Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook – 03/24/23

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, and Value Picks (DFS).

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Key Injuries/Lineup Changes

IN

• [ARI] Nathan Smith (C) has been recalled from the AHL and is expected to make his season debut on Friday.
• [CBJ] Hunter McKown (C) is expected to make his NHL debut Friday vs. the New York Islanders.
• [CBJ] Elvis Merzlikins (G) has returned to the Blue Jackets after taking a personal leave and will back up Friday.
• [COL] Cale Makar (D) will be back in the Avalanche lineup on Friday (lower-body).
• [COL] Erik Johnson (D) will be back in the Avalanche lineup on Friday (ankle).

GAMETIME DECISIONS

• [ARI] Brett Ritchie (RW) will be a game-time decision on Friday (upper-body).

OUT

• [ARI] Laurent Dauphin (C) is day-to-day with an undisclosed injury.
• [CBJ] Patrik Laine (RW) will miss 2-to-4 weeks with a triceps strain suffered in practice on Thursday.
• [CBJ] Cole Sillinger has been reassigned to Cleveland (AHL).
• [NJD] Curtis Lazar (RW) is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury.

NOTEBOOK PRESENTED BY BETWAY

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

Buffalo Sabres vs. New Jersey Devils

BUF	NJD
Skinner – Thompson – Tuch Peterka – Cozens – Quinn Mittelstadt – Jost – Olofsson Girgensons – Krebs – Okposo ——————————————————— Dahlin – Jokiharju Power – Lyubushkin Stillman – Clague	Meier – Hischier – Bratt Haula – Hughes – Mercer Palat – Boqvist – Foote Wood – McLeod – Sharangovich ——————————————————— Siegenthaler – Hamilton Graves – Marino  Bahl – Severson

Columbus Blue Jackets vs. New York Islanders

CBJ	NYI
Gaudreau – Jenner – Marchenko Foudy – Roslovic – Johnson Robinson – Kuraly – Olivier  Pederson – McKown – Bemstrom ——————————————————— Boqvist – Gudbranson Berni – Peeke Bayreuther – Blankenburg	Lee – Horvat – Holmstrom Engvall – Nelson – Palmieri Parise – Pageau – Fasching Martin – Cizikas – Clutterbuck ——————————————————— Pelech – Mayfield Romanov – Pulock Bolduc – Dobson

Colorado Avalanche vs. Arizona Coyotes

COL	ARI
Malgin – MacKinnon – Rantanen Newhook – Compher – Nichushkin Cogliano – Eller – O’Connor Nieto – Helm – Galchenyuk ——————————————————— Toews – Makar Girard – Byram J.Johnson – E.Johnson	Schmatlz – Hayton – Keller Maccelli – McBain – Crouse Ritchie – Boyd – Fischer Kelemen – Smith – Imama ——————————————————— Valimaki – Kesselring Nemeth – Moser Mackey – Soderstrom

Goalie Rankings

Daily Value Picks

C – Jack Roslovic (CBJ) – $3,400
W – Denis Malgin (COL) – $3,500
D – Juuso Valimaki (ARI) – $3,800

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