Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 12/10/19
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
- — [MTL] @Riley Barber will make his Canadiens debut.
- — [STL] @Jordan Kyrou will make his season debut.
- — [STL] @Austin Poganski will make his NHL debut.
- — [MIN] @Brennan Menell will make his NHL debut.
- — [WPG] @Gabriel Bourque (lower-body) will play vs. Detroit.
- — [DET] @Justin Abdelkader (hand) will return from a 12-game absence.
- — [DET] @Trevor Daley (undisclosed) will play for the first time since November 2nd.
- — [CAR] @Martin Necas (lower-body) will return from a four-game absence.
- — [CAR] @Julien Gauthier was called up on Monday and will play Tuesday.
- — [VGK] @Nick Holden will play after being a healthy scratch for six games.
- — [CHI] @Adam Boqvist was called up from Rockford (AHL) and will play in Vegas.
- — [VAN] @Jordie Benn (illness) will play after missing Monday’s practice.
- — [LAK] @Matt Luff will draw back into the Kings lineup.
GAMETIME DECISION
- — [NSH] @Mikael Granlund (lower-body) will be a game-time decision.
- — [CGY] @Matthew Tkachuk (undisclosed) is questionable to play in Arizona.
OUT
- — [STL] @Zach Sanford is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.
- — [STL] @Nathan Walker will be a healthy scratch.
- — [MIN] @Nick Seeler will be a healthy scratch.
- — [NJD] @Nico Hischier (illness) has been placed on IR.
- — [ARI] @Jason Demers (knee) is expected to miss a couple of weeks.
- — [VGK] @Jon Merrill will be a healthy scratch vs. Chicago.
- — [CHI] @Slater Koekkoek will be a healthy scratch in Vegas.
- — [VAN] @Brandon Sutter (groin) will miss his 12th straight game.
- — [LAK] @Nikolai Prokhorkin will be a healthy scratch.
Projected Lineups
*Subject to change*
⚠️ Gametime Decision
Lightning @ Panthers (7:00 pm)
| Palat – Point – Kucherov Killorn – Cirelli – Stamkos Maroon – Paquette – Gourde Stephens – Verhaeghe – Joseph Hedman – Shattenkirk McDonagh – Cernak Sergachev – Schenn | Huberdeau – Barkov – Dadonov Hoffman – Trocheck – Connolly Vatrano – Saarela – Acciari Toninato – Boyle – Sceviour Weegar – Ekblad Yandle – Stralman Matheson – Brown |
Canadiens @ Penguins (7:00 pm)
| Tatar – Danault – Gallagher Lehkonen – Domi – Armia Cousins – Suzuki – Weal Peca – Thompson – Barber Kulak – Weber Chiarot – Petry Leskinen – Fleury | Guentzel – Malkin – Rust Kahun – McCann – Tanev Aston-Reese – Blueger – Simon Galchenyuk – Lafferty – Noesen Letang – Marino Johnson – Schultz Pettersson – Riikola |
Blues @ Sabres (7:30 pm)
| Perron – O’Reilly – Bozak Schwartz – Schenn – Kyrou Barbashev – Thomas – Brouwer MacEachern – de la Rose – Poganski Parayko – Pietrangelo Bouwmeester – Faulk Dunn – Bortuzzo | Olofsson – Eichel – Reinhart Vesey – Johansson – Asplund Skinner – Mittelstadt – Rodrigues Girgensons – Larsson – Okposo McCabe – Bogosian Montour – Ristolainen Miller – Jokiharju |
Ducks @ Wild (8:00 pm)
| Shore – Getzlaf – Terry Rakell – Steel – Silfverberg Comtois – Henrique – Kase Deslauriers – Grant – Rowney Mahura – Lindholm Fowler – Gudbranson Del Zotto – Holzer | Zucker – Staal – Zuccarello Parise – Donato – Fiala Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Kunin Foligno – Rask – Hartman Suter – Dumba Soucy – Brodin Hunt – Menell |
Red Wings @ Jets (8:00 pm)
| Bertuzzi – Larkin – Fabbri Glendening – Filppula – Zadina Helm – Nielsen – Erne Perlini – Ehn – Abdelkader Nemeth – Green Daley – Hronek Biega – Daley | Connor – Scheifele – Laine Ehlers – Wheeler – Roslovic Copp – Lowry – Perreault Bourque – Shore – Shaw Morrissey – Poolman Sbisa – Pionk Beaulieu – Bitetto |
Sharks @ Predators (8:00 pm)
| Kane – Couture – Goodrow Meier – Hertl – Labanc Sorensen – Thornton – Marleau Gregor – Gambrell – M. Karlsson Dillon – Burns Vlasic – E. Karlsson Ferraro – Heed | Forsberg – Johansen – Jarnkrok ⚠️ Granlund – Turris – Duchene Grimaldi – Bonino – Smith Trenin – Sissons – Watson Josi – Ellis Ekholm – Fabbro Hamhuis – Irwin |
