garland Crouse – Soderberg – Kessel Grabner – Richardson – Fischer Ekman-Larsson – Demers Chychrun – Goligoski Oesterle – Lyubushkin | Nyquist – Jenner – Bjorkstrand Milano – Dubois – Anderson Texier – Foligno – Atkinson Robinson – Wennberg – Nash Murray – Jones Gavrikov – Savard Harrington – Kukan |
Wild @ Panthers (7:00 pm)
| Zucker – Staal – Zuccarello Parise – Koivu – Fiala Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Kunin Foligno – Rask – Hartman Suter – Spurgeon Brodin – Dumba Soucy – Hunt | Huberdeau – Barkov – Dadonov Connolly – Trocheck – Malgin Vatrano – Boyle – Hoffman Toninato – Acciari – Sceviour Yandle – Ekblad Weegar – Stralman Matheson – Pysyk |
Maple Leafs @ Flyers (7:00 pm)
| Johnsson – Matthews – Nylander Mikheyev – Tavares – Hyman Kerfoot – Spezza – Kapanen Engvall – Gauthier – Timashov Rielly – Ceci Muzzin – Holl Dermott – Barrie | Giroux – Frost – Konecny Lindblom – Couturier – Voracek Laughton – Hayes – Farabee van Riemsdyk – Raffl – Pitlick Provorov – Niskanen Sanheim – Braun Gostisbehere – Myers |
Golden Knights @ Devils (7:00 pm)
| Marchessault – Karlsson – Smith Pacioretty – Stastny – Stone Carrier – Glass – Tuch Nosek – Stephenson – Reaves McNabb – Schmidt Hague – Theodore Merrill – Engelland | Boqvist – Hischier – Palmieri Coleman – Zajac – Gusev Hall – Zacha – Bratt Wood – Rooney – Simmonds Greene – Severson Vatanen – Subban Butcher – Tennyson |
Islanders @ Canadiens (7:00 pm)
| Lee – Barzal – Bailey Beauvilluer – Nelson – Brassard Komarov – Koivula – Eberle Martin – Cizikas – Clutterbuck Leddy – Boychuk Pelech – Pulock Toews – Mayfield | Tatar – Danault – Gallagher Cousins – Domi – Suzuki Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi – Armia Peca – Thompson – Weal Chiarot – Weber Kulak – Petry Olofsson – Fleury |
Hurricanes @ Bruins (7:00 pm)
| McGinn – Staal – Foegele Svechnikov – Aho – Teravainen Dzingel – Wallmark – Niederreiter Bishop – Martinook Slavin – Hamilton Edmundson – Pesce Gardiner – Fleury van Riemsdyk | Marchand – Krejci – Pastrnak DeBrusk – Coyle – Heinen Bjork – Kuraly – Backes Nordstrom – Lindholm – Wagner Chara – McAvoy Krug – Carlo Grzelcyk – Clifton |
Stars @ Jets (8:00 pm)
| Benn – Seguin – Radulov Gurianov – Hintz – Pavelski Cogliano – Faksa – Comeau Janmark – Dickinson – Perry Lindell – Klingberg Oleksiak – Heiskanen Sekera – Polak | Connor – Scheifele – Laine Ehlers – Wheeler – Roslovic Copp – Lowry – Perreault Luoto – Gustafsson – Shaw Morrissey – Poolman Sbisa – Pionk Bitetto – Dahlstrom |
Lightning @ Predators (8:00 pm)
| Palat – Point – Kucherov ⚠️ Killorn – Cirelli – Stamkos Verhaeghe – Johnson – Joseph Maroon – Paquette – Gourde Hedman – Shattenkirk McDonagh – Cernak Sergachev – Schenn | Forsberg – Johansen – Duchene Jarnkrok – Turris – Granlund Grimaldi – Bonino – Smith Watson – Sissons – Olivier Jost – Ellis Ekholm – Fabbro Hamhuis – Weber |
