Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 12/09/19
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
- — [WSH] @Nicklas Backstrom (upper-body) will play vs. the Blue Jackets — missed the last eight games.
- — [CBJ] @Alexander Wennberg will be back in the lineup in Washington — was a healthy scratch on Saturday.
- — [NYI] @Noah Dobson will draw back into the lineup in Tampa Bay — was a healthy scratch for the last five games.
- — [BOS] @Patrice Bergeron (lower-body) will play Monday in Ottawa — missed the last seven games.
- — [COL] @Matt Calvert (personal) will play vs. the Flames — missed one game.
OUT
- — [WSH] @Travis Boyd will be a healthy scratch vs. the Blue Jackets.
- — [CBJ] @Emil Bemstrom (upper-body) did not travel to Washington for Monday’s game.
- — [TBL] @Tyler Johnson (undisclosed) will not play Monday; expected to miss a couple of games.
- — [NYI] @Nick Leddy is day-to-day with a lower-body injury.
- — [OTT] @Craig Anderson (knee) was placed on IR — expected to miss one week.
- — [COL] @Cale Makar is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.
- — [COL] @Philipp Grubauer is not expected. To be available Monday due to a hamstring injury.
- — [COL] @Nazem Kadri (lower-body) will miss his third straight game.
Projected Lineups
*Subject to change*
Blue Jackets @ Capitals (7:00 pm)
| Nyquist – Texier – Atkinson Milano – Dubois – Bjorkstrand Foligno – Jenner – Anderson Wennberg – Nash – Robinson Kukan – Jones Murray – Savard Gavrikov – Peeke | Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson Vrana – Kuznetsov – Oshie Hagelin – Eller – Panik Leipsic – Dowd – Hathaway Kempny – Carlson Orlov – Jensen Siegenthaler – Gudas |
Islanders @ Lightning (7:00 pm)
| Johnston – Barzal – Bailey Beauvilluer – Nelson – Dal Colle Lee – Brassard – Eberle Martin – Cizikas – Clutterbuck Pelech – Pulock Dobson – Boychuk Toews – Mayfield | Palat – Point – Kucherov Killorn – Cirelli – Conacher Verhaeghe – Stamkos – Gourde Maroon – Paquette – Joseph Hedman – Shattenkirk McDonagh – Cernak Sergachev – Schenn |
Bruins @ Senators (7:30 pm)
| Marchand – Bergeron – Pastrnak DeBrusk – Krejci – Heinen Bjork – Coyle – Ritchie Nordstrom – Kuraly – Wagner Chara – McAvoy Krug – Carlo Moore – Grzelcyk | Tkachuk – Pageau – C. Brown Ennis – Anisimov – White Namestnikov – Tierney – Duclair Paul – L. Brown – Davidsson Chabot – DeMelo Borowiecki – Zaitsev Hainsey – Goloubef |
Flames @ Avalanche (9:00 pm)
| Tkachuk – Lindholm – Mangiapane Backlund – Monahan – Dube Lucic – Ryan – Gaudreau Rieder – Jankowski – Frolik Giordano – Brodie Hamonic – Hanifin Kylington – Andersson | Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen Burakovsky – Compher – Donskoi Nieto – Bellemare – Nichushkin Kamenev – Jost – Calvert Zadorov – Rosen Graves – Girard Barberio – Cole |
Consensus Goalie Rankings
✅ — Confirmed
🅿️ — Probable
🅾️ — Projected
Rank | Goalie — Matchup — Price | Brock | Dylan |
1 | 🅿️ Tuukka Rask – @ OTT ($8,100) | 1 | 1 |
2 | ✅ Braden Holtby – vs. CBJ ($8,400) | 2 | 2 |
t-3 | ✅ Curtis McElhinney – vs. NYI ($7,800) | 4 | 3 |
t-3 | ✅ Pavel Francouz – vs. CGY ($8,100) | 3 | 4 |
t-5 | ✅ Semyon Varlamov – @ TBL ($7,700) | 5 | 6 |
t-5 | ✅ David Rittich – @ COL ($7,200) | 6 | 5 |
t-7 | ✅ Joonas Korpisalo – @ WSH ($6,900) | 7 | 8 |
t-7 | ✅ Anders Nilsson – vs. BOS ($7,400) | 8 | 7 |
Daily Value Picks
| Brock | Dylan | |
| C | Alexandre Texier ($2,500) | Derek Ryan ($3,200) |
| W | Jordan Eberle ($3,600) | Milan Lucic ($2,600) |
| D | Samuel Girard ($2,800) | Dylan DeMelo ($2,600) |
Optimizer Highest Projections
| C | Nathan MacKinnon ($8,300) | 22.16 DK Points |
| W | David Pastrnak ($8,000) | 15.60 DK Points |
| D | John Carlson ($7,700) | 13.17 DK Points |
| G | Tuukka Rask ($8,100) | 17.55 DK Points |
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DFS Lines to Target:
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3. Calgary 3 (Lucic – Ryan – Gaudreau)
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