Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook | 03-21-18

Whether you spend your entire day at work or school, it can be difficult to stay on top of all NHL news. That’s why I have created the Daily Fantasy Notebook, so you can catch up on everything you might have missed throughout the day.

The notebook will be released everyday after teams wrap up their morning skate. It will include a number of things: Injury updates, projected lines, goalie rankings and DFS value picks.

Key Injuries

IN

– Carey Price (concussion) will start for the first time since February 20th.

GAMETIME DECISION

– Alex Galchenyuk (hand) will be a game-time decision on Wednesday.

OUT

– Vladimir Tarasenko (upper-body) will miss his second straight game.
– Carter Hutton (neck) will not suit up as the backup on Wednesday.
– Rick Nash (upper-body) is expected to miss a second straight game.
– David Backes (laceration) will miss his second straight game.
– Zdeno Chara (upper-body) is expected to miss his fourth straight game.
– Jake DeBrusk (upper-body) is expected to miss his fourth straight game.
– Matthew Tkachuk will miss his fifth consecutive game.
– T.J. Brodie (upper-body) will miss his second game in a row.
– Josh Manson (upper-body) isn’t expected to play on Wednesday.
– Zemgus Girgensons (undisclosed) is not expected to play Wednesday.
– Jason Demers (upper-body) will miss the rest of the regular season.

Projected Lineups

⛔️-Gametime Decision

Buffalo Sabres vs. Arizona Coyotes

Buffalo Sabres

Arizona Coyotes

LW C RW SCOTT WILSON Rating: 71.2#148 LW RYAN O’REILLY Rating: 78.6#24 C SAM REINHART Rating: 76.5#43 RW JUSTIN BAILEY Rating: 69.9#91 LW JACK EICHEL Rating: 80.3#13 C KYLE OKPOSO Rating: 71.9#60 RW JORDAN NOLAN Rating: 67.5#221 LW EVAN RODRIGUES Rating: 71.4#65 C NICK BAPTISTE Rating: 71.0#70 RW BENOIT POULIOT Rating: 69.9#110 LW JOHAN LARSSON Rating: 69.2#121 C JASON POMINVILLE Rating: 73.7#37 RW DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS MARCO SCANDELLA Rating: 72.8#100 LD RASMUS RISTOLAINEN Rating: 75.6#48 RD NATHAN BEAULIEU Rating: 70.9#190 LD CASEY NELSON Rating: 71.6#159 RD BRENDAN GUHLE Rating: 71.9#142 LD JUSTIN FALK Rating: 68.3#254 RD

LW C RW CLAYTON KELLER Rating: 75.6#54 LW DEREK STEPAN Rating: 74.2#69 C RICHARD PANIK Rating: 73.7#36 RW MAX DOMI Rating: 71.7#127 LW DYLAN STROME BRENDAN PERLINI Rating: 72.2#71 RW JORDAN MARTINOOK Rating: 69.6#116 LW CHRISTIAN DVORAK Rating: 73.0#54 C NICK COUSINS Rating: 73.5#83 RW ZAC RINALDO Rating: 67.7#220 LW BRAD RICHARDSON Rating: 69.9#183 C CHRISTIAN FISCHER Rating: 72.9#45 RW DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS OLIVER EKMAN-LARSSON Rating: 77.2#31 LD NIKLAS HJALMARSSON Rating: 72.9#96 RD JAKOB CHYCHRUN Rating: 72.0#138 LD ALEX GOLIGOSKI Rating: 74.2#62 RD KEVIN CONNAUTON Rating: 69.6#232 LD LUKE SCHENN Rating: 68.7#249 RD

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Montreal Canadiens

Pittsburgh Penguins

Montreal Canadiens

LW C RW JAKE GUENTZEL Rating: 77.2#37 LW SIDNEY CROSBY Rating: 83.7#5 C BRYAN RUST Rating: 75.8#26 RW CARL HAGELIN Rating: 72.7#61 LW EVGENI MALKIN Rating: 86.9#3 C PATRIC HORNQVIST Rating: 79.5#6 RW CONOR SHEARY Rating: 73.4#46 LW DERICK BRASSARD Rating: 75.2#58 C PHIL KESSEL Rating: 78.5#10 RW JOSH JOORIS Rating: 69.0#204 LW RILEY SHEAHAN Rating: 70.4#165 C TOM KUHNHACKL Rating: 68.8#105 RW DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS BRIAN DUMOULIN Rating: 73.8#69 LD KRIS LETANG Rating: 81.9#4 RD JAMIE OLEKSIAK Rating: 72.8#102 LD JUSTIN SCHULTZ Rating: 75.8#43 RD OLLI MAATTA Rating: 74.2#63 LD CHAD RUHWEDEL Rating: 69.4#236 RD

