Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 03/09/19
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
- — [BUF] @Jimmy Vesey will draw back into the lineup vs. the Capitals.
- — [WPG] @Adam Lowry (upper-body) has been activated from IR and will return to the lineup vs. the Coyotes.
GAMETIME DECISION
- — [EDM] @Connor McDavid is dealing with an illness but is expected to play vs. the Golden Knights.
OUT
- — [BUF] @Lawrence Pilut (illness) will miss his second straight game.
- — [BUF] @Michael Frolik will be a healthy scratch vs. the Capitals.
- — [FLA] @Sergei Bobrovsky remains day-to-day with a lower-body injury.
- — [FLA] @Brian Boyle (upper-body) will not play in St. Louis but is expected to travel to Dallas.
- — [ARI] @Conor Garland is week-to-week with a lower-body injury.
- — [ARI] @Jakob Chychrun (hip) will not play in Winnipeg but is getting “close” to return to the lineup.
- — [VGK] @Alex Tuch (lower-body) suffered a setback and has returned to Vegas.
Projected Lineups
*Subject to change*
⚠️ Gametime Decision
Capitals @ Sabres (7:00 pm)
| Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson Vrana – Backstrom – Oshie Hagelin – Eller – Kovalchuk Panik – Dowd – Hathaway Dillon – Carlson Orlov – Jensen Kempny – Siegenthaler | Skinner – Eichel – Reinhart Olofsson – Johansson – Kahun Girgensons – Larsson – Okposo Vesey – Lazar – Simmonds Montour – Ristolainen McCabe – Jokiharju Dahlin – Miller |
Panthers @ Blues (8:00 pm)
| Vatrano – Barkov – Dadonov Huberdeau – Haula – Hoffman Saarela – Wallmark – Connolly Sceviour – Acciari – Pysyk Weegar – Ekblad Matheson – Stralman Yandle – Brown | Schwartz – Schenn – Blais Sanford – O’Reilly – Perron Steen – Thomas – Bozak MacEachern – Sundqvist – Barbashev Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo Scandella – Parayko Dunn – Bortuzzo |
Coyotes @ Jets (8:00 pm)
| Hall – Dvorak – Keller Soderberg – Schmaltz – Kessel Crouse – Stepan – Hinostroza Grabner – Richardson – Fischer Ekman-Larsson – Lyubushkin Goligoski – Hjalmarsson Demers – Oesterle | Connor – Scheifele – Wheeler Ehlers – Eakin – Laine Copp – Lowry – Roslovic Perreault – Shore – Appleton Morrissey – DeMelo Kulikov – Pionk Beaulieu – Poolman |
Golden Knights @ Oilers (9:00 pm)
| Marchessault – Stastny – Smith Pacioretty – Karlsson – Roy Pirri – Stephenson – Cousins Carrier – Nosek – Reaves McNabb – Schmidt Martinez – Theodore Holden – Whitecloud | Nugent-Hopkins – ⚠️ McDavid – Kassian Ennis – Draisaitl – Yamamoto Athanasiou – Sheahan – Archibald Neal – Khaira – Chiasson Klefbom – Larsson Nurse – Bear Russell – Jones |
Avalanche @ Kings (10:30 pm)
| Landeskog – MacKinnon – Namestnikov Compher – Jost – Donskoi Nieto – Bellemare – Nichushkin Kamenev – Dries – O’Connor Graves – Girard Cole – Johnson Connauton – Barberio | Iafallo – Kopitar – Brown Kempe – Lizotte – Lewis Moore – Vilardi – Frk Prokhorkin – Amadio – Wagner Hutton – Doughty Anderson – Roy MacDermid – Walker |
Consensus Goalie Rankings
✅ — Confirmed
🅿️ — Probable
🅾️ — Projected
Rank | Goalie — Matchup — Price | Brock | Dylan |
1 | ✅ Jordan Binnington – vs. FLA ($8,300) | 1 | 1 |
2 | ✅ Braden Holtby – @ BUF ($7,800) | 2 | 2 |
3 | ✅ Pavel Francouz – @ LAK ($8,100) | 3 | 6 |
t-4 | ✅ Connor Hellebuyck – vs. ARI ($8,000) | 7 | 3 |
t-4 | ✅ Marc-Andre Fleury – @ EDM ($7,700) | 5 | 5 |
6 | ✅ Darcy Kuemper – @ WPG ($7,300) | 4 | 7 |
7 | ✅ Mikko Koskinen – vs. VGK ($7,600) | 8 | 4 |
8 | ✅ Chris Driedger – @ STL ($7,100) | 6 | 8 |
t-9 | ✅ Linus Ullmark – vs. WSH ($7,400) | 10 | 9 |
t-9 | 🅿️ Jonathan Quick – vs. COL ($7,000) | 9 | 10 |
Daily Value Picks
| Brock | Dylan | Optimizer | |
| C | Gabe Vilardi ($2,500) | Blake Lizotte ($2,700) | J.T Compher ($3,600) |
| W | Nicolas Roy ($2,500) | Adrian Kempe ($3,500) | Zach Sanford ($4,000) |
| D | Mikey Anderson ($2,500) | Mackenzie Weegar ($3,600) | Ethan Bear ($3,800) |
Optimizer Highest Projections
| C | Nathan MacKinnon ($8,500) | 16.18 DK Points |
| W | Alex Ovechkin ($8,500) | 14.94 DK Points |
| D | John Carlson ($6,600) | 12.21 DK Points |
| G | Connor Hellebuyck ($8,000) | 14.62 DK Points |
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5. Edmonton 2 (Ennis – Draisaitl – Yamamoto)
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