Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 02/06/20
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
- — [BUF] @Johan Larsson (lower-body) will return to the lineup vs. the Red Wings.
- — [DET] @Gustav Lindstrom will make his NHL debut in Buffalo.
- — [DET] @Taro Hirose was called-up from Grand Rapids (AHL) and will play in Buffalo.
- — [TBL] @Brayden Coburn will draw back into the lineup vs. the Penguins.
- — [LAK] @Nikolai Prokhorkin is expected to be back in the lineup vs. the Islanders.
- — [PHI] @Shayne Gostisbehere (knee) will return to the lineup vs. the Devils.
- — [PHI] @Andy Andreoff was called-up from Lehigh Valley (AHL) and will play vs. the Devils.
- — [NJD] @P.K. Subban (illness) will be back in the lineup in Philadelphia.
- — [MTL] @Victor Mete (illness) is expected to be back in the lineup vs. the Ducks.
- — [OTT] @Nick Paul (ankle) will be back in the lineup vs. the Avalanche.
- — [MIN] @Greg Pateryn is expected to draw back into the lineup vs. the Canucks.
- — [CGY] @Tobias Rieder will draw back into the lineup vs. the Predators.
- — [CGY] @Oliver Kylington will be back in the lineup vs. the Predators.
- — [EDM] @Tyler Benson will make his NHL debut vs. the Sharks.
- — [EDM] @William Lagesson will draw into the lineup vs. the Sharks.
GAMETIME DECISION
- — [MTL] @Tomas Tatar (undisclosed) is questionable to play vs. the Ducks.
- — [MTL] @Ryan Poehling (illness) is questionable to play vs. the Ducks.
OUT
- — [BUF] @Rasmus Dahlin (upper-body) will not play vs. the Red Wings.
- — [TBL] @Jan Rutta is week-to-week with a lower-body injury.
- — [PHI] @Joel Farabee (illness) will not play vs. the Devils.
- — [PHI] @Robert Hagg will be a healthy scratch vs. the Devils.
- — [FLA] @Aleksander Barkov (lower-body) will miss his third straight game.
- — [FLA] @Brian Boyle (undisclosed) will miss at least one more game.
- — [MTL] @Shea Weber (lower-body) will miss at least one week; will be placed on IR.
- — [MTL] @Jordan Weal (illness) will miss his third straight game.
- — [OTT] @Vladislav Namestnikov (lower-body) will not play vs. the Avalanche.
- — [MIN] @Carson Soucy (illness) is not expected to play vs. the Canucks.
- — [ARI] @Oliver Ekman-Larsson (lower-body) is not expected to play vs. the Hurricanes.
- — [ARI] @Jason Demers (undisclosed) is not expected to play vs. the Hurricanes.
- — [CGY] @Mark Giordano is week-to-week with a hamstring injury.
- — [CGY] @Mark Jankowski will be a healthy scratch vs. the Predators.
- — [EDM] @Patrick Russell will be a healthy scratch vs. the Sharks.
- — [EDM] @Caleb Jones will be a healthy scratch vs. the Sharks.
