Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook | 03-23-18

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The notebook will be released everyday after teams wrap up their morning skate. It will include a number of things: Injury updates, projected lines, goalie rankings and DFS value picks.

Key Injuries

IN

– Vladimir Tarasenko (upper-body) is back in the Blues lineup on Friday.
– Zemgus Girgensons (upper-body) will be back in the Sabres lineup after a two-game absence.
– Pavel Zacha (upper-body) will play after missing the last six games.
– Marc Methot (hand) will be back in the Stars lineup after missing the last four games.

GAMETIME DECISION

– Patrik Laine (lower-body) will be a game-time decision.
– Torey Krug (upper-body) will be a game-time decision.
– Brendan Leipsic (upper-body) is questionable for Friday after leaving Thursday’s game early.

OUT

– Miles Wood (upper-body) will miss his second straight game.

Projected Lineups

⛔️-Gametime Decision

Buffalo Sabres vs. Montreal Canadiens

Buffalo Sabres

Montreal Canadiens

LW C RW SCOTT WILSON Rating: 71.0#153 LW RYAN O’REILLY Rating: 78.5#26 C SAM REINHART Rating: 76.4#42 RW ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS Rating: 70.1#178 LW JACK EICHEL Rating: 80.1#14 C JASON POMINVILLE Rating: 73.5#41 RW BENOIT POULIOT Rating: 69.9#110 LW EVAN RODRIGUES Rating: 71.3#68 C NICK BAPTISTE Rating: 71.3#69 RW JORDAN NOLAN Rating: 67.5#222 LW JOHAN LARSSON Rating: 69.2#121 C KYLE OKPOSO Rating: 71.4#65 RW DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS MARCO SCANDELLA Rating: 72.7#101 LD RASMUS RISTOLAINEN Rating: 75.8#45 RD VIKTOR ANTIPIN Rating: 70.1#217 LD CASEY NELSON Rating: 71.5#163 RD BRENDAN GUHLE Rating: 71.8#145 LD JOSH GORGES Rating: 68.7#246 RD

LW C RW PAUL BYRON Rating: 73.2#87 LW JONATHAN DROUIN Rating: 74.8#31 C BRENDAN GALLAGHER Rating: 75.3#27 RW ALEX GALCHENYUK Rating: 74.2#66 LW JACOB DE LA ROSE Rating: 67.1#130 C ARTTURI LEHKONEN Rating: 73.7#45 RW NIKITA SCHERBAK Rating: 71.5#78 LW LOGAN SHAW Rating: 68.4#112 C CHARLES HUDON Rating: 70.2#105 RW NICOLAS DESLAURIERS Rating: 68.1#129 LW BYRON FROESE Rating: 68.2#215 C DANIEL CARR Rating: 70.6#99 RW DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS MIKE REILLY Rating: 69.5#233 LD JEFF PETRY Rating: 75.2#51 RD KARL ALZNER Rating: 70.5#204 LD NOAH JUULSEN Rating: 71.7#153 RD JORDIE BENN Rating: 70.4#207 LD BRETT LERNOUT Rating: 71.1#185 RD

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New Jersey Devils

Pittsburgh Penguins

New Jersey Devils

LW C RW JAKE GUENTZEL Rating: 76.6#41 LW SIDNEY CROSBY Rating: 83.1#5 C BRYAN RUST Rating: 75.6#26 RW CARL HAGELIN Rating: 72.6#66 LW EVGENI MALKIN Rating: 86.3#3 C PATRIC HORNQVIST Rating: 79.4#7 RW CONOR SHEARY Rating: 72.9#56 LW DERICK BRASSARD Rating: 75.4#56 C PHIL KESSEL Rating: 78.5#11 RW TOM KUHNHACKL Rating: 69.1#100 LW RILEY SHEAHAN Rating: 70.5#163 C DOMINIK SIMON Rating: 72.2#113 RW DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS BRIAN DUMOULIN Rating: 73.7#71 LD KRIS LETANG Rating: 81.8#4 RD JAMIE OLEKSIAK Rating: 72.2#123 LD JUSTIN SCHULTZ Rating: 75.4#48 RD OLLI MAATTA Rating: 74.2#64 LD CHAD RUHWEDEL Rating: 69.5#232 RD

