Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 04/05/22

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

• [PHI] Keith Yandle will return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for two games.
• [PHI] Scott Laughton (concussion) will return to the lineup after missing 12 games.
• [COL] Bowen Byram (head) will play his first game since January 10th.
• [NJD] Michael McLeod did not play Sunday but will return to the lineup tonight.
• [NJD] Miles Wood will return to the lineup as he eases himself back from hip surgery.
• [MTL] Brendan Gallagher (lower-body) will play his first game since March 17th.
• [OTT] Parker Kelly has been recalled from the AHL and will see his first NHL action since March 16th.
• [SJS] Ryan Merkley will return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch on Saturday.

GAMETIME DECISIONS

• [TOR] Jake Muzzin (concussion) has been activated from LTIR and will be a game-time decision.
• [COL] Valeri Nichushkin (illness) will be a game-time decision.
• [COL] Alex Newhook (illness) will be a game-time decision.
• [NYR] Ryan Strome (lower-body) has missed the last four games and seems likely to return tonight.

OUT

• [PHI] Zack MacEwen is day-to-day with a head injury.
• [PHI] Nick Seeler is week-to-week with a lower-body injury.
• [NJD] Nathan Bastian has an undisclosed injury and will not play Tuesday.
• [NJD] Jack Hughes (lower-body) will not play on Tuesday.
• [OTT] Tyler Ennis (upper-body) will not play on Tuesday.
• [BOS] David Pastrnak will be kept out of the lineup with an undisclosed injury.
• [SJS] Nicolas Meloche will be a healthy scratch.

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

⚠️ Gametime Decision

Philadelphia Flyers vs. Columbus Blue Jackets

Farabee – Frost – Atkinson Van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Tippett Cates – Laughton – Konecny Lindblom – Thompson – Brown Provorov – York Sanheim – Ristolainen Yandle – Attard

Voracek – Roslovic – Laine Nyquist – Sillinger – Bemstrom Danforth – Kuraly – Bjorkstrand Robinson – Gaunce – Meyer Werensky – Peeke Gavrikov – Bean Christiansen – Boqvist

Florida Panthers vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

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

Bunting – Matthews – Marner Mikheyev – Tavares – Kerfoot Nylander⚠️ – Kampf – Engvall Clifford – Blackwell – Simmonds Rielly – Lyubushkin Brodie – Holl Giordano – Liljegren

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Colorado Avalanche

Guentzel – Crosby – Rust Rakell – Malkin – Carter Rodrigues – Blueger – Kapanen⚠️ Heinen⚠️ – Boyle – Angello Dumoulin – Letang Matheson – Marino Friemdan – Ruhwedel

Burakovsky – MacKinnon – Rantanen Lehkonen – Compher – Nichushkin⚠️ Newhook⚠️ – Sturm – Aube-Kubel Cogliano – Helm – O’Connor Toews – Makar J. Johnson – Manson Byram – E. Johnson

New Jersey Devils vs. New York Rangers

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

Kreider – Zibanejad – Vatrano Panarin – Strome⚠️ – Copp Lafreniere – Chytil – Goodrow Motte – Brodzinski – Guathier Lindgren – Fox Miller – Trouba Nemeth – Schneider

Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa Senators

Pitlick – Suzuki – Caufield Hoffman – Evans – Anderson Armia – Dvorak – Gallagher Byron – Poehling – Ylonen Harris – Savard Edmundson – Barron Romanov – Schueneman

Tkachuk – Norris – Joseph Formenton – Stutzle – Batherson Kelly – White – Brown Gaudette – Gambrell – Watson Brannstrom – Zub Del Zotto – Hamonic Holden – Zaitsev

Buffalo Sabres vs. Carolina Hurricanes

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

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

Detroit Red Wings vs. Boston Bruins

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

Marchand – Bergeron – DeