Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 03/24/22

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

• [FLA] Claude Giroux will make his Panthers debut on Thursday.
• [FLA] Ben Chiarot will make his Panthers debut.
• [FLA] Robert Hagg will make his Panthers debut.
• [CAR] Max Domi will make his Hurricanes debut.
• [DAL] Vladislav Namestnikov will make his Stars debut.
• [BOS] Hampus Lindholm is expected to make his Bruins debut.
• [STL] Vladimir Tarasenko (illness) will return to the lineup after missing two games.
• [STL] Robert Thomas (upper-body) will return to the lineup after missing three of his last four games.
• [EDM] Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (shoulder) will play for the first time since February 26th.
• [VGK] Evgenii Dadonov is expected to play after being out of the lineup for two games.
• [LAK] Viktor Arvidsson (lower-body) is expected to return to the lineup.

GAMETIME DECISIONS

• [VGK] Max Pacioretty (undisclosed) will be a game-time decision on Thursday.

OUT

• [BOS] Mike Reilly will be a healthy scratch on Thursday.
• [BOS] Patrice Bergeron (arm) returned to practice but is still not ready to return to the lineup.
• [NYI] Scott Mayfield will miss 4-6 weeks with a lower-body injury.
• [NYI] Cal Clutterbuck will undergo shoulder surgery and miss the remainder of the season.
• [DET] Givani Smith (undisclosed) is day-to-day and will not play on Thursday.
• [DET] Filip Zadina (illness) will not be in the lineup on Thursday.
• [STL] Torey Krug is week-to-week with an upper-body injury.
• [VGK] Laurent Brossoit is not available to back up on Thursday.

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

⚠️ Gametime Decision

Montreal Canadiens vs. Florida Panthers

Caufield – Suzuki – Anderson Hoffman – R. Pitlick – Dauphin T. Pitlick – Dvorak – Armia Pezzetta – Evans – Byron Edmundson – Petry Romanov – Savard Schueneman – Wideman

Verhaeghe – Barkov – Giroux Huberdeau – Bennett – Duclair Marchment – Luostarinen – Reinhart Lomberg – Acciari – Hornqvist Chiarot – Weegar Forsling – Gudas Hagg – Montour

Carolina Hurricanes vs. Dallas Stars

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

Robertson – Hintz – Pavelski Namestnikov – Seguin – Gurianov Studenic – Benn – Radulov Raffl – Faksa – Glendenning Lindell – Klingberg Suter – Hakanpaa Hanley – Sekera

Boston Bruins vs. Tampa Bay Lightning

Marchand – Studnicka – DeBrusk Hall – Haula – Pastrnak Frederic – Coyle – Smith Foligno – Nosek – Lazar Lindholm – McAvoy Grzelcyk – Carlo Forbort – Clifton

Palat – Point – Kucherov Killorn – Stamkos – Hagel Colton – Cirelli – Paul Maroon – Bellemare – Perry Hedman – Rutta Sergachev – Cernak McDonagh – Bogosian

New York Islanders vs. Detroit Red Wings

Lee – Nelson – Beauvillier Parise – Barzal – Wahlstrom Bailey – Pageau – Palmieri Martin – Cizikas – Bellows Chara – Dobson Pelech – Pulock Aho – Greene

Vrana – Larkin – Raymond Veleno – Suter – Bertuzzi Hirose – Rasmussen – Sundqvist Erne – Pearson – Gagner Oesterle – Seider Staal – Hronek Walman – Lindstrom

Winnipeg Jets vs. Ottawa Senators

Ehlers – Scheifele – Wheeler Connor – Dubois – Svechnikov Sanford – Stastny – Appleton Brooks – Toninato – Harkins Morrissey – DeMelo Dillon – Pionk Stanley – Schmidt

Tkachuk – Norris – White Formenton – Stutzle – Brown Joseph – Tierney – Gaudette Ennis – Gambrell – Watson Brannstrom – Zub Holden – Zaitsev Mete – Del Zotto

Minnesota Wild vs. Vancouver Canucks

Kaprizov – Hartman – Zuccarello Fiala – Gaudreau – Boldy Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Foligno Duhaime – Jost – Deslauriers Middleton – Spurgeon Brodin – Dumba Merrill – Goligoski

Pearson – Miller – Garland Pettersson – Horvat – Boeser Lammikko – Richardson – Highmore Podkolzin – Petan – Chiasson Ekman-Larsson – Myers Hughes – Schenn Dermott – Hunt

St Louis Blues vs. Philadelphia Flyers

Saad – O’Reilly – Perron Kyrou – Schenn – Buchnevich Barbashev – Thomas – Tarasenko Walker – Brown – Toropchenko Leddy – Parayko Scandella – Faulk Mikkola – Bortuzzo

Van Riemsdyk – Farabee – Atkinson Lindblom – Hayes – Konecny Willman – Frost – Tippett Hodgson – Brown – MacEwen Provorov – York Sanheim – Ristolainen Yandle – Seeler

Edmonton Oilers vs. San Jose Sharks

Kane – McDavid – Yamamoto McLeod – Draisaitl – Hyman Brassard – Nugent-Hopkins – Puljujarvi Foegele – Shore – Kassian Nurse – Ceci Keith – Bouchard Kulak – Barrie

Meier – Hertl – Barabanov Leonard – Couture – Balcers Reedy – Bonino – Gregor Gadjovich – Chmelevski – Viel Megna – Burns Karlsson – Merkley Vlasic – Meloche

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Nashville Predators

Pacioretty⚠️ – Eichel – Marchessault Janmark – Karlsson – Dadonov Carrier – Stephenson – Roy Howden – Patrick – Kolesar Theodore – Coghlan Hutton – Pietrangelo Hayes – Pachal

Forsberg – Johansen – Duchene Tolvanen – Granlund – Kunin Trenin – Sissons – Jeannot Cousins – McCarron – Tomasino Josi – Carrier Ekholm – Lauzon Borowiecki – Tennyson

Los Angeles Kings vs. Chicago Blackhawks

Iafallo – Kopitar – Kempe Moore – Danault – Arvidsson Vilardi – Byfield – Kupari Grundstrom – Lizotte – Kaliyev Moverare – Durzi Edler – Stecher Maatta – Spence

DeBrincat – Strome – Kane Kubalik – Toews – Raddysh Kurasehv – Dach – Lafferty Katchouk – Johnson – Entwistle Stillman – S. Jones De Haan – C. Jones Vlasic – Gustafsson

Goalie Rankings

Daily Value Picks

C – Robert Thomas (STL) – $4,400
W – Jesse Puljujarvi (EDM) – $3,700
D – Nick Leddy (STL) – $2,500

Optimizer Highest Projections

C – Connor McDavid (EDM) – $9,000
W – Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) – $8,300
D – Roman Josi (NSH) – $9,200

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