Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 02/17/22

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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] Travis Dermott will return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch the last two games.
• [PHI] Gerald Mayhew will be back in the lineup after suffering an eye injury last Saturday.
• [WSH] Michal Kempny will play for the first time since January 26th.
• [DET] Filip Hronek (COVID-19) will return to the lineup after missing two games.
• [MTL] Laurent Dauphin will return to the lineup after being a health scratch for three games.
• [BOS] Patrice Bergeron (upper-body) will play tonight after missing three games.
• [SEA] Carson Soucy (lower-body) has missed the last eight games but will play tonight.
• [CHI] Philipp Kurashev will play tonight after being a healthy scratch on Monday.
• [SJS] Ryan Merkley will play tonight after missing four of the last five games.
• [VAN] Quinn Hughes (COVID-19) will return to the lineup tonight after missing the last three games.

OUT

• [OTT] Thomas Chabot (undisclosed) has been placed on IR.
• [OTT] Matt Murray (undisclosed) did not travel with the team.
• [TOR] Timothy Liljegren was sent to the AHL.
• [WSH] Justin Schultz (upper-body) will not play on Thursday.
• [NYR] Patrik Nemeth has been placed on IR with lingering effects of COVID-19.
• [DET] Gustav Lindstrom will not play on Thursday due to a mid-body injury.
• [NYI] Josh Bailey is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.
• [CHI] Henrik Borgstrom will be a healthy scratch after playing nine consecutive games.
• [SJS] Radim Simek will be a healthy scratch on Thursday.

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

⚠️ Gametime Decision

Buffalo Sabres vs. Ottawa Senators

Skinner – Thompson – Tuch Krebs – Cozens – Olofsson Asplund – Eakin – Okposo Bjork – Jankowski – Hayden Dahlin – Jokiharju Bryson – Fitzgerald Hagg – Pysyk

Tkachuk – Paul – C. Brown Formenton – Stützle – Gaudette Kelly – Gambrell – Watson Sanford – Tierney – Ennis Mete – Zaitsev Holden – Zub Brannstrom – J. Brown

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Pittsburgh Penguins

Bunting – Matthews – Marner Kerfoot – Tavares – Nylander Mikheyev – Kampf – Kase Engvall – Spezza – Simmonds Rielly – Brodie Muzzin – Holl Sandin – Demott

Guentzel – Crosby – Rust Carter – Malkin – Heinen McGinn – Rodrigues – Kapanen Aston-Reese – Boyle – Simon Dumoulin – Letang Pettersson – Marino Matheson – Ruhwedel

Philadelphia Flyers vs. Washington Capitals

Lindblom – Giroux – Atkinson van Riemsdyk – Laughton – Konecny Willman – Frost – Mayhew Ratcliffe – Bunnaman – MacEwen Provorov – Braun Sanheim – Seeler Yandle – Connauton

Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Sheary Snively – Backstrom – Wilson McMichael – Eller – Leason Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway Fehervary – Carlson Orlov – Jensen Kempny – van Riemsdyk

New York Rangers vs. Detroit Red Wings

Kreider – Zibanejad – Lafreniere Panarin – Strome – Goodrow Hunt – Chytil – Gauthier McKegg – Rooney – Reaves Lindgren – Fox Miller – Trouba Jones – Schneider

Zadina – Larkin – Raymond Fabbri – Suter – Bertuzzi Berne – Veleno – Gagner Ge. Smith – Rasmussen – Gi. Smith Dekeyser – Seider Staal – Stecher Leddy – Hronek

Montreal Canadiens vs. St Louis Blues

Caufield – Suzuki – Anderson Pitlick – Byron – Evans Hoffman – Dauphin – Gallagher Lehkonen – Poehling – Armia Kulak – Petry Romanov – Chiarot⚠️ Clague – Wideman

Schenn – O’Reilly – Kyrou Buchnevich – Thomas – Tarasenko Saad – Barbashev – Perron Kostin – Joshua – Sundqvist Mikkola – Parayko Krug – Faulk Walman – Bortuzzo

New York Islanders vs. Boston Bruins

Lee – Barzal – Palmieri Bellows – Nelson – Beauvillier Parise – Pageau – Wahlstrom Martin – Cizikas – Clutterbuck Pelech – Mayfield Chara – Dobson Aho – Pulock

