Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 02/18/22

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.

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Key Injuries/Lineup Changes

IN

• [CAR] Brendan Smith will return to the lineup after being scratched the last three games.
• [FLA] Noel Acciari (undisclosed) is expected to make his season debut after missing over four months with injury.
• [CHI] Henrik Borgstrom will return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch last night.
• [CHI] Alec Regula will make his NHL debut on Friday.
• [CHI] Lukas Reichel will play his third game of the season.
• [DAL] Radek Faksa (lower-body) is expected to return to the lineup after missing three games.

OUT

• [CHI] Erik Gustafsson will be a healthy scratch after playing two consecutive games.
• [CHI] Josiah Slavin will be a healthy scratch after playing four straight games.
• [CHI] Brett Connolly will be a healthy scratch on Friday.
• [CHI] Jujhar Khaira (back) has been placed on LTIR.
• [CHI] Jonathan Toews (concussion) has not played since January 25th and has been placed on IR.
• [DAL] Andrej Sekera (upper-body) has been placed on IR.

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

⚠️ Gametime Decision

Carolina Hurricanes vs. Nashville Predators

Teravainen – Aho – Svechnikov Lorentz – Trocheck – Necas Niederreiter – Staal – Fast Martinook – Kotkaniemi – Jarvis Slavin – DeAngelo Skjei – Pesce Cole – Smith

Forsberg – Granlund – Duchene Tolvanen – Johansen – Kunin Trenin – Sissons – Jeannot Smith – McCarron – Tomasino Josi – Fabbro Ekholm – Carrier Borowiecki – Benning

Minnesota Wild vs. Florida Panthers

Kaprizov – Hartman – Zuccarello Fiala – Gaudreau – Boldy Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Foligno Dewar – Sturm – Duhaime Brodin – Goligoski Benn – Spurgeon Merrill – Kulikov

Verhaeghe – Barkov – Duclair Huberdeau – Bennett – Hornqvist Marchment – Lundell – Reinhart Lomberg – Luostarinen – Acciari Weegar – Ekblad Forsling – Gudas Carlsson – Montour

Chicago Blackhawks vs. Dallas Stars

Hagel – Reichel – Kane Debrincat – Dach – Strome Kubalik – Borgstrom – Lafferty Kurashev – Carpenter – Entwistle De Haan – S. Jones C. Jones – Murphy McCabe – Regula

Robertson – Hintz – Pavelski Benn – Seguin – Gurianov Raffl – Faksa – Glendenning Kiviranta – Peterson – Radulov Suter – Heiskanen Lindell – Klingberg Harley – Hakanpaa

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Los Angeles Kings

Pacioretty – Eichel – Stephenson Marchessault – Karlsson – Smith Janmark – Roy – Dadonov Carrier – Howden – Kolesar Hague – Pietrangelo McNabb – Theodore Hutton – Coghland

Iafallo – Kopitar – Kempe Moore – Danault – Arvidsson Athanasiou – Byfield – Brown Lemieux – Lizotte – Kaliyev Anderson – Doughty Maatta – Roy Bjornfot – Durzi

Goalie Rankings

✅ — Confirmed

🅿️ — Probable

❓ — TBD

Rank	Goalie		Team	Salary
1	Frederik Andersen	✅	CAR	$8,300
2	Jake Oettinger	✅	DAL	$7,900
3	Laurent Brossoit	🅿️	VGK	$8,100
4	Sergei Bobrovsky	✅	FLA	$7,700
5	Juuse Saros	❓	NSH	$7,200
6	Cam Talbot	✅	WSH	$7,600
7	Marc-Andre Fleury	✅	CHI	$7,400
8	Jonathan Quick	❓	LA	$7,000

Daily Value Picks

C – Chandler Stephenson (VGK) – $3,100
W – Patric Hornqvist (FLA) – $2,600
D – Brett Pesce (CAR) – $3,500

Optimizer Highest Projections

C – Aleksander Barkov (FLA) – $7,200
W – Max Pacioretty (VGK) – $7,500
D – Roman Josi (NSH) – $7,600

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DFS 5v5 Score:

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5. MIN1 (+3.78)

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