Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 01/15/21
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Key Injuries/Lineup Changes
IN
- – [TBL] @Tyler Johnson will make his season debut after sitting out on Wednesday due to cap reasons.
- – [TBL] @Luke Schenn will make his season debut after sitting out on Wednesday due to cap reasons.
- – [STL] @Mike Hoffman (visa issue) will make his Blues debut on Friday.
GAMETIME DECISION
- – [BUF] @Eric Staal (upper-body) will be a game-time decision for Friday’s game vs. Washington.
OUT
- – [OTT] @Colin White will be a game-time decision in the Senators season opener.
- – [TBL] @Alexander Volkov will be a healthy scratch on Friday.
- – [TBL] @Cal Foote is expected to be a healthy scratch on Friday.
- – [PIT] @Kasperi Kapanen remains in COVID-19 protocol and will not play Friday.
- – [STL] @Sammy Blais has been suspended for two games for his illegal check to the head on Devon Toews.
Projected Lineups
*Subject to change*
Senators vs. Maple Leafs (7:00 PM)
| Tkachuk – Norris – Batherson Stützle – Stepan – Dadonov Paul – Tierney – C.Brown Paquette – Anisimov – Watson Chabot – Gudbranson Wolanin – Zaitsev Coburn – J.Brown | Thornton – Matthews – Marner Nylander – Tavares – Vesey Mikheyev – Kerfoot – Hyman Barabanov – Spezza – Simmonds Rielly – Brodie Muzzin – Holl Dermott – Bogosian |
Lightning vs. Blackhawks (7:00 PM)
| Palat – Point – Stamkos Killorn – Cirelli – Johnson Coleman – Gourde – Goodrow Maroon – Stephens – Joseph Hedman – Rutta McDonagh – Cernak Sergachev – Schenn | DeBrincat – Strome – Kane Kubalik – Suter – Pirri Janmark – Wallmark – Shaw Highmore – Kampf – Carpenter Keith – Murphy Zadorov – Boqvist de Haan – Mitchell |
Flyers vs. Penguins (7:00 PM)
| Lindblom – Couturier – Konecny Giroux – Hayes – Farabee van Riemsdyk – Patrick – Voracek Raffl – Laughton – Aube-Kubel Provorov – Braun Sanheim – Myers Hagg – Gustafsson | Guentzel – Crosby – Rodrigues Zucker – Malkin – Rust McCann – Jankowski – Tanev Lafferty – Blueger – Sceviour Dumoulin – Letang Pettersson – Marino Matheson – Ruhwedel |
Sabres vs. Capitals (7:00 PM)
| Hall – Eichel – Thompson Olofsson – Staal ⚠️ – Reinhart Rieder – Eakin – Cozens Skinner – Lazar – Sheahan McCabe – Ristolainen Dahlin – Montour Miller – Jokiharju | Ovechkin – Backstrom – Oshie Vrana – Kuznetsov – Wilson Panik – Eller – Sheary Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway Orlov – Carlson Dillon – Schultz Chara – Jensen |
Avalanche vs. Blues (9:00 PM)
| Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen Saad – Kadri – Burakovsky Nichushkin – Compher – Donskoi Jost – Bellemare – Calvert Toews – Makar Girard – Graves Timmins – Cole | Schenn – O’Reilly – Perron Schwartz – Thomas – Hoffman Sanford – Bozak – Kyrou Clifford – Barbashev – Sundqvist Krug – Parayko Scandella – Faulk Dunn – Bortuzzo |
Consensus Goalie Rankings
✅ — Confirmed
🅿️ — Probable
🅾️ — Projected
Rank | Goalie – Matchup | Salary | |
1 | Andrei Vasilevskiy (vs. CHI) | 🅿️ | $8,500 |
2 | Frederik Andersen (@ OTT) | ✅ | $8,300 |
3 | Ilya Samsonov (@ BUF) | 🅾️ | $7,900 |
4 | Philipp Grubauer (vs. STL) | ✅ | $7,700 |
5 | Jordan Binnington (@ COL) | ✅ | $7,600 |
6 | Carter Hart (vs. PIT) | ✅ | $8,200 |
7 | Tristan Jarry (@ PHI) | ✅ | $7,500 |
8 | Linus Ullmark (vs. WSH) | 🅿️ | $7,300 |
9 | Matt Murray (vs. TOR) | 🅿️ | $7,100 |
10 | Collin Delia (@TBL) | 🅾️ | $6,800 |
Daily Value Picks
C — Josh Norris ($3,000)
W — Evgenii Dadonov ($3,100)
D — Erik Gustafsson ($2,900)
Optimizer Highest Projections
C — Nathan MacKinnon (15.42)
W — Alex Ovechkin (14.09)
D — Victor Hedman (11.60)
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3. COL1 (+5.08)
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5. OTT1 (+4.14)
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