Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 12/06/19
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
- – [NYR] @Marc Staal (infection) is expected to play Friday after missing the last 13 games.
- – [NYR] @Greg McKegg (lower-body) is expected to return after a six-game absence.
- – [MTL] @Charles Hudon is expected to draw back into the Montreal lineup.
- – [NJD] @Jack Hughes (lower-body) will return after a three-game absence.
- – [NJD] @Mirco Mueller is expected to draw back into the New Jersey lineup.
- – [ANA] @John Gibson (illness) is expected to be available vs. Washington.
GAMETIME DECISION
- – [PIT] @Justin Schultz (lower-body) has been activated from IR but remains a game-time decision.
- – [PIT] @Bryan Rust (lower-body) has been activated from IR but remains a game-time decision.
- – [CHI] @Olli Maatta (illness) will be a game-time decision on Friday.
OUT
- – [MTL] @Jesperi Kotkaniemi (concussion) did not travel to New York for Friday’s game.
- – [NJD] @Matt Tennyson (upper-body) was placed on IR.
- – [CHI] @Duncan Keith (groin) was placed on IR.
- – [CHI] @Andrew Shaw (concussion) was placed on IR.
Projected Lineups
*Subject to change*
⚠️ Gametime Decision
Coyotes @ Penguins (7:00 pm)
| Keller – Stepan – Hinostroza Dvorak – Schmaltz – Garland Crouse – Soderberg – Kessel Grabner – Richardson – Fischer Ekman-Larsson – Demers Chychrun – Goligoski Oesterle – Lyubushkin | Guentzel – Malkin – ⚠️ Rust Kahun – McCann – Noesen Aston-Reese – Blueger – Tanev Galchenyuk – Lafferty – Simon Marino – Letang Pettersson – ⚠️ Schultz Riikola – Trotman |
Canadiens @ Rangers (7:00 pm)
| Tatar – Danault – Gallagher Lehkonen – Domi – Armia Cousins – Suzuki – Weal Peca – Thompson – Hudon Chiarot – Weber Kulak – Petry Leskinen – Fleury | Lemieux – Zibanejad – Kakko Panarin – Strome – Kreider Fast – Chytil – Buchnevich McKegg – Howden – Smith Skjei – Trouba Lindgren – Fox Staal – DeAngelo |
Blackhawks @ Devils (7:00 pm)
| Saad – Toews – Nylander DeBrincat – Strome – Kane Wedin – Kampf – Kubalik Carpenter – Dach – Smith de Haan – Seabrook Gustafsson – Gilbert Koekkoek – Murphy | Boqvist – Hischier – Palmieri Hall – Zacha – Bratt Coleman – Zajac – Gusev Wood – Hughes – Simmonds Greene – Subban Vatanen – Severson Butcher – Mueller |
Kings @ Oilers (9:00 pm)
| Iafallo – Kopitar – Brown Carter – Prokhorkin – Toffoli Kempe – Lizotte – Wagner Clifford – Amadio – Lewis Ryan – Doughty Hutton – Roy MacDermid – Walker | Neal – McDavid – Archibald Khaira – Draisaitl – Gagner Granlund – Haas – Chiasson Nygard – Sheahan – P. Russell Nurse – Bear Klefbom – Persson Russell – Larsson |
Capitals @ Ducks (10:00 pm)
| Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson Vrana – Eller – Oshie Hagelin – Boyd – Panik Leipsic – Dowd – Hathaway Kempny – Carlson Orlov – Jensen Siegenthaler – Gudas | Shore – Getzlaf – Terry Rakell – Steel – Silfverberg Ritchie – Henrique – Kase Deslauriers – Grant – Rowney Fowler – Gudbranson Lindholm – Del Zotto Guhle – Holzer |
Consensus Goalie Rankings
✅ — Confirmed
🅿️ — Probable
🅾️ — Projected
Rank | Goalie — Matchup — Price | Brock | Dylan |
t-1 | ✅ Tristan Jarry – vs. ARI ($8,300) | 2 | 1 |
t-1 | 🅿️ Braden Holtby – @ ANA ($8,100) | 1 | 2 |
3 | ✅ Mikko Koskinen – vs. LAK ($8,200) | 3 | 3 |
4 | ✅ Carey Price – @ NYR ($7,600) | 4 | 4 |
5 | ✅ Corey Crawford – @ NJD ($7,700) | 6 | 5 |
6 | ✅ Mackenzie Blackwood – vs. CHI ($7,800) | 5 | 8 |
7 | 🅾️ John Gibson – vs. WSH ($7,300) | 8 | 6 |
8 | ✅ Antti Raanta – @ PIT ($7,000) | 7 | 9 |
9 | ✅ Alexandar Georgiev – vs. MTL ($8,000) | 10 | 7 |
10 | 🅾️ Jonathan Quick – @ EDM ($6,900) | 9 | 10 |
Daily Value Picks
| Brock | Dylan | |
| C | Nikolai Prokhorkin ($2,600) | Christian Dvorak ($3,600) |
| W | Nikita Gusev ($3,800) | Sam Gagner ($3,200) |
| D | Calvin de Haan ($3,500) | Hampus Lindholm ($3,400) |
Optimizer Highest Projections
| C | Connor McDavid ($8,500) | 20.65 DK Points |
| W | Patrick Kane ($6,700) | 15.81 DK Points |
| D | Shea Weber ($6,7000) | 14.63 DK Points |
| G | Mikko Koskinen ($8,200) | 13.65 DK Points |
*To see the rest of the DFS Lineup Optimizer Projections, sign up for DFO Premium*