LW C RW PAUL BYRON Rating: 73.5#84 LW JONATHAN DROUIN Rating: 75.3#29 C BRENDAN GALLAGHER Rating: 75.5#27 RW ALEX GALCHENYUK ⛔️ Rating: 74.8#63 LW JACOB DE LA ROSE Rating: 67.3#131 C ARTTURI LEHKONEN Rating: 74.4#38 RW DANIEL CARR Rating: 70.6#102 LW LOGAN SHAW Rating: 68.6#107 C NIKITA SCHERBAK Rating: 71.9#76 RW NICOLAS DESLAURIERS Rating: 68.5#127 LW MICHAEL MCCARRON Rating: 67.2#116 C CHARLES HUDON Rating: 71.1#87 RW DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS MIKE REILLY Rating: 69.8#227 LD JEFF PETRY Rating: 75.4#51 RD KARL ALZNER Rating: 70.7#199 LD NOAH JUULSEN Rating: 71.9#143 RD JORDIE BENN Rating: 70.7#198 LD BRETT LERNOUT Rating: 71.4#172 RD

St. Louis Blues vs. Boston Bruins

St. Louis Blues

Boston Bruins

LW C RW JADEN SCHWARTZ Rating: 78.5#13 LW BRAYDEN SCHENN Rating: 76.7#40 C ALEX STEEN Rating: 73.4#45 RW PATRIK BERGLUND Rating: 72.6#102 LW KYLE BRODZIAK Rating: 70.7#156 C VLADIMIR SOBOTKA Rating: 71.4#134 RW DMITRIJ JASKIN Rating: 70.8#77 LW IVAN BARBASHEV Rating: 73.0#53 C TAGE THOMPSON Rating: 71.2#149 RW NIKITA SOSHNIKOV Rating: 70.3#81 LW OSKAR SUNDQVIST Rating: 67.4#222 C CHRIS THORBURN Rating: 68.5#110 RW DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS CARL GUNNARSSON Rating: 70.6#201 LD ALEX PIETRANGELO Rating: 80.9#10 RD VINCE DUNN Rating: 73.2#83 LD COLTON PARAYKO Rating: 77.6#27 RD JOEL EDMUNDSON Rating: 73.6#70 LD ROBERT BORTUZZO Rating: 72.2#122 RD

LW C RW BRAD MARCHAND Rating: 85.8#1 LW RILEY NASH Rating: 73.4#86 C DAVID PASTRNAK Rating: 81.3#4 RW RYAN DONATO DAVID KREJCI Rating: 76.5#44 C DANTON HEINEN Rating: 73.3#48 RW TIM SCHALLER Rating: 70.5#104 LW SEAN KURALY Rating: 71.2#146 C TOMMY WINGELS Rating: 70.2#172 RW JORDAN SZWARZ NOEL ACCIARI Rating: 69.8#186 C BRIAN GIONTA Rating: 71.9#59 RW DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS TOREY KRUG Rating: 81.0#9 LD BRANDON CARLO Rating: 71.5#168 RD MATT GRZELCYK Rating: 73.4#75 LD KEVAN MILLER Rating: 73.4#77 RD NICK HOLDEN Rating: 71.5#163 LD ADAM MCQUAID Rating: 71.5#164 RD

Calgary Flames vs. Anaheim Ducks

Calgary Flames

Anaheim Ducks

LW C RW JOHNNY GAUDREAU Rating: 79.7#6 LW SEAN MONAHAN Rating: 78.6#25 C SAM BENNETT Rating: 71.4#135 RW MICHAEL FROLIK Rating: 72.0#58 LW MIKAEL BACKLUND Rating: 73.2#89 C TROY BROUWER Rating: 69.8#93 RW MICHEAL FERLAND Rating: 73.4#47 LW MARK JANKOWSKI Rating: 73.3#88 C GARNET HATHAWAY Rating: 69.1#98 RW TANNER GLASS Rating: 68.6#126 LW MATT STAJAN Rating: 70.7#158 C CURTIS LAZAR Rating: 69.8#92 RW DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS MARK GIORDANO Rating: 79.4#15 LD DOUGIE HAMILTON Rating: 79.3#16 RD TRAVIS HAMONIC Rating: 72.3#120 LD MICHAEL STONE Rating: 70.5#208 RD BRETT KULAK Rating: 69.8#229 LD RASMUS ANDERSSON Rating: 72.2#124 RD

LW C RW RICKARD RAKELL Rating: 79.8#15 LW RYAN GETZLAF Rating: 81.5#10 C COREY PERRY Rating: 74.6#30 RW ANDREW COGLIANO Rating: 71.1#150 LW RYAN KESLER Rating: 74.9#61 C JAKOB SILFVERBERG Rating: 74.6#35 RW NICK RITCHIE Rating: 70.9#91 LW ADAM HENRIQUE Rating: 75.3#57 C ONDREJ KASE Rating: 74.1#33 RW JASON CHIMERA Rating: 70.1#107 LW DEREK GRANT Rating: 69.5#195 C CHRIS KELLY Rating: 68.4#211 RW DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS CAM FOWLER Rating: 76.9#34 LD BRANDON MONTOUR Rating: 75.4#50 RD JOSH MANSON Rating: 74.5#58 LD HAMPUS LINDHOLM Rating: 76.7#36 RD MARCUS PETTERSSON FRANCOIS BEAUCHEMIN Rating: 72.3#121 RD

Consensus Goalie Rankings

✅ – Confirmed
????️ – Probable
????️ – Projected

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