Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 01/07/20
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
- — [OTT] @Anthony Duclair (undisclosed) is expected to play in Washington. [missed 1 game]
- — [OTT] @Dylan DeMelo (finger) is expected to play in Washington. [missed 10 games]
- — [STL] @Niko Mikkola will make his NHL debut vs. the Sharks.
- — [NSH] @Matt Duchene (illness) is expected to play vs. the Bruins. [missed 2 games]
- — [NSH] @Dan Hamhuis will be back in the Predators lineup after being a healthy scratch on Sunday. [missed 1 game]
- — [BOS] @Matt Grzelcyk (illness) is expected to be back in the lineup in Nashville. [missed 1 game]
- — [VGK] @Cody Eakin (lower-body) will return to the Golden Knights lineup vs. the Penguins [out since Nov.29]
GAMETIME DECISION
- — [ARI] @Derek Stepan will be a game-time decision with a hand injury he suffered in Monday’s practice.
- — [VGK] @Jonathan Marchessault (lower-body) will be a game-time decision vs. Pittsburgh.
OUT
- — [NJD] @Jack Hughes (upper-body) will miss his third straight game.
- — [NJD] @Jesper Bratt (undisclosed) will miss his second straight game.
- — [TBL] @Ryan McDonagh (upper-body) will miss at least two more games.
- — [PHI] @Justin Braun (groin) is expected to be out until after the All-Star break.
- — [ARI] @Antti Raanta (lower-body) will not be available in Florida.
- — [DET] @Trevor Daley will not play vs. the Canadiens due to an undisclosed injury.
- — [STL] @Colton Parayko (upper-body) will miss his second straight game.
- — [NSH] @Nick Bonino (undisclosed) missed the morning skate and is not expected to play vs. the Bruins.
- — [NSH] @Dante Fabbro (upper-body) is expected to miss his third straight game.
- — [BOS] @Joakim Nordstrom (illness) did not travel to Nashville.
- — [PIT] @Sidney Crosby (mid-body) took part in the morning skate but will remain out of the lineup in Vegas.
Projected Lineups
*Subject to change*
Islanders @ Devils (7:00 pm)
| Beauvillier – Barzal – Bailey Lee – Nelson – Eberle Dal Colle – Brassard – Kuhnhackl Martin – Cizikas – Komarov Leddy – Pulock Toews – Mayfield Dobson – Boychuk | Simmonds – Hischier – Palmieri Coleman – Zajac – Gusev Boqvist – Zacha – Wood Rooney – Street – Hayden Greene – Subban Severson – Vatanen Butcher – Mueller |
Senators @ Capitals (7:00 pm)
| Tkachuk – Pageau – Duclair Paul – White – Batherson Ennis – Tierney – C.Brown Namestnikov – Anisimov – Balcers Chabot – DeMelo Borowiecki – Jaros Rielly – Goloubef | Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson Vrana – Kuznetsov – Oshie Hagelin – Eller – Panik Leipsic – Dowd – Hathaway Kempny – Carlson Orlov – Jensen Siegenthaler – Gudas |
Canucks @ Lightning (7:00 pm)
| Pearson – Horvat – Eriksson Miller – Pettersson – Boeser Roussel – Gaudette – Virtanen Schaller – Beagle – Motte Edler – Stecher Hughes – Tanev Fantenberg – Myers | Stamkos – Point – Kucherov Palat – Cirelli – Johnson Killorn – Paquette – Maroon Verhaeghe – Stephens – Gourde Hedman – Rutta Sergachev – Shattenkirk Coburn – Cernak |
Flyers @ Hurricanes (7:00 pm)
| Giroux – Couturier – Konecny van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Aube-Kubel Pitlick – Raffl – Voracek Laughton – Vorobyev – Farabee Provorov – Niskanen Sanheim – Myers Hagg – Gostisbehere | Svechnikov – Staal – Foegele Niederreiter – Aho – Teravainen Dzingel – Haula – Necas McGinn – Wallmark – Martinnook Slavin – Hamilton Gardiner – Pesce Fleury – Edmundson |
Coyotes @ Panthers (7:00 pm)
| Hall – Dvorak – Garland Keller – Soderberg – Schmaltz Crouse – Stepan – Kessel Fischer – Richardson – Hinostroza Ekman-Larsson – Demers Chychrun – Goligoski Oesterle – Lyubushkin | Huberdeau – Barkov – Dadonov Connolly – Trocheck – Acciari Hoffman – Toninato – Vatrano Hawryluk – Malgin – Sceviour Matheson – Ekblad Stillman – Stralman Yandle – Brown |
Avalanche @ Rangers (7:30 pm)
| Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen Calvert – Kadri – Nichushkin Burakovsky – Compher – Donskoi Jost – Bellemare – Nieto Graves – Makar Girard – Johnson Cole – Zadorov | Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich Panarin – Strome – Fast Howden – Chytil – Kakko Fogarty – McKegg – Smith Skjei – Trouba Staal – DeAngelo Lindgren – Fox |