Senators @ Canucks (10:00 pm)
| Tkachuk – L.Brown – Duclair Paul – Pageau – C.Brown Namestnikov – Anisimov – White Chlapik – Tierney – Ennis Chabot – Hainsey Borowiecki – Zaitsev Brannstrom – DeMelo | Pearson – Horvat – Leivo Miller – Pettersson – Boeser Roussel – Gaudette – Goldobin Eriksson – Schaller – MacEwen Benn – Tanev Hughes – Myers Fantenberg – Stecher |
Capitals @ Sharks (10:30 pm)
| Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson Vrana – Eller – Oshie Hagelin – Boyd – Panik Leipsic – Dowd – Hathaway Kempny – Carlson Orlov – Jensen Siegenthaler – Gudas | Kane – Couture – Goodrow Meier – Hertl – Marleau Sorensen – Thornton – Labanc Gregor – Gambrell – M. Karlsson Vlasic – E. Karlsson Simek – Burns Dillon – Ferraro |
Consensus Goalie Rankings
✅ — Confirmed
🅿️ — Probable
🅾️ — Projected
Rank | Goalie — Matchup — Price | Brock | Dylan |
1 | ✅ Frederik Andersen – @ PHI ($7,800) | 2 | 3 |
2 | ✅ Thatcher Demko – vs. OTT ($8,200) | 6 | 1 |
3 | ✅ Chris Driedger – vs. MIN ($8,100) | 7 | 2 |
4 | 🅿️ Andrei Vasilevskiy – @ NSH ($7,500) | 4 | 9 |
t-5 | ✅ Joonas Korpisalo – vs. ARI ($7,600) | 1 | 13 |
t-5 | ✅ Darcy Kuemper – @ CBJ ($7,900) | 8 | 6 |
t-5 | ✅ Thomas Greiss – @ MTL ($8,000) | 10 | 4 |
8 | ✅ Braden Holtby – @ SJS ($8,100) | 9 | 7 |
9 | ✅ Carey Price – vs. NYI ($7,300) | 3 | 14 |
10 | ✅ Jaroslav Halak – vs. CAR ($8,400) | 11 | 8 |
t-11 | ✅ Connor Hellebuyck – vs. DAL ($7,600) | 5 | 16 |
t-11 | ✅ Malcolm Subban – @ NJD ($8,000) | 16 | 5 |
13 | ✅ Anton Khudobin – @ WPG ($7,500) | 12 | 11 |
14 | ✅ Pekka Rinne – vs. TBL ($7,800) | 14 | 10 |
15 | ✅ Carter Hart – vs. TOR ($7,500) | 13 | 15 |
16 | ✅ James Reimer – @ BOS ($7,000) | 18 | 12 |
17 | ✅ Martin Jones – vs. WSH ($7,400) | 15 | 17 |
18 | ✅ Kaapo Kahkonen – @ FLA ($7,100) | 17 | 18 |
19 | ✅ Anders Nilsson – @ VAN ($7,100) | 19 | 19 |
20 | ✅ Mackenzie Blackwood – vs. VGK ($7,200) | 20 | 20 |
Daily Value Picks
| Brock | Dylan | |
| C | Jesperi Kotkaniemi ($3,500) | Cody Glass ($2,800) |
| W | Josh Anderson ($2,800) | Barclay Goodrow ($3,300) |
| D | Ryan Murray ($2,800) | Dylan DeMelo ($2,700) |
Optimizer Highest Projections
| C | Aleksander Barkov ($6,700) | 13.46 DK Points |
| W | David Pastrnak ($8,500) | 17.00 DK Points |
| D | Dougie Hamilton ($7,000) | 15.21 DK Points |
| G | Jaroslav Halak ($8,400) | 14.85 DK Points |
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DFS Lines to Target:
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5. Philadelphia 1 (Giroux – Frost – Konecny)
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