LW C RW TAYLOR HALL Rating: 81.6#4 LW NICO HISCHIER Rating: 75.7#53 C JESPER BRATT Rating: 70.4#102 RW MICHAEL GRABNER Rating: 72.9#46 LW PAVEL ZACHA Rating: 70.3#172 C KYLE PALMIERI Rating: 77.6#15 RW BRIAN GIBBONS Rating: 71.2#143 LW TRAVIS ZAJAC Rating: 73.0#92 C DREW STAFFORD Rating: 68.8#104 RW PATRICK MAROON Rating: 73.2#51 LW BRIAN BOYLE Rating: 72.9#94 C BLAKE COLEMAN Rating: 70.8#158 RW DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS ANDY GREENE Rating: 70.9#189 LD SAMI VATANEN Rating: 75.8#46 RD JOHN MOORE Rating: 71.1#182 LD DAMON SEVERSON Rating: 72.6#110 RD WILL BUTCHER Rating: 72.9#99 LD BEN LOVEJOY Rating: 70.7#196 RD

St. Louis Blues vs. Vancouver Canucks

St. Louis Blues

Vancouver Canucks

LW C RW JADEN SCHWARTZ Rating: 78.5#13 LW BRAYDEN SCHENN Rating: 76.8#37 C VLADIMIR TARASENKO Rating: 82.2#3 RW PATRIK BERGLUND Rating: 73.2#90 LW KYLE BRODZIAK Rating: 71.0#152 C ALEX STEEN Rating: 74.0#41 RW DMITRIJ JASKIN Rating: 70.8#77 LW VLADIMIR SOBOTKA Rating: 71.7#128 C TAGE THOMPSON Rating: 70.9#156 RW OSKAR SUNDQVIST Rating: 67.2#223 LW IVAN BARBASHEV Rating: 72.9#55 C CHRIS THORBURN Rating: 68.5#111 RW DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS CARL GUNNARSSON Rating: 70.7#200 LD ALEX PIETRANGELO Rating: 81.6#7 RD VINCE DUNN Rating: 74.8#56 LD COLTON PARAYKO Rating: 77.4#30 RD JOEL EDMUNDSON Rating: 73.4#75 LD ROBERT BORTUZZO Rating: 72.0#134 RD

LW C RW DANIEL SEDIN Rating: 72.6#63 LW HENRIK SEDIN Rating: 70.2#174 C SAM GAGNER Rating: 71.4#133 RW NIKOLAY GOLDOBIN Rating: 68.5#108 LW BO HORVAT Rating: 74.0#74 C JAKE VIRTANEN Rating: 70.6#81 RW BRENDAN LEIPSIC ⛔️ Rating: 71.0#91 LW BRANDON SUTTER Rating: 71.0#154 C JUSSI JOKINEN Rating: 71.9#73 RW TYLER MOTTE Rating: 67.7#221 LW NIC DOWD Rating: 70.2#177 C DARREN ARCHIBALD Rating: 70.6#97 RW DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS ALEXANDER EDLER Rating: 72.9#93 LD CHRIS TANEV Rating: 71.7#150 RD MICHAEL DEL ZOTTO Rating: 71.6#159 LD TROY STECHER Rating: 70.7#195 RD DERRICK POULIOT Rating: 70.2#214 LD ALEX BIEGA Rating: 68.9#243 RD

Winnipeg Jets vs. Anaheim Ducks

Winnipeg Jets

Anaheim Ducks

LW C RW KYLE CONNOR Rating: 74.1#38 LW MARK SCHEIFELE Rating: 79.8#16 C BLAKE WHEELER Rating: 81.3#5 RW NIKOLAJ EHLERS Rating: 77.8#15 LW PAUL STASTNY Rating: 76.0#49 C PATRIK LAINE ⛔️ Rating: 85.7#2 RW MATHIEU PERREAULT Rating: 76.0#48 LW ANDREW COPP Rating: 70.5#165 C BRYAN LITTLE Rating: 74.1#68 RW BRANDON TANEV Rating: 68.5#128 LW ADAM LOWRY Rating: 73.4#49 C JOEL ARMIA Rating: 72.2#54 RW DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS JOSH MORRISSEY Rating: 73.3#82 LD TYLER MYERS Rating: 75.2#50 RD TOBIAS ENSTROM Rating: 71.9#140 LD DUSTIN BYFUGLIEN Rating: 79.3#17 RD BEN CHIAROT Rating: 71.3#168 LD JOE MORROW Rating: 71.2#176 RD

