Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 02/24/22

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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

• [MIN] Mats Zuccarello (upper-body) is expected to return to the lineup after missing one game.
• [NJD] Andreas Johnsson (lower-body) missed the last two games but is expected to return on Thursday.
• [NJD] Dougie Hamilton (jaw) is expected to return after being sidelined since January 2nd.
• [NJD] Jesper Bratt (upper-body) is expected to return after missing two games.
• [NYI] Oliver Wahlstrom (upper-body) will draw back into the Islanders lineup on Thursday.

GAMETIME DECISIONS

• [WSH] Justin Schultz (upper-body) was on the ice for morning skate.
• [WSH] T.J. Oshie (upper-body) participated in the morning skate and will be a game-time decision.
• [SEA] Yanni Gourde (undisclosed) was not on the ice for morning skate.
• [BOS] Brad Marchand will return to the lineup after serving a six-game suspension.

OUT

• [CBJ] Zach Werenski (upper-body) did not travel with the team and will miss at least two games.
• [CBJ] Elvis Merzlikins (lower-body) was placed on IR but is eligible to be activated tomorrow.
• [MIN] Jordan Greenway (upper-body) is not expected to play on Thursday.
• [TOR] Jake Muzzin (concussion) was placed on LTIR.
• [SEA] Jared McCann (undisclosed) was placed on IR after morning skate on Thursday.
• [SJS] Erik Karlsson (forearm) remains out but is ahead of schedule and could return in two weeks.
• [NYI] Josh Bailey is expected to be a healthy scratch on Thursday.

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

⚠️ Gametime Decision

Florida Panthers vs. Columbus Blue Jackets

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

Laine – Jenner – Voracek Nyquist – Sillinger – Bjorkstrand Domi – Kuraly – Chinakhov Gaunce – Roslovic – Danforth Gavrikov – Peeke Kukan – Boqvist Bayreuther – Carlsson

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Minnesota Wild

Bunting – Matthews – Marner Kase – Tavares – Nylander Mikheyev – Kampf – Kerfoot Engvall – Spezza – Simmonds Rielly – Brodie Sandin – Lyubushkin Dermott – Liljegren

Kaprizov – Hartman – Zuccarello⚠️ Fiala – Gaudreau – Boldy Foligno – Eriksson Ek – Bjugstad Dewar – Sturm – Duhaime Goligoski – Spurgeon Brodin – Kulikov Merrill – Addison

New York Rangers vs. Washington Capitals

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

Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Sheary Snively – Backstrom – Wilson McMichael – Eller – Oshie⚠️ Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway Fehervary – Carlson Orlov – Jensen Van Riemsdyk – Schultz⚠️

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New Jersey Devils

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

Sharangovich – Hughes – Mercer Zacha – Hischier – Bratt Johnsson – Boqvist – Tatar Vesey – McLeod – Bastian Siegenthaler – Hamilton Graves – Severson Smith – Subban

Nashville Predators vs. Dallas Stars

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

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

Seattle Kraken vs. Boston Bruins

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

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

Vancouver Canucks vs. Calgary Flames

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

Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk Mangiapane – Backlund – Coleman Lucic – Monahan – Toffoli Dube – Ruzicka – Lewis Hanifin – Andersson Kylington – Tanev Zadorov – Gudbranson

San Jose Sharks vs. New York Islanders

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

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

Goalie Rankings

✅ — Confirmed

🅿️ — Probable

❓ — TBD

Rank	Goalie		Team	Salary
1	Tristan Jarry	✅	PIT	$8,300
2	Juuse Saros	✅	NSH	$7,800
3	Linus Ullmark	✅	BOS	$8,100
4	Jacob Markstrom	❓	CGY	$8,200
5	Jonas Johansson	✅	FLA	$8,500
6	Ilya Sorokin	✅	NYI	$7,300
7	Igor Shesterkin	❓	NYR	$7,900
8	James Reimer	🅿️	SJS	$7,600
9	Thatcher Demko	✅	VAN	$7,400
10	Kaapo Kahkonen	✅	MIN	$7,700
11	Petr Mrazek	✅	TOR	$8,000
12	Ilya Samsonov	❓	WSH	$7,700
13	Braden Holtby	❓	DAL	$7,600
14	Philipp Grubauer	✅	SEA	$7,200
15	Jon Gillies	❓	NJD	$7,200
16	J-F Berube	✅	CBJ	$7,500

Daily Value Picks

C – Anton Lundell (FLA) – $3,600
W – Kyle Palmieri (NYI) – $3,200
D – Andrew Peeke (CBJ) – $3,200

Optimizer Highest Projections

C – Aleksander Barkov (FLA) – $8,100
W – David Pastrnak (BOS) – $8,400
D – Aaron Ekblad (FLA) – $6,800

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