Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 02/23/22

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

• [WPG] Nathan Beaulieu (lower-body) is expected to play his first game since January 27th.
• [BUF] Brandon Biro is expected to make his NHL debut on Wednesday.
• [BUF] Rasmus Dahlin is expected to return to the lineup after missing one game with a lower-body injury.
• [DET] Vladislav Namestnikov (undisclosed) is expected to play after missing two games.

GAMETIME DECISIONS

• [DET] Dylan Larkin (undisclosed) participated in morning skate and will be a game-time decision.

OUT

• [WPG] Kristian Reichel is week-to-week with a lower-body injury.
• [WPG] Logan Stanley will be a healthy scratch after playing five straight games.
• [BUF] Kyle Okposo (illness) is not expected to play on Wednesday.
• [BUF] Victor Olofsson (illness) did not travel with the team to Montreal.
• [COL] Nathan MacKinnon (lower-body) has a minor injury that will keep him out of the lineup on Wednesday.
• [ARZ] Andrew Ladd is expected to miss 4-6 weeks with a lower-body injury.

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

⚠️ Gametime Decision

Dallas Stars vs. Winnipeg Jets

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

Stastny – Scheifele – Wheeler Connor – Dubois – Svechnikov Harkins – Lowry – Vesalainen Brooks – Toninato – Poganski Dillon – Pionk Morrissey – DeMelo Beaulieu – Schmidt

Montreal Canadiens vs. Buffalo Sabres

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

Skinner – Thompson – Tuch Krebs – Mittelstadt – Cozens Asplund – Jankowski – Biro Bjork – Eakin – Hayden Dahlin⚠️ – Jokiharju Samuelsson – Fitzgerald Bryson – Pysyk

Detroit Red Wings vs. Colorado Avalanche

Zadina – Larkin⚠️ – Raymond Fabbri – Suter – Bertuzzi Namestnikov – Rasmussen – Erne Gi. Smith – Rowney – Gagner DeKeyser – Seider Staal – Hronek Leddy – Lindstrom

Landeskog – Rantanen – Nichushkin Newhook – Kadri – Burakovsky Jost – Compher – Aube-Kubel MacDermid – Helm – O’Connor Toews – Makar J. Johnson – Girard Murray – E. Johnson

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Edmonton Oilers

Palat – Point – Kucherov Killorn – Stamkos – Joseph Colton – Cirelli – Raddysh Maroon – Bellemare – Perry Hedman – Sergachev McDonagh – Cernak Rutta – Foote

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

Arizona Coyotes vs. Los Angeles Kings

Keller – Boyd – Schmaltz Crouse – Galchenyuk – Kessel Ritchie – Hayton – Eriksson Roussel – Fischer – O’Brien Gostisbehere – Mayo Chychrun – Capobianco Moser – Stralman

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	Pavel Francouz	✅	COL	$8,500
2	Andrei Vasilevskiy	❓	TBL	$8,100
3	Jake Oettinger	✅	DAL	$8,000
4	Jonathan Quick	❓	LAK	$8,300
5	Craig Anderson	✅	BUF	$7,800
6	Connor Hellebuyck	✅	WPG	$7,500
7	Sam Montembeault	✅	MTL	$7,600
8	Scott Wedgewood	✅	ARI	$7,300
9	Thomas Greiss	🅿️	DET	$7,200
10	Mike Smith	🅿️	EDM	$7,400

Daily Value Picks

C – J.T. Compher (COL) – $3,200
W – Cole Caufield (MTL) – $3,700
D – Jeff Petry (MTL) – $3,800

Optimizer Highest Projections

C – Connor McDavid (EDM) – $9,200
W – Mikko Rantanen (COL) – $7,200
D – Cale Makar (COL) – $6,600

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