Devils @ Stars (8:30 pm)
| Kane – Couture – Goodrow Meier – Hertl – Labanc Sorensen – Thornton – Marleau Gregor – Gambrell – M. Karlsson Dillon – Burns Vlasic – E. Karlsson Ferraro – Heed | Forsberg – Johansen – Jarnkrok Granlund – Turris – Duchene Grimaldi – Bonino – Smith Trenin – Sissons – Watson Josi – Ellis Ekholm – Fabbro Hamhuis – Irwin |
Hurricanes @ Oilers (9:00 pm)
| Svechnikov – Staal – Foegele Niederreiter – Aho – Teravainen Dzingel – Wallmark – Necas McGinn – Martinook – Gauthier Slavin – Hamilton Edmundson – Pesce Gardiner – van Riemsdyk | Nygard – McDavid – Kassian Khaira – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl Neal – Haas – Chiasson Granlund – Sheahan – Archibald Nurse – Bear Klefbom – Larsson Russell – Jones |
Flames @ Coyotes (9:00 pm)
| ⚠️ Tkachuk – Lindholm – Mangiapane Dube – Monahan – Backlund Lucic – Ryan – Gaudreau Rieder – Jankowski – Frolik Giordano – Brodie Hamonic – Hanifin Kylington – Andersson | Schmaltz – Dvorak – Fischer Keller – Stepan – Hinostroza Crouse – Soderberg – Kessel Grabner – Richardson – Garland Chychrun – Goligoski Ekman-Larsson – Lyubushkin Ness – Oesterle |
Blackhawks @ Golden Knights (10:00 pm)
| DeBrincat – Strome – Kane Kubalik – Toews – Saad Nylander – Kampf – Sigurd Smith – Dach – Carpenter de Haan – Seabrook Gustafsson – Boqvist Gilbert – Murphy | Marchessault – Karlsson – Smith Pacioretty – Stephenson – Stone Carrier – Stastny – Tuch Zykov – Nosek – Reaves McNabb – Schmidt Hague – Theodore Holden – Engelland |
Maple Leafs @ Canucks (10:00 pm)
| Aberg – Matthews – Nylander Hyman – Tavares – Marner Mikheyev – Kerfoot – Kapanen Engvall – Spezza – Petan Rielly – Barrie Muzzin – Holl Dermott – Ceci | Pearson – Horvat – Leivo Miller – Pettersson – Boeser Roussel – Gaudette – Virtanen Beagle – Schaller – Ferland Hughes – Myers Benn – Tanev Fantenberg – Stecher |
Rangers @ Kings (10:30 pm)
| Panarin – Zibanejad – Kakko Kreider – Chytil – Strome Lemieux – Howden – Buchnevich Smith – McKegg – Fast Skjei – Trouba Staal – DeAngelo Lindgren – Fox | Iafallo – Kopitar – Brown Carter – Amadio – Toffoli Kempe – Lizotte – Wagner Clifford – Lewis – Luff Ryan – Doughty Hutton – Roy MacDermid – Walker |
Consensus Goalie Rankings
✅ — Confirmed
🅿️ — Probable
🅾️ — Projected
Rank | Goalie — Matchup — Price |
1 | 🅿️ Ben Bishop — vs. NJD ($8,300) |
2 | ✅ Antti Raanta — vs. CGY ($8,200) |
3 | ✅ Kaapo Kahkonen — vs. ANA ($7,800) |
4 | ✅ Jake Allen — @ BUF ($7,800) |
5 | ✅ Marc-Andre Fleury — vs. CHI ($8,400) |
6 | ✅ Tristan Jarry — vs. MTL ($8,100) |
7 | ✅ Laurent Brossoit — vs. DET ($8,300) |
8 | 🅿️ Jonathan Quick — vs. NYR ($7,700) |
9 | 🅿️ Juuse Saros — vs. SJS ($7,800) |
10 | ✅ Andrei Vasilevskiy — @ FLA ($7,900) |
11 | ✅ Frederik Andersen — @ VAN ($7,800) |
12 | ✅ Jacob Markstrom — vs. TOR ($7,800) |
13 | ✅ Cam Talbot — @ ARI ($7,200) |
14 | ✅ John Gibson — @ MIN ($7,400) |
15 | ✅ Sergei Bobrovsky — vs. TBL ($7,700) |
16 | 🅿️ Mikko Koskinen — vs. CAR ($7,600) |
17 | ✅ Martin Jones — @ NSH ($7,100) |
18 | 🅿️ James Reimer — @ EDM ($7,600) |
19 | ✅ Henrik Lundqvist — @ LAK ($7,600) |
20 | ✅ Linus Ullmark — vs. STL ($7,500) |
21 | ✅ Eric Comrie — @ WPG ($6,800) |
22 | ✅ Mackenzie Blackwood — @ DAL ($6,900) |
23 | ✅ Carey Price — @ PIT ($7,300) |
24 | ✅ Corey Crawford — @ VGK ($7,200) |
Daily Value Picks
| C | Ryan Donato ($2,700) |
| W | Jordan Kyrou ($2,600) |
| D | Jake Gardiner ($2,500) |
Optimizer Highest Projections
| C | Jack Eichel ($8,000) | 17.42 DK Points |
| W | Jake Guentzel ($7,600) | 15.67 DK Points |
| D | Shea Weber ($6,700) | 14.41 DK Points |
| G | Ben Bishop ($8,300) | 16.18 DK Points |
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