Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 02/25/20
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.
Key Injuries/Lineup Changes
IN
- — [WSH] @Ilya Kovalchuk will make his Capitals debut.
- — [WPG] @Sami Niku (undisclosed) will draw back into the lineup in Washington.
- — [NYI] @Derick Brassard (upper-body) will play vs. the Rangers.
- — [PHI] @Derk Grant will make his Flyers debut.
- — [PHI] @Nate Thompson will make his Flyers debut.
- — [BOS] @Nick Ritchie will make his Bruins debut.
- — [CGY] @Erik Gustafsson will make his Flames debut.
- — [CGY] @Derek Forbort will make his Flames debut.
- — [TBL] @Erik Cernak (lower-body) will play vs. the Maple Leafs.
- — [TBL] @Barclay Goodrow will make his Lightning debut.
- — [TBL] @Zach Bogosian will make his Lightning debut.
- — [MTL] @Jake Evans was recalled from Laval (AHL) and will play vs. the Canucks.
- — [CAR] @Vincent Trocheck will make his Hurricanes debut.
- — [CAR] @Brady Skjei will make his Hurricanes debut.
- — [NJD] @Frederik Claesson will be a Devils debut.
- — [CBJ] @Devin Shore will make his Blue Jackets debut.
- — [STL] @Tyler Bozak (lower-body)will return to the lineup vs. the Blackhawks.
- — [CHI] @Nick Seeler will draw back into the lineup in St. Louis.
- — [NSH] @Nick Bonino (illness) is expected to be back in the lineup vs. the Senators.
- — [OTT] @Filip Chlapik was recalled from Belleville (AHL) and is expected to play in Nashville.
- — [ARI] @Darcy Kuemper (lower-body) will return to the Coyotes crease vs. the Panthers.
- — [FLA] @Erik Haula will make his Panthers debut.
- — [FLA] @Lucas Wallmark will make his Panthers debut.
- — [ANA] @Sonny Milano will make his Ducks debut.
- — [ANA] @Danton Heinen will make his Ducks debut.
- — [ANA] @Andrew Agozzino will make his Ducks debut.
- — [ANA] @Christian Djoos will make his Ducks debut.
- — [ANA] @Matt Irwin will make his Ducks debut.
- — [EDM] @Andreas Athanasiou will make his Oilers debut.
- — [EDM] @Tyler Ennis will make his Oilers debut.
- — [EDM] @Mike Green will make his Oilers debut.
GAMETIME DECISION
- — [NYR] @Chris Kreider (illness) will be a game-time decision.
- — [NYR] @Pavel Buchnevich (car accident) will be a game-time decision.
- — [SJS] @Logan Couture (ankle) will be a game-time decision.
- — [CGY] @Mark Giordano (hamstring) will be a game-time decision.
OUT
- — [WPG] @Josh Morrissey (upper-body) will miss his second straight game.
- — [NYR] @Igor Shesterkin suffered a rib fracture in a car accident and will be re-evaluated in two weeks.
- — [BOS] @Ondrej Kase (illness) is still not ready to make his Bruins debut.
- — [VAN] @Jacob Markstrom has returned to Vancouver to have his lower-body injury re-evaluated.
- — [DAL] @Stephen Johns is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.
- — [CBJ] @Riley Nash (undisclosed) will not play in Minnesota.
- — [CHI] @Lucas Carlsson will be a healthy scratch in St. Louis.
- — [OTT] @Anthony Duclair (undisclosed) is not expected to play in Nashville.
- — [EDM] @Kailer Yamamoto is week-to-week with an ankle injury.