LW C RW RICKARD RAKELL Rating: 80.4#13 LW RYAN GETZLAF Rating: 82.1#7 C COREY PERRY Rating: 74.7#30 RW ANDREW COGLIANO Rating: 70.8#157 LW RYAN KESLER Rating: 74.7#63 C JAKOB SILFVERBERG Rating: 74.8#32 RW NICK RITCHIE Rating: 71.5#77 LW ADAM HENRIQUE Rating: 75.6#54 C ONDREJ KASE Rating: 74.4#32 RW JASON CHIMERA Rating: 70.5#100 LW DEREK GRANT Rating: 69.7#190 C CHRIS KELLY Rating: 68.3#213 RW DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS CAM FOWLER Rating: 77.6#27 LD BRANDON MONTOUR Rating: 75.9#44 RD MARCUS PETTERSSON HAMPUS LINDHOLM Rating: 77.2#31 RD FRANCOIS BEAUCHEMIN Rating: 72.2#122 LD KORBINIAN HOLZER Rating: 68.5#250 RD

Dallas Stars vs. Boston Bruins

Dallas Stars

Boston Bruins

LW C RW JAMIE BENN Rating: 78.7#11 LW TYLER SEGUIN Rating: 81.7#9 C BRETT RITCHIE Rating: 70.9#76 RW MATTIAS JANMARK Rating: 71.4#139 LW RADEK FAKSA Rating: 72.9#95 C ALEXANDER RADULOV Rating: 76.8#18 RW ANTOINE ROUSSEL Rating: 70.9#93 LW DEVIN SHORE Rating: 71.4#135 C TYLER PITLICK Rating: 73.9#35 RW REMI ELIE Rating: 69.6#113 LW JASON DICKINSON Rating: 71.3#140 C CURTIS MCKENZIE Rating: 73.0#52 RW DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS ESA LINDELL Rating: 73.2#85 LD JOHN KLINGBERG Rating: 80.1#13 RD DAN HAMHUIS Rating: 72.7#104 LD GREG PATERYN Rating: 72.9#91 RD MARC METHOT Rating: 70.8#192 LD STEPHEN JOHNS Rating: 71.2#175 RD

LW C RW BRAD MARCHAND Rating: 86.3#1 LW RILEY NASH Rating: 73.6#79 C DAVID PASTRNAK Rating: 81.4#5 RW RYAN DONATO DAVID KREJCI Rating: 76.2#44 C DANTON HEINEN Rating: 74.0#42 RW TIM SCHALLER Rating: 70.1#107 LW SEAN KURALY Rating: 70.3#168 C NOEL ACCIARI Rating: 69.4#195 RW TOMMY WINGELS Rating: 70.0#179 LW JORDAN SZWARZ Rating: 69.9#92 C BRIAN GIONTA Rating: 71.4#67 RW DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS NICK HOLDEN Rating: 71.1#181 LD BRANDON CARLO Rating: 71.4#165 RD MATT GRZELCYK Rating: 73.4#76 LD KEVAN MILLER Rating: 73.3#80 RD PAUL POSTMA Rating: 70.1#224 LD ADAM MCQUAID Rating: 71.5#162 RD

Consensus Goalie Rankings

✅ – Confirmed
????️ – Probable
????️ – Projected

1. 1. Matt Murray (vs. NJD) ✅ [$8,300]
2. 2. Connor Hellebuyck (vs. ANA) ✅ [$8,100]
3. 3. John Gibson (@ WPH) ????️ [$7,600]
4. 4. Tuukka Rask (@ DAL) ????️ [$7,800]
5. 5. Jake Allen (vs. VAN) ✅ [$8,400]
6. 6. Linus Ullmark (vs. MTL) ✅ [$7,300]
7. 7. Antti Niemi (@ BUF) ✅ [$7,200]
8. 8. Keith Kinkaid (@ PIT) ✅ [$7,200]
9. 9. Kari Lehtonen (vs. BOS) ✅ [$7,700]
10. 10. Anders Nilsson (@ STL) ????️ [$7,000]

Daily Value Picks

Forward – Jason Pominville ($3,300)

Defenseman – Vince Dunn ($3,800)