Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 02/25/22

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

• [BUF] Kyle Okposo (illness) will return to the lineup after missing one game.
• [BUF] Victor Olofsson (illness) will return to the lineup after missing one game.
• [BUF] Robert Hagg will play tonight after being a healthy scratch on Wednesday.
• [CHI] Kevin Lankinen (hand) will get the start in goal after being out since January 22nd.
• [COL] Nathan MacKinnon (lower-body) is expected to return after one game.
• [ARI] Nick Ritchie will make his Coyotes debut after missing the game Wednesday with immigration issues.
• [VGK] Zach Whitecloud (foot) will return to the lineup after missing six games.
• [CBJ] Elvis Merzlikins has been activated from IR and will serve as J-F Berube’s backup on Friday.

GAMETIME DECISIONS

• [CHI] Calvin de Haan (undisclosed) will be replaced by Jakub Galvas if he is unable to play.

OUT

• [CAR] Tony DeAngelo (mid-body) is expected to miss four weeks.
• [BUF] Henri Jokiharju (lower-body) will not play on Friday and is doubtful for Sunday.
• [VGK] Dylan Coghlan (illness) is not expected to play on Friday.
• [VGK] Jonathan Marchessault (illness) is not expected to play on Friday.

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

⚠️ Gametime Decision

Carolina Hurricanes vs. Columbus Blue Jackets

Svechnikov – Aho – Teravainen Jarvis – Trocheck – Necas Niederreiter – Staal – Fast Lorentz – Kotkaniemi – Stepan Slavin – Pesce Skjei – Chatfield Cole – Bear

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

St Louis Blues vs. Buffalo Sabres

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

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

Chicago Blackhawks vs. New Jersey Devils

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

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

Colorado Avalanche vs. Winnipeg Jets

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

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

Arizona Coyotes vs. Vegas Golden Knights

Keller – Boyd – Schmaltz Crouse – Galchenyuk – Kessel Ritchie – Hayton – Eriksson Roussel – Nash – Fischer Gostisbehere – Mayo Moser – Stralman Kolyachonok – Chychrun

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

Anaheim Ducks vs. Los Angeles Kings

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

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

Goalie Rankings

Daily Value Picks

C – Brayden Schenn (STL) – $4,100
W – Chandler Stephenson (VGK) – $3,700
D – Andrew Peeke (CBJ) – $3,000

Optimizer Highest Projections

C – Sebastian Aho (CAR) – $7,700
W – Mikko Rantanen (COL) – $7,500
D – Cale Makar (COL) – $7,100

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DFS 5v5 Score:

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5. NJD2 (+3.69)

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