Projected Lineups
*Subject to change*
⚠️ Gametime Decision
Jets @ Capitals (7:00 pm)
| Harkins – Scheifele – Wheeler Connor – Copp – Laine Ehlers – Eakin – Roslovic Bourque – Shore – Appleton Kulikov – Pionk Beaulieu – DeMelo Niku – Poolman | Oveckin – Kuznetsov – Wilson Vrana – Backstrom – Oshie Hagelin – Eller – Kovalchuk Panik – Dowd – Hathaway Dillon – Carlson Orlov – Jensen Kempny – Gudas |
Rangers @ Islanders (7:00 pm)
| ⚠️ Kreider – Zibanejad – ⚠️ Buchnevich Panarin – Strome – Fast Di Giuseppe – Chytil – Kakko Lemieux – Howden – Gauthier Lindgren – Trouba DeAngelo – Fox Staal – Smith | Lee – Barzal – Eberle Beauvillier – Nelson – Brassard Dal Colle – Pageau – Dal Colle Martin – Koivula – Komarov Greene – Pulock Toews – Mayfield Leddy – Boychuk |
Sharks @ Flyers (7:00 pm)
| Kane – ⚠️ Couture – Labanc Meier – Thornton – Gambrell Sorensen – True – Noesen Gregor – Suomela – Kellman Simek – Burns Vlasic – Ferraro Middleton – Heed | Giroux – Couturier – Voracek Laughton – Hayes – Konecny van Riemsdyk – Grant – Pitlick Raffl – Thompson – Aube-Kubel Provorov – Niskanen Sanheim – Myers Hagg – Braun |
Flames @ Bruins (7:00 pm)
| Gaudreau – Monahan – Lindholm Mangiapane – Backlund – Tkachuk Lucic – Ryan – Dube Bennett – Jankowski – Rieder ⚠️ Giordano – Brodie Hanifin – Andersson Forbort – Gustafsson | Marchand – Bergeron – Pastrnak DeBrusk – Krejci – Kuhlman Ritchie – Coyle – Bjork Kuraly – Lindholm – Wagner Chara – McAvoy Krug – Carlo Grzelcyk – Lauzon |
Maple Leafs @ Lightning (7:00 pm)
| Hyman – Matthews – Marner Nylander – Tavares – Malgin Engvall – Kerfoot – Kapanen Clifford – Gauthier – Spezza Muzzin – Holl Dermott – Barrie Sandin – Liljegren | Stamkos – Point – Kucherov Coleman – Cirelli – Killorn Palat – Johnson – Goodrow Maroon – Paquette – Gourde Hedman – Cernak Sergachev – Shattenkirk Coburn – Bogosian |
Canucks @ Canadiens (7:00 pm)
| Pearson – Horvat – Eriksson Miller – Pettersson – Toffoli Roussel – Gaudette – Virtanen Motte – Beagle – Sutter Edler – Stecher Hughes – Tanev Fantenberg – Myers | Tatar – Danault – Gallagher Drouin – Suzuki – Armia Byron – Domi – Evans Lehkonen – Weal – Weise Chiarot – Weber Kulak – Petry Alzner – Folin |
Stars @ Hurricanes (7:00 pm)
| Benn – Seguin – Perry Hintz – Dickinson – Gurianov Cogliano – Faksa – Comeau Janmark – Pavelski – Radulov Lindell – Sekera Heiskanen – Polak Oleksiak – Klingberg | Svechnikov – Aho – Teravainen Foegele – Staal – Williams Niederreiter – Trocheck – Necas Dzingel – Martinook – McGinn Skjei – Slavin Gardiner – van Riemsdyk Fleury – Edmundson |
Devils @ Red Wings (7:30 pm)
| Hughes – Hischier – Palmieri Wood – Zajac – Anderson Bratt – Zacha – Gusev Rooney – McLeod – Hayden Mueller – Subban Mermis – Severson Claesson – Carrick | Fabbri – Larkin – Mantha Bertuzzi – Filppula – Perlini Helm – Nielsen – Glendening Ehn – Abdelkader Nemeth – Biega Daley – Bowey Ericsson – Lindstrom Goloubef |
Blue Jackets @ Wild (8:00 pm)
| Nyquist – Dubois – Foligno Matteau – Jenner – Gerbe Thurkauf – Stenlund – Bemstrom Robinson – Shore – Lilja Werenski – Nutivaara Gavrikov – Savard Harrington – Peeke | Mayhew – Staal – Fiala Parise – Eriksson Ek – Greenway Foligno – Galchenyuk – Zuccarello Donato – Koivu – Hartman Suter – Spurgeon Brodin – Dumba Hunt – Pateryn |
Blackhawks @ Blues (8:00 pm)