Projected Lineups
*Subject to change*
Red Wings @ Sabres (7:00 pm)
| Helm – Larkin – Fabbri Bertuzzi – Filppula – Abdelkader Hirose – Glendening – Athanasiou Smith – Ehn – Erne Cholowski – Hronek Nemeth – Biega Daley – Lindstrom | Vesey – Eichel – Reinhart Sheary – Johansson – Frolik Skinner – Rodrigues – Asplund Girgensons – Larsson – Dea Montour – Ristolainen McCabe – Jokiharju Pilut – Miller |
Penguins @ Lightning (7:00 pm)
| McCann – Crosby – Simon Rust – Malkin – Hornqvist Aston-Reese – Blueger – Tanev Galchenyuk – Lafferty – Angello Johnson – Letang Pettersson – Marino Ruhwedel – Schultz | Stamkos – Point – Kucherov Palat – Cirelli – Johnson Killorn – Paquette – Maroon Verhaeghe – Stephens – Gourde Hedman – Sergachev McDonagh – Cernak Coburn – Shattenkirk |
Kings @ Islanders (7:00 pm)
| Iafallo – Kopitar – Brown Grundstrom – Carter – Toffoli Kempe – Lizotte – Wagner Prokhorkin – Amadio – Lewis Martinez – Doughty Hutton – Roy MacDermid – Walker | Lee – Barzal – Eberle Beauvillier – Nelson – Bailey Bellows – Brassard – Dal Colle Martin – Cizikas – Komarov Leddy – Pulock Toews – Mayfield Dobson – Boychuk |
Devils @ Flyers (7:00 pm)
| Bratt – Hughes – Palmieri Coleman – Zajac – Gusev Wood – Zacha – Simmonds Hayden – Rooney – Anderson Greene – Subban Butcher – Severson Mueller – Carrick | van Riemsdyk – Giroux – Konecny Raffl – Couturier – Voracek Laughton – Hayes – Pitlick Andreoff – Bunnaman – Aube-Kubel Provorov – Niskanen Sanheim – Myers Gostisbehere – Braun |
Golden Knights @ Panthers (7:00 pm)
| Marchessault – Stastny – Smith Pacioretty – Stephenson – Stone Carrier – Eakin – Tuch Nosek – Roy – Reaves McNabb – Schmidt Holden – Theodore Merrill – Whitecloud | Huberdeau – Trocheck – Acciari Connolly – Malign – Dadonov Vatrano – Toninato – Hoffman Hawryluk – Sceviour – Pysyk Matheson – Ekblad Stillman – Stralman Yandle – Weegar |
Ducks @ Canadiens (7:00 pm)
| Rakell – Getzlaf – Silfverberg Jones – Steel – Kase Ritchie – Henrique – Terry Deslauriers – Grant – Rowney Lindholm – Gudbranson Fowler – Manson Larsson – Holzer | ⚠️ Tatar – Danault – Gallagher Lehkonen – Suzuki – Armia Kovalchuk – Domi – Cousins Thompson – Weise Chiarot – Petry Scandella – ⚠️ Mete Kulak – Folin Ouellet |
Avalanche @ Senators (7:30 pm)
| Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen Nichushkin – Kadri – Burakovsky Nieto – Jost – Donskoi Calvert – Bellemare – Compher Graves – Makar Girard – Johnson Cole – Zadorov | Tkachuk – Pageau – Brown Paul – Tierney – Duclair Ennis – Anisimov – Batherson Chlapik – White – Sabourin Chabot – Hainsey Borowiecki – DeMelo Reilly – Zaitsev |
Jets @ Blues (8:00 pm)
| Pearson – Horvat – Eriksson Miller – Pettersson – Boeser Roussel – Gaudette – Virtanen Schaller – Beagle – Sutter Edler – Stecher Hughes – Tanev Fantenberg – Myers | Parise – Staal – Zuccarello Zucker – Kunin – Fiala Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Foligno Donato – Koivu – Hartman Suter – Spurgeon Brodin – Dumba Soucy – Hunt |
Canucks @ Wild (8:00 pm)
| Connor – Scheifele – Laine Ehlers – Wheeler – Appleton Harkins – Copp – Roslovic Bourque – Shore – Shaw Morrissey – Pionk Kulikov – Niku Bitetto – Sbisa | Schwartz – Schenn – Thomas Sanford – O’Reilly – Perron Steen – Bozak – Kyrou Blais – Barbashev – Brouwer Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo Bouwmeester – Parayko Dunn – Faulk |
