Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 03/31/22

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

• [MTL] Tyler Pitlick will return to the lineup after missing two games with an upper-body injury.
• [BOS] Anton Blidh will be in the lineup after being held out the last five games.
• [BOS] Marc McLaughlin will make his NHL debut on Thursday.
• [BOS] Josh Brown will make his Bruins debut.
• [BOS] Mike Reilly will return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for three games.
• [PIT] Jason Zucker (lower-body) will return to the lineup after being out since January 17th.
• [COL] Nathan MacKinnon (upper-body) is expected to the return to the Avalanche lineup.
• [DAL] Marian Studenic will draw back into the Stars lineup.

GAMETIME DECISIONS

• [NYI] Andy Greene (undisclosed) will be a game-time decision on Thursday.
• [NYI] Adam Pelech (undisclosed) will be a game-time decision.
• [DAL] Esa Lindell (upper-body) will be a game-time decision.

OUT

• [TOR] Ilya Lyubushkin (head) will not play on Thursday after being pulled from the game on Tuesday.
• [TOR] Petr Mrazek is expected to miss six weeks with a groin injury.
• [CAR] Jesperi Kotkaniemi (lower-body) will miss two to three weeks.
• [BOS] Nick Foligno is day-to-day with a lower-body injury.
• [BOS] Craig Smith (illness) will not play on Thursday.
• [BOS] Connor Clifton will be a healthy scratch on Thursday.
• [BOS] Derek Forbort will be a healthy scratch.
• [DAL] Denis Gurianov will be a healthy scratch on Thursday.

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

⚠️ Gametime Decision

New York Islanders vs. Columbus Blue Jackets

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

Voracek – Roslovic – Laine Nyquist – Sillinger – Bjorkstrand Danforth – Kuraly – Chinakhov Robinson – Gaunce – Bemstrom Gavrikov – Peeke Kukan – Bean Carlsson – Boqvist

Florida Panthers vs. Chicago Blackhawks

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

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

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Winnipeg Jets

Bunting – Matthews – Marner Mikheyev – Tavares – Kerfoot Nylander – Kampf – Engvall Clifford – Spezza – Simmonds Rielly – Brodie Giordano – Holl Dahlstrom – Liljegren

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

Carolina Hurricanes vs. Montreal Canadiens

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

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

Boston Bruins vs. New Jersey Devils

Marchand – Bergeron – DeBrusk Hall – Haula – Pastrnak Frederic – Coyle – McLaughlin Blidh – Nosek – Lazar Lindholm – McAvoy Grzelcyk – Carlo Reilly – Brown

Sharangovich – Hughes – Mercer Tatar – Hischier – Bratt Johnsson – Boqvist – Wood Vesey – McLeod – Bastian Siegenthaler – Hamilton Graves – Severson Smith – Subban

Minnesota Wild vs. Pittsburgh Penguins

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

Guentzel – Crosby – Rust Zucker – Malkin – Rakell Rodrigues – Carter – Kapanen Boyle – Blueger – Heinen Dumoulin – Letang Matheson – Marino Friedman – Ruhwedel

Colorado Avalanche vs. San Jose Sharks

Nichushkin – MacKinnon⚠️ – Rantanen Lehkonen – Kadri – Burakovsky Newhook – Sturm – Compher Cogliano – Helm – O’Connor Toews – Makar J. Johnson – Manson MacDermid – E. Johnson

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

Calgary Flames vs. Los Angeles Kings

Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk Mangiapane – Backlund – Toffoli Dube – Jarnkrok – Coleman Lucic – Monahan – Lewis Hanifin – Andersson Kylington – Tanev Zadorov – Gudbranson

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

Anaheim Ducks vs. Dallas Stars

Milano – Getzlaf – Mayhew Grant – Zegras – Terry Simon – Lundestrom – Aston-Reese Comtois – Carrick – Lettieri Fowler – Drysdale Vaakanainen – Shattenkirk Benoit – Sustr

Robertson – Hintz – Pavelski Studenic – Seguin – Namestnikov Peterson – Benn – Radulov Raffl – Faksa – Glendening Lindell⚠️ – Klingberg Suter – Heiskanen Hanley – Hakanpaa

Goalie Rankings

Daily Value Picks

C – Jack Roslovic (CBJ) – $3,100
W – Artturi Lehkonen (COL) – $2,500
D – Ville Heinola (WPG) – $2,500

Optimizer Highest Projections

C – Auston Matthews (TOR) – $9,300
W – Mikko Rantanen (COL) – $6,700
D – Cale Makar (COL) – $7,800

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DFS 5v5 Score:

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4. CHI1 (+5.84)

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