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Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 02/16/22

Nick Szeman
Feb 16, 2022, 15:53 EST
Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 02/16/22

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Key Injuries/Lineup Changes

IN

  • [WPG] Neal Pionk (COVID-19) will return to the lineup on Wednesday.
  • [MIN] Marcus Foligno will return to the lineup after serving a two-game suspension.
  • [FLA] Patric Hornqvist has been activated from IR and will return after missing eight games.
  • [VGK] Jack Eichel (neck) will make his long-awaited season debut tonight.

OUT

  • [VGK] Robin Lehner is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.
  • [VGK] Mark Stone (back) was placed on LTIR on Monday.

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

⚠️ Gametime Decision

Winnipeg Jets vs. Minnesota Wild

Stastny – Scheifele – Wheeler
Connor – Dubois – Perfetti
Copp – Lowry – Reichel
Harkins – Toninato – Svechnikov

Morrissey – Schmidt
Dillon – Pionk
Stanely – Dillon
Kaprizov – Hartman – Zuccarello
Fiala – Gaudreau – Boldy
Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Foligno
Dewar – Sturm – Duhaime

Brodin – Spurgeon
Merrill – Goligoski
Benn – Kulikov

Carolina Hurricanes vs. Florida Panthers

Teravainen – Aho – Necas
Svechnikov – Trocheck – Jarvis
Niederreiter – Staal – Fast
Martinook – Kotkaniemi – Lorentz

Slavin – DeAngelo
Skjei – Pesce
Cole – Bear
Verhaeghe – Barkov – Duclair
Huberdeau – Bennett – Tippett
Marchment – Lundell – Reinhart
Lomberg – Luostarinen – Hornqvist

Weegar – Ekblad
Forsling – Gudas
Carlsson – Montour

Calgary Flames vs. Anaheim Ducks

Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk
Mangiapane – Backlund – Coleman
Dube – Monahan – Toffoli
Lucic – Ruzicka – Lewis

Hanifin – Andersson
Kylington – Tanev
Zadorov – Gudbranson
Henrique – Getzlaf – Terry
Milano – Zegras – Rakell
Grant – Lundestrom – Silfverberg
Deslauriers – Steel – Robinson

Fowler – Mahura
Lindholm – Drysdale
Benoit – Shattenkirk

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Colorado Avalanche

Pacioretty – Eichel – Dadonov
Janmark – Karlsson – Smith
Marchessault – Stephenson – Roy
Carrier – Howden – Patrick

Hague – Pietrangelo
McNabb – Theodore
Hutton – Coghlan
Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen
Nichushkin – Kadri – Burakovsky
Compher – Newhook – O’Connor
Helm – Jost – Aube-Kubel

Toews – Makar
J. Johnson – Girard
MacDermid – E. Johnson

Goalie Rankings

✅ — Confirmed

🅿️ — Probable

❓ — TBD

RankGoalie
TeamSalary
1Jacob MarkstromCGY$8,000
2Cam TalbotMIN$7,900
3Frederik AndersenCAR$7,800
4Darcy KuemperCOL$7,600
5Sergei BobrovskyFLA$7,500
6John GibsonANH$7,300
7Connor HellebuyckWPG$7,400
8Laurent BrossoitVGK$7,700

Daily Value Picks

C – Frederick Gaudreau (MIN) – $3,200
W – Tyler Toffoli (CGY) – $3,100
D – Jon Merrill (MIN) – $2,700

Optimizer Highest Projections

C – Nathan MacKinnon (COL) – $8,600
W – Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) – $7,900
D – Tony DeAngelo (CAR) – $6,300

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DFS 5v5 Score:

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4. MIN1 (+3.99)

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