Hurricanes @ Coyotes (9:00 pm)
| Svechnikov – Aho – Foegele Niederreiter – Staal – Teravainen McGinn – Haula – Necas Dzingel – Martinook – Williams Slavin – van Riemsdyk Gardiner – Pesce Fleury – Edmundson | Hall – Dvorak – Garland Crouse – Stepan – Kessel Keller – Schmaltz – Hinostroza Soderberg – Richardson – Fischer Chychrun – Goligoski Oesterle – Hjalmarsson Ness – Lyubushkin |
Predators @ Flames (9:00 pm)
| Svechnikov – Aho – Foegele Niederreiter – Staal – Teravainen McGinn – Haula – Necas Dzingel – Martinook – Williams Slavin – van Riemsdyk Gardiner – Pesce Fleury – Edmundson | Hall – Dvorak – Garland Crouse – Stepan – Kessel Keller – Schmaltz – Hinostroza Soderberg – Richardson – Fischer Chychrun – Goligoski Oesterle – Hjalmarsson Ness – Lyubushkin |
Sharks @ Oilers (9:30 pm)
| Kane – Goodrow – Marleau Meier – Thornton – Labanc M. Karlsson – True – Noesen Sorensen – Letunov – Gambrell Dillon – Burns Vlasic – E. Karlsson Simek – Ferraro | Archibald – McDavid – Gagner Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto Khaira – Sheahan – Kassian Benson – Haas – Chiasson Nurse – Bear Klefbom – Larsson Lagesson – Benning |
Consensus Goalie Rankings
✅ — Confirmed
🅿️ — Probable
🅾️ — Projected
Rank | Goalie — Matchup — Price | Brock | Dylan |
1 | ✅ Carey Price — vs. ANA ($8,300) | 2 | 2 |
2 | 🅾️ Philipp Grubauer — @ OTT ($8,000) | 1 | 4 |
t-3 | ✅ Thomas Greiss — vs. LAK ($8,300) | 6 | 1 |
t-3 | ✅ Brian Elliott — vs. NJD ($8,200) | 4 | 3 |
5 | ✅ Jordan Binnington — vs. WPG ($8,500) | 3 | 6 |
6 | 🅿️ Andrei Vasilevskiy — vs. PIT ($8,100) | 5 | 8 |
7 | ✅ Jacob Markstrom — @ MIN ($7,300) | 7 | 7 |
8 | ✅ Jonas Johansson — vs. DET ($8,400) | 13 | 5 |
9 | 🅿️ Mikko Koskinen — vs. SJS ($7,800) | 11 | 10 |
10 | 🅾️ Marc-Andre Fleury — @ FLA ($7,400) | 9 | 13 |
11 | ✅ Alex Stalock — vs. VAN ($7,800) | 8 | 15 |
t-12 | ✅ Sergei Bobrovsky — vs. VGK ($7,900) | 10 | 14 |
t-12 | ✅ Antti Raanta — vs. CAR ($7,700) | 15 | 9 |
14 | ✅ Connor Hellebuyck — @ STL ($6,900) | 16 | 12 |
15 | 🅿️ Juuse Saros — @ CGY ($7,100) | 14 | 16 |
t-16 | ✅ Jonathan Bernier — @ BUF ($7,000) | 12 | 21 |
t-16 | ✅ Cam Talbot — vs. NSH ($7,900) | 22 | 11 |
18 | 🅾️ Matt Murray — @ TBL ($7,400) | 17 | 18 |
19 | ✅ John Gibson — @ MTL ($6,900) | 18 | 19 |
20 | 🅾️ James Reimer — @ ARI ($7,600) | 21 | 17 |
21 | ✅ Aaron Dell — @ EDM ($7,500) | 19 | 20 |
22 | ✅ Mackenzie Blackwood — @ PHI ($7,100) | 20 | 22 |
23 | 🅾️ Jonathan Quick — @ NYI ($7,000) | 23 | 23 |
24 | 🅿️ Marcus Hogberg — vs. COL ($7,200) | 24 | 24 |
Daily Value Picks
| Brock | Dylan | Optimizer | |
| C | Nick Suzuki ($4,400) | Joe Thornton ($3,600) | Tyler Bozak ($3,900) |
| W | Robert Thomas ($4,200) | Sam Gagner ($2,600) | Frank Vatrano ($3,900) |
| D | Dante Fabbro ($3,000) | Ethan Bear ($3,100) | Travis Hamonic ($3,900) |
Optimizer Highest Projections
| C | Leon Draisaitl ($8,200) | 17.71 DK Points |
| W | Max Pacioretty ($7,000) | 14.59 DK Points |
| D | Roman Josi ($7,700) | 14.18 DK Points |
| G | Carey Price ($8,300) | 16.17 DK Points |
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