Canadiens @ Red Wings (7:30 pm)
| Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen Calvert – Kadri – Nichushkin Burakovsky – Compher – Donskoi Jost – Bellemare – Nieto Graves – Makar Girard – Johnson Cole – Zadorov | Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich Panarin – Strome – Fast Howden – Chytil – Kakko Fogarty – McKegg – Smith Skjei – Trouba Staal – DeAngelo Lindgren – Fox |
Sharks @ Blues (8:00 pm)
| Hertl – Couture – Marleau Kane – Goodrow – Meier Sorensen – Thornton – Labanc M. Karlsson – Kellman – Noesen Dillon – Burns Vlasic – E. Karlsson Simek – Ferraro | Schwartz – Schenn – Kyrou Sanford – O’Reilly – Perron Steen – Thomas – Bozak MacEachern – Barbashev – Sundqvist Faulk – Pietrangelo Bouwmeester – Parayko Dunn – Bortuzzo |
Bruins @ Predators (8:00 pm)
| Marchand – Bergeron – Pastrnak Bjork – Krejci – DeBrusk Heinen – Coyle – Ritchie Kuraly – Lindholm – Wagner Chara – McAvoy Krug – Carlo Moore – Grzelcyk | Forsberg – Johansen – Arvidsson Jarnkrok – Duchene – Granlund Grimaldi – Blackwell – Smith Trenin – Turris – Watson Josi – Weber Ekholm – Carrier Hamhuis – Irwin |
Flames @ Blackhawks (8:30 pm)
| Gaudreau – Monahan – Backlund Mangiapane – Lindholm – Tkachuk Lucic – Ryan – Dube Bennett – Jankowski – Rieder Giordano – Andersson Hanifin – Hamonic Brodie – Stone | Kubalik – Toews – Quenneville Sikura – Carpenter – Kane DeBrincat – Dach – Strome Smith – Kampf – Nylander Keith – Boqvist Gustafsson – Murphy Maatta – Gilbert |
Penguins @ Golden Knights (10:00 pm)
| Kahun – Malkin – Rust Simon – McCann – Hornqvist Aston-Reese – Blueger – Tanev Galchenyuk – Agozzino – Lafferty Johnson – Letang Pettersson – Marino Riikola – Ruhwedel | Marchessault – Karlsson – Smith Pacioretty – Stephenson – Stone Carrier – Stastny – Tuch Nosek – Roy – Reaves McNabb – Schmidt Holden – Theodore Hague – Engelland |
Blue Jackets @ Ducks (10:00 pm)
| Nyquist – Dubois – Gerbe Milano – Jenner – Foligno Bemstrom – Wennberg – Stenlund Robinson – Nash – Lilja Werenski – Jones Gavirkov – Savard Harrington – Nutivaara | Henrique – Getzlaf – Sprong Jones – Steel – Kase Comtois – Lundestrom – Silfverberg Deslauriers – Shore – Rowney Lindholm – Manson Fowler – Gudbranson Larsson – Del Zotto |
Consensus Goalie Rankings
✅ — Confirmed
🅿️ — Probable
🅾️ — Projected
Rank | Goalie — Matchup — Price | Brock | Dylan |
1 | ✅ Ilya Samsonov – vs. OTT ($8,300) | 1 | 1 |
t-2 | ✅ Andrei Vasilevskiy – vs. VAN ($7,800) | 3 | 2 |
t-2 | ✅ Jordan Binnington – vs. SJS ($8,400) | 2 | 3 |
4 | ✅ Thomas Greiss – @ NJD ($8,100) | 4 | 5 |
5 | ✅ Marc-Andre Fleury – vs. PIT ($8,100) | 6 | 6 |
t-6 | ✅ James Reimer – vs. PHI ($7,700) | 5 | 8 |
t-6 | ✅ Tuukka Rask – @ NSH ($7,600) | 9 | 4 |
8 | ✅ Chris Driedger – vs. ARI ($7,500) | 7 | 9 |
9 | ✅ Charlie Lindgren – @ DET ($7,700) | 10 | 7 |
10 | 🅿️ Pekka Rinne – vs. BOS ($7,800) | 8 | 11 |
11 | ✅ Igor Shesterkin – vs. COL ($ | 11 | 10 |
12 | 🅾️ John Gibson – vs. CBJ ($7,200) | 14 | 12 |
t-13 | ✅ Corey Crawford – vs. CGY ($7,600) | 12 | 16 |
t-13 | ✅ Tristan Jarry – @ VGK ($8,000) | 15 | 13 |
t-13 | 🅾️ Elvis Merzlikins – @ ANA ($7,200) | 13 | 15 |
16 | 🅾️ Philipp Grubauer – @ NYR ($8,200) | 19 | 14 |
t-17 | ✅ Mackenzie Blackwood – vs. NYI ($7,000) | 16 | 20 |
t-17 | ✅ Brian Elliott – @ CAR ($7,500) | 17 | 19 |
t-19 | ✅ Adin Hill – @ FLA ($7,400) | 20 | 18 |
t-19 | ✅ Cam Talbot – @ CHI ($7,300) | 21 | 17 |
21 | ✅ Jonathan Bernier – vs. MTL ($7,100) | 18 | 22 |
22 | ✅ Aaron Dell – @ STL ($6,900) | 22 | 21 |
23 | ✅ Jacob Markstrom – @ TBL ($7,300) | 23 | 23 |
24 | ✅ Craig Anderson – @ WSH ($6,900) | 24 | 24 |
Daily Value Picks
| Brock | Dylan | |
| C | Erik Haula ($3,500) | Chandler Stephenson ($3,600) |
| W | Frank Vatrano ($3,200) | Wayne Simmonds ($2,900) |
| D | Vince Dunn ($3,100) | Jason Demers ($2,700) |
Optimizer Highest Projections
| C | Evgeni Malkin ($7,500) | 15.81 DK Points |
| W | Patrick Kane ($7,800) | 16.23 DK Points |
| D | Roman Josi ($7,200) | 15.04 DK Points |
| G | Andrei Vasilevskiy ($7,800) | 16.95 DK Points |
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