Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 03/08/22

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Key Injuries/Lineup Changes

IN

• [DET] Jakub Vrana (shoulder) will make his season debut on Tuesday.
• [MIN] Jordan Greenway (upper-body) was activated from IR and will see his first action after missing six games.
• [TBL] Zach Bogosian (lower-body) has been injured since January 15th but will return to the lineup on Tuesday.
• [CHI] Henrik Borgstrom will return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for three games.
• [CHI] Alec Regula was recalled from the AHL and will be in the lineup on Tuesday.
• [ANA] John Gibson (upper-body) will get the start tonight after being unavailable on Sunday.

GAMETIME DECISIONS

• [PIT] Teddy Blueger (jaw) has been out since January 23rd and will be a game-time decision on Tuesday.
• [VGK] Will Carrier (illness) was not on the ice for the morning skate.
• [NJD] Nico Hischier (lower-body) is questionable to play on Tuesday.
• [TOR] Ondrej Kase (upper-body) has missed the last four games but could return on Tuesday.
• [OTT] Connor Brown (undisclosed) was not on the ice for morning skate and will be a game-time decision.

OUT

• [PHI] Kevin Connauton (undisclosed) left Saturday’s game and will not play on Tuesday.
• [VGK] Brett Howden (undisclosed) missed the last two games and will not travel with Vegas on their road trip.
• [DET] Carter Rowney (undisclosed) was placed on IR after playing four consecutive games.
• [ARI] Antoine Roussel will miss approximately six weeks with a lower-body injury.
• [MIN] Connor Dewar will be a healthy scratch to make room for Jordan Greenway.
• [WPG] Nathan Beaulieu will miss an extended period of time with a lower-body injury.
• [DAL] Miro Heiskanen (illness) will miss his third consecutive game.
• [OTT] Matt Murray has been placed on IR with an undisclosed injury.
• [ANA] Isac Lundestrom (lower-body) was injured in Sunday’s game and did not travel to Chicago.

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

⚠️ Gametime Decision

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Florida Panthers

Guentzel – Crosby – Rust Heinen – Malkin – Kapanen Simon – Carter – Rodrigues Aston-Reese – Blueger⚠️ – McGinn Dumoulin – Letang Pettersson – Marino Friedman – Ruhwedel

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

Philadelphia Flyers vs. Vegas Golden Knights

Giroux – Laughton – Konecny Farabee – Brassard – Atkinson Lindblom – Hayes – van Riemsdyk Mayhew – Brown – MacEwen Provorov – Braun Sanheim – Ristolainen Yandle – Seeler

Pacioretty – Eichel – Roy Marchessault – Karlsson – Smith Carrier ⚠️ – Stephenson – Amadio Dadonov — Leschyshyn — Kolesar Hague – Pietrangelo Theodore – Whitecloud Hutton – Coghlan

New Jersey Devils vs. Colorado Avalanche

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

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

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Seattle Kraken

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

Johansson – McCann – Eberle Schwartz – Wennberg – Jarnkrok Appleton – Gourde – Blackwell Geekie – Sheahan – Donskoi Giordano – Soucy Oleksiak – Larsson Dunn – Lauzon

Detroit Red Wings vs. Arizona Coyotes

Fabbri – Larkin – Raymond Bertuzzi – Suter – Vrana Namestnikov – Rasmussen – Erne Gagner – Veleno – Zadina Leddy – Seider Oesterle – Hronek Staal – Lindstrom

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

Minnesota Wild vs. New York Rangers

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

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

Winnipeg Jets vs. Tampa Bay Lightning

Stastny – Scheifele – Wheeler Connor – Dubois – Svechnikov Copp – Lowry – Ehlers Vesalainen – Toninato – Harkins Morrissey – DeMelo Dillon – Pionk Stanley – Schmidt

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

Nashville Predators vs. Dallas Stars

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

Robertson – Hintz – Pavelski Benn – Seguin – Gurianov Raffl – Faksa – Radulov Tufte – Glendening – Kiviranta Lindell – Klingberg Suter – Hakanpää Harley – Hanley

St Louis Blues vs. Ottawa Senators

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

Tkachuk – Norris – C. Brown ⚠️ Formenton – Stützle – Gaudette Paul – White – Sanford Kelly – Gambrell – Watson Chabot – Zub Holden – Zaitsev Brannstrom – J. Brown

Chicago Blackhawks vs. Anaheim Ducks

DeBrincat – Strome – Kane Hagel – Toews – Dach Kubalik – T. Johnson – Kurashev Lafferty – Carpenter – Entwistle de Haan – S. Jones McCabe – Murphy C. Jones – Regula

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

Calgary Flames vs. Washington Capitals

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

Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson Mantha – Backstrom – Oshie McMichael – Eller – Sheary Jonsson-Fjallby – Dowd – Hathaway Fehervary – Carlson Orlov – Jensen Van Riemsdyk – Schultz

Goalie Rankings

Daily Value Picks

C – Frederick Gaudreau (MIN) – $3,000
W – Jakub Vrana (DET) – $2,500
D – Ryan McDonagh (TBL) – $3,700

Optimizer Highest Projections

C – Auston Matthews (TOR) – $9,200
W – Max Pacioretty (VGK) – $6,300
D – Roman Josi (NSH) – $7,500

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