Hall – Bergeron – Pastrnak Frederic – Coyle – Smith DeBrusk – Haula – Foligno Blidh – Nosek – Lazar Reilly – McAvoy Grzelcyk – Carlo Forbort – Vaakanainen

Winnipeg Jets vs. Seattle Kraken

Stastny – Scheifele – Wheeler Connor – Dubois – Perfetti Copp – Lowry – Reichel Harkins – Toninato – Poganski Morrissey – DeMelo Dillon – Pionk Stanley – Schmidt

Johansson – Wennberg – Eberle Donato – McCann – Donskoi Jarnkrok – Gourde – Appleton Blackwell – Sheahan – Czarnik Giordano – Larsson Dunn – Lauzon Soucy – Oleksiak

Chicago Blackhawks vs. Columbus Blue Jackets

Hagel – Strome – Kane DeBrincat – Dach – Entwistle Kubalik – Slavin – Lafferty Kurashev – Carpenter – Connolly de Haan – S. Jones C. Jones – Murphy McCabe – Gustafsson

Laine – Jenner – Voracek Nyquist – Sillinger – Bjorkstrand Domi – Kuraly – Chinakhov Gaunce – Roslovic – Fix-Wolansky Werenski – Peeke Gavrikov – Boqvist Bayreuther – Kukan

Edmonton Oilers vs. Anaheim Ducks

Hyman – McDavid – Pujlujarvi Kane – Draisaitl – Yamamoto Foegele – Nugent-Hopkins – Ryan Benson – McLeod – Niemelainen Nurse – Barrie Lagesson – Ceci Broberg – Bouchard

Henrique – Getzlaf – Terry Milano – Zegras – Rakell Grant – Lundestrom – Silfverberg Deslauriers – Steel – Robinson Lindholm – Drysdale Fowler – Pateryn Benoit – Shattenkirk

San Jose Sharks vs. Vancouver Canucks

Meier – Hertl – Barabanov Balcers – Couture – Dahlen Cogliano – Bonino – Nieto Viel – Pederson – Gregor Ferraro – Burns Middleton – Meloche Vlasic – Merkley

Miller – Horvat – Boeser Podkolzin – Pettersson – Hodlander Pearson – Dickinson – Garland Motte – Lammikko – Chiason Ekman-Larsson – Myers Hughes – Schenn Hunt – Hamonic

Goalie Rankings

✅ — Confirmed

🅿️ — Probable

❓ — TBD

Rank	Goalie		Team	Salary
1	Ville Husso	🅿️	STL	$8,600
2	Igor Shesterkin	❓	NYR	$6,900
3	Ilya Sorokin	🅿️	NYI	$7,800
4	Mike Smith	🅿️	EDM	$8,500
5	Jack Campbell	✅	TOR	$8,100
6	Ilya Samsonov	✅	WSH	$8,200
7	Thatcher Demko	❓	VAN	$7,700
8	Craig Anderson	✅	BUF	$7,900
9	Eric Comrie	🅿️	WPG	$8,300
10	James Reimer	❓	SJS	$7,600
11	Linus Ullmark	✅	BOS	$7,400
12	Arvid Soderblom	✅	CHI	$8,000
13	Elvis Merzlikins	✅	CBJ	$7,200
14	Tristan Jarry	✅	PIT	$7,300
15	Filip Gustavsson	❓	OTT	$7,300
16	Martin Jones	✅	PHI	$7,100
17	Philipp Grubauer	✅	SEA	$7,000
18	John Gibson	❓	ANA	$6,800
19	Thomas Greiss	❓	DET	$6,900
20	Sam Montembeault	✅	MTL	$6,700

Daily Value Picks

C – Robert Thomas (STL) – $3,900
W – Sonny Milano (ANA) – $2,800
D – Nikita Zaitsev (OTT) – $3,300

Optimizer Highest Projections

C – Connor McDavid (EDM) – $9,300
W – Alex Ovechkin (WSH) – $9,100
D – John Carlson (WSH) – $6,200

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DFS 5v5 Score:

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5. BUF1 (+4.96)

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