Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 01/18/21
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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.
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Key Injuries/Lineup Changes
IN
- – [TOR] @Mikko Lehtonen will make his NHL debut on Monday.
- – [WPG] @Jansen Harkins will draw into the Jets lineup in Toronto.
- – [WPG] @Logan Stanley will make his NHL debut on Monday.
- – [PHI] @Morgan Frost will make his season debut vs. the Sabres.
- – [SJS] @Radim Simek (undisclosed) will make his season debut in St. Louis.
- – [EDM] @William Lagesson will draw into the Oilers lineup vs. Montreal.
- – [EDM] @Kris Russell will play Monday after sitting out the first three games as a healthy scratch.
- – [VAN] @JT Miller (COVID-19) will make his season debut on Monday.
- – [VAN] @Quinn Hughes (undisclosed) is expected to play in Calgary.
OUT
- – [TOR] @Nick Robertson (knee) is expected to miss four weeks.
- – [WPG] @Patrik Laine (undisclosed) will not play in Toronto; is listed as day-to-day.
- – [WPG] @Tucker Poolman (COVID-19) did not travel to Toronto.
- – [WPG] @Dylan DeMelo (personal) did not travel to Toronto for Monday’s game.
- – [PHI] @Sean Couturier will miss at least two weeks with a Costochondral separation.
- – [BUF] @Linus Ullmark will miss his expected start due to personal reasons.
- – [STL] @Robert Bortuzzo was placed on IR with an upper-body injury.
- – [EDM] @Ethan Bear will be a healthy scratch vs. the Canadiens.
- – [EDM] @Caleb Jones will be a healthy scratch vs. the Canadiens.
- – [VGK] @Cody Glass will be a healthy scratch vs. the Coyotes.
- – [ARI] @Oliver Ekman-Larsson has been placed on IR with a lower-body injury.
Projected Lineups
*Subject to change*
Maple Leafs vs. Jets (7:00 PM)
| Thornton – Matthews – Marner Vesey – Tavares – Nylander Mikheyev – Kerfoot – Hyman Spezza – Simmonds Rielly – Brodie Muzzin – Holl Dermott – Bogosian Lehtonen | Ehlers – Scheifele – Wheeler Connor – Stastny – Perreault Copp – Lowry – Appleton Harkins – Thompson – Lewis Morrissey – Niku Forbort – Pionk Stanley – Beaulieu |
Flyers vs. Sabres (7:30 PM)
| Giroux – Hayes – Farabee Lindblom – Frost – Konecny van Riemsdyk – Patrick – Voracek Raffl – Laughton – Aube-Kubel Provorov – Braun Sanheim – Myers Hagg – Gustafsson | Hall – Eichel – Reinhart Olofsson – Staal – Cozens Rieder – Eakin – Thompson Skinner – Lazar – Sheahan McCabe – Ristolainen Dahlin – Montour Miller – Jokiharju |
Blues vs. Sharks (8:00 PM)
| Sanford – O’Reilly – Perron Schwartz – Schenn – Kyrou Hoffman – Thomas – Bozak Clifford – Barbashehv – Sundqvist Krug – Parayko Scandella – Faulk Dunn – Gunnarsson | Meier – Couture – Labanc Leonard – Hertl – Kane Donato – Gregor – Nieto Handemark – Marleau – Noesen Vlasic – Karlsson Ferraro – Burns Knyzhov – Simek |
Predators vs. Hurricanes (8:00 PM)
| Forsberg – Johansen – Arvidsson Haula – Duchene – Kunin Cousins – Sissons – Grimaldi Jarnkrok – Richardson – Olivier Josi – Ellis Ekholm – Fabbro Borowiecki – Benning | Niederreiter – Aho – Teravainen Foegele – Trocheck – Necas Svechnikov – Martinook – Fast Dzingel – Geekie – McGinn Slavin – Hamilton Skjei – Pesce Gardiner – Fleury |
Oilers vs. Canadiens (9:00 PM)
| Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Kassian Kahun – Draisaitl – Yamamoto Nygard – Turris – Puljujarvi Archibald – Shore – Chiasson Nurse – Koekkoek Russell – Barrie Lagesson – Larsson | Tatar – Danault – Gallagher Drouin – Suzuki – Anderson Toffoli – Kotkaniemi – Armia Lehkonen – Evans – Byron Chiarot – Weber Edmundson – Petry Kulak – Romanov |
Flames vs. Canucks (9:00 PM)
| Miller – Pettersson – Boeser Pearson – Horvat – Hoglander Roussel – Gaudette – Virtanen Motte – Beagle – Sutter Edler – Schmidt Hughes – Hamonic Juolevi – Myers | Tkachuk – Lindholm – Dube Gaudreau – Monahan – Leivo Mangiapane – Backlund – Bennett Lucic – Ryan – Simon Giordano – Andersson Hanifin – Tanev Valimaki – Nesterov |
Ducks vs. Wild (9:00 PM)
| Rakell – Henrique – Silfverberg Lundestrom – Getzlaf – Heinen Comtois – Steel – Terry Deslauriers – Grant – Rowney Lindholm – Shattenkirk Fowler – Manson Larsson – Hakanpaa | Parise – Rask – Kaprizov Johansson – Bonino – Fiala Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Foligno Sturm – Bjugstad – Hartman Suter – Dumba Brodin – Spurgeon Soucy – Pateryn |
Golden Knights vs. Coyotes (10:00 PM)
| Pacioretty – Stephenson – Stone Marchessault – Karlsson – Smith Roy – Nosek – Tuch Carrier – Kolesar – Reaves
McNabb – Pietrangelo Martinez – Theodore Hague – Whitecloud | Hayton – Schmaltz – Garland Caggiula – Dvorak – Kessel Keller – Brassard – Pitlick Crouse – Larsson – Fischer Chychrun – Goligoski Hjalmarsson – Oesterle Capobianco – Demers |
Consensus Goalie Rankings
✅ — Confirmed
🅿️ — Probable
🅾️ — Projected
Rank | Goalie – Matchup | Salary | |
1 | Jordan Binnington (vs. SJS) | ✅ | $8200 |
2 | Robin Lehner (vs. ARI) | 🅾️ | $8500 |
3 | Carter Hart (vs. BUF) | ✅ | $8400 |
4 | Cam Talbot (@ ANA) | ✅ | $8000 |
5 | Jacob Markstrom (vs. VAN) | ✅ | $8100 |
6 | Frederik Andersen (vs. WPG) | ✅ | $8300 |
7 | Pekka Rinne (vs. CAR) | 🅿️ | $7700 |
8 | James Reimer (@ NSH) | 🅿️ | $7300 |
9 | John Gibson (vs. MIN) | 🅾️ | $7400 |
10 | Connor Hellebuyck (@ TOR) | ✅ | $7100 |
11 | Mikko Koskinen (vs. MTL) | ✅ | $7800 |
12 | Jake Allen (@ EDM) | ✅ | $7400 |
13 | Thatcher Demko (@ CGY) | 🅿️ | $7100 |
14 | Darcy Kuemper (@ VGK) | ✅ | $6900 |
15 | Devan Dubnyk (@ STL) | ✅ | $7000 |
16 | Carter Hutton (@ PHI) | 🅿️ | $7000 |
Daily Value Picks
C — Morgan Frost ($2,500)
W — Reilly Smith ($3,600)
D — Jared Spurgeon ($3,700)
Optimizer Highest Projections
C — Auston Matthews (16.27)
W — Max Pacioretty (13.44)
D — Roman Josi (11.62)
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DFS 5v5 Score:
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3. VGK1 (+6.78)
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5. TOR2 (+5.07)
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