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Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 04/04/22

Nick Szeman
Apr 4, 2022, 15:07 EDT
Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 04/04/22

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

  • [CBJ] Zach Werenski will return from an upper-body injury on Monday.
  • [CBJ] Jake Christiansen will play his fifth game of the season.
  • [CBJ] Carson Meyer will make his NHL debut on Monday.
  • [STL] Jordan Kyrou (illness) will return to the lineup after missing three games.
  • [ARI] Nick Ritchie will return to the lineup after serving a one-game suspension.

GAMETIME DECISIONS

  • [TOR] William Nylander (illness) will be a game-time decision on Monday.

OUT

  • [CBJ] Dean Kukan will be a healthy scratch on Monday.
  • [CBJ] Gavin Bayreuther will be a healthy scratch.
  • [CBJ] Yegor Chinakhov has an upper-body injury and will not play on Monday.
  • [TBL] Ryan McDonagh (upper-body) is nearing a return but will miss his sixth straight game.
  • [CGY] Sean Monahan has been placed on LTIR and will undergo season-ending hip surgery.
  • [CGY] Oliver Kylington is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

⚠️ Gametime Decision

Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Boston Bruins

Nyquist – Roslovic – Laine
Bemstrom – Sillinger – Voracek
Danforth – Kuraly – Bjorkstrand
Robinson – Guance – Meyer

Werenski – Peeke
Gavrikov – Bean
Christiansen – Boqvist
Marchand – Bergeron – DeBrusk
Hall – Haula – Pastrnak
Frederic – Coyle – Smith
Foligno – Nosek – Lazar

Lindholm – McAvoy
Grzelcyk – Carlo
Reilly – Brown

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

Stamkos – Point – Kucherov
Palat – Cirelli – Killorn
Hagel – Paul – Colton
Maroon – Bellemare – Perry

Hedman – Rutta
Sergachev – Cernak
Bogosian – Foote
Bunting – Matthews – Marner
Mikheyev – Tavares – Kerfoot
Nylander⚠️ – Kampf – Engvall
Clifford – Blackwell – Simmonds

Reilly – Lyubushkin
Brodie – Holl
Giordano – Liljegren

St Louis Blues vs. Arizona Coyotes

Saad – O’Reilly – Perron
Buchnevich – Thomas – Tarasenko
Barbashev – Schenn – Kyrou⚠️
Maceachern – Walker – Toropchenko

Scandella – Parayko
Leddy – Faulk
Rosen – Bortuzzo
Maccelli – Boyd – Schmaltz
Carcone – Hayton – Kessel
Ritchie – Beagle – Eriksson
Ladd – Galchenyuk – Jenik

Gostisbehere – Mayo
Dineen – Stralman
Capobianco – Kolyachonok

Los Angeles Kings vs. Calgary Flames

Iafallo – Kopitar – Kempe
Moore – Danault – Arvidsson
Vilardi – Byfield – Kupari
Grundstrom – Andersson – Kaliyev

Bjornfot – Durzi
Maatta – Spence
Edler – Stecher
Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk
Mangiapane – Backlund – Toffoli
Dube – Jarnkrok – Coleman
Lucic – Carpenter – Lewis

Hanifin – Andersson
Stone – Tanev
Zadorov – Gudbranson

Goalie Rankings

Daily Value Picks

C – Erik Haula (BOS) – $3,800
W – Trevor Moore (LAK) – $3,900
D – Michael Stone (CGY) – $2,900

Optimizer Highest Projections

C – Patrice Bergeron (BOS) – $7,200
W – David Pastrnak (BOS) – $8,000
D – Victor Hedman (TBL) – $6,700

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DFS 5v5 Score:

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4. TOR1 (+5.44)

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