Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 03/28/22

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

• [STL] Calle Rosen will draw into the lineup on Monday.
• [STL] MacKenzie MacEachern was a healthy scratch for two games but will be in the lineup Monday.
• [CHI] Philipp Kurashev was a healthy scratch Saturday but will return to the lineup.
• [CHI] Tyler Johnson (concussion) will return to the lineup after missing six games.

GAMETIME DECISIONS

• [WSH] Nic Dowd (upper body) has missed the last four games and will be a game-time decision.
• [CHI] Kirby Dach will be a game-time decision with a non-COVID related illness.

OUT

• [STL] Robert Bortuzzo will be a healthy scratch on Monday.
• [STL] Logan Brown will be a healthy scratch after playing three straight games.
• [ARI] Christian Fischer is week-to-week with a lower-body injury.
• [CAR] Ethan Bear (lower-body) will not play on Monday.
• [LAK] Blake Lizotte (undisclosed) was not on the ice for morning skate and will not play tonight.

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

⚠️ Gametime Decision

Washington Capitals vs. Carolina Hurricanes

Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson Mantha – Backstrom – Oshie Eller – McMichael – Johansson Sheary – Dowd – Hathaway Fehervary – Carlson Orlov – Jensen Kempny – Schultz

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

St Louis Blues vs. Vancouver Canucks

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

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

Chicago Blackhawks vs. Buffalo Sabres

DeBrincat – Strome – Kane Kubalik – Toews – Raddysh Borgstrom – Dach⚠️ – Lafferty Kurashev – Johnson – Katchouk McCabe – C. Jones De Haan – S. Jones Stillman – Gustafsson

Skinner – Thompson – Tuch Asplund – Mittelstadt – Olofsson Krebs – Cozens – Hinostroza Girgensons – Eakin – Okposo Dahlin – Jokiharju Samuelsson – Bryson Butcher – Fitzgerald

Edmonton Oilers vs. Arizona Coyotes

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

Keller – Galchenyuk – Schmaltz Crouse – Boyd – Kessel Maccelli – Hayton – Carcone Ritchie – Beagle – Eriksson Gostisbehere – Mayo Dineen – Stralman Capobianco – Kolyachonok

Los Angeles Kings vs. Seattle Kraken

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

Donato – Wennberg – Eberle Rask – Gourde – Kuhlman Geekie – McCann – Lind Sprong – Sheahan – Donskoi Dunn – Larsson Soucy – Oleksiak Pouliot – Borgen

Goalie Rankings

Daily Value Picks

C – Jonathan Toews (CHI) – $3,000
W – Jesse Puljujarvi (EDM) – $3,300
D – Brett Pesce (CAR) – $3,500

Optimizer Highest Projections

C – Connor McDavid (EDM) – $9,000
W – Patrick Kane (CHI) – $7,400
D – Tyson Barrie (EDM) – $4,300

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DFS 5v5 Score:

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5. CHI1 (+4.87)

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