| Kubalik – Toews – Caggiula Saad – Carpenter – Kane DeBrincat – Dach – Strome Highmore – Kampf – Nylander Keith – Koekkoek Maatta – Boqvist Seeler – Murphy | Schwartz – O’Reilly – Schenn Sanford – Thomas – Perron Steen – Bozak – Kyrou Barbashev – Sundqvist – Blais Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo Scandella – Parayko Dunn – Faulk |
Senators @ Predators (8:00 pm)
| Tkachuk – White – Ryan Chlapik – Tierney – Brown Paul – Anisimov – Hawryluk Balcers – Peca – Sabourin Chabot – Hainsey Reilly – Zaitsev Englund – Jaros | Grimaldi – Turris – Smith Forsberg – Johansen – Granlund Jarnkrok – Duchene – Arvidsson Blackwell – Bonino – Sissons Josi – Ellis Tinordi – Ekholm Hamhuis – Fabbro |
Panthers @ Coyotes (9:00 pm)
| Huberdeau – Barkov – Dadonov Hoffman – Haula – Vatrano Saarela – Wallmark – Connolly Sceviour – Acciari – Pysyk Weegar – Ekblad Stillman – Stralman Yandle – Brown | Hall – Dvorak – Schmaltz Kessel – Hayton – Garland Crouse – Stepan – Keller Soderberg – Richardson – Hinostroza Ekman-Larsson – Lyubushkin Oesterle – Hjalmarsson Ness – Goligoski |
Oilers @ Ducks (10:00 pm)
| Ennis – McDavid – Athanasiou Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Archibald Granlund – Sheahan – Chiasson Khaira – Haas – Russell Nurse – Bear Jones – Larsson Lagesson – Green | Milano – Getzlaf – Rakell Heinen – Henrique – Sherwood Jones – Steel – Silfverberg Deslauriers – Agozzino – Rowney Lindholm – Manson Larsson – Del Zotto Djoos – Irwin |
Consensus Goalie Rankings
✅ — Confirmed
🅿️ — Probable
🅾️ — Projected
Rank | Goalie — Matchup — Price | Brock | Dylan |
1 | 🅾️ Juuse Saros – vs. OTT ($8,300) | 2 | 1 |
2 | ✅ Carter Hart – vs. SJS ($8,300) | 1 | 3 |
3 | ✅ Jordan Binnington – vs. CHI ($8,200) | 3 | 2 |
4 | ✅ Tuukka Rask – vs. CGY ($8,400) | 6 | 4 |
5 | ✅ Mike Smith – @ ANA ($7,800) | 5 | 8 |
6 | ✅ Darcy Kuemper – vs. FLA ($7,700) | 9 | 5 |
7 | ✅ Thatcher Demko – @ MTL ($7,500) | 11 | 7 |
8 | ✅ Alex Nedeljkovic – vs. DAL ($7,700) | 8 | 12 |
9 | ✅ Joonas Korpisalo – @ MIN ($7,400) | 4 | 18 |
t-10 | 🅿️ Braden Holtby – vs. WPG ($8,100) | 17 | 6 |
t-10 | ✅ Andrei Vasilevskiy – vs. TOR ($8,000) | 14 | 9 |
t-10 | ✅ Carey Price – vs. VAN ($7,900) | 7 | 16 |
t-10 | ✅ Alex Stalock – vs. CBJ ($7,700) | 13 | 10 |
14 | ✅ Cory Schneider – @ DET ($7,600) | 12 | 13 |
15 | ✅ Semyon Varlamov – vs. NYR ($8,000) | 16 | 11 |
16 | ✅ Alexandar Georgiev – @ NYI ($7,100) | 15 | 15 |
17 | 🅿️ Jonathan Bernier – vs. NJD ($7,500) | 10 | 21 |
18 | ✅ Anton Khudobin – @ CAR ($7,300) | 22 | 14 |
19 | ✅ Sergei Bobrovsky – @ ARI ($7,400) | 18 | 20 |
t-20 | ✅ David Rittich – @ BOS ($7,100) | 21 | 19 |
t-20 | ✅ Frederik Andersen – @ WPG ($7,300) | 23 | 17 |
t-22 | ✅ Laurent Brossoit – @ WSH ($6,800) | 20 | 23 |
t-22 | ✅ Aaron Dell – @ PHI ($7,200) | 19 | 24 |
24 | 🅾️ John Gibson – vs. EDM ($7,200) | 25 | 22 |
25 | ✅ Corey Crawford – @ STL ($7,100) | 24 | 25 |
26 | 🅾️ Craig Anderson – @ NSH ($6,900) | 26 | 26 |
Daily Value Picks
| Brock | Dylan | Optimizer | |
| C | Erik Haula ($4,000) | Joel Eriksson Ek ($3,800) | Alexander Kerfoot ($3,300) |
| W | Phil Kessel ($3,800) | Tyler Ennis ($3,600) | Jake Virtanen ($4,000) |
| D | Mike Reilly ($3,300) | Jordan Oesterle ($3,000) | Travis Sanheim ($4,000) |
Optimizer Highest Projections
| C | Connor McDavid ($8,100) | 15.07 DK Points |
| W | David Pastrnak ($8,400) | 15.97 DK Points |
| D | Roman Josi ($7,300) | 13.84 DK Points |
| G | Andrei Vasilevskiy ($8,000) | 17.57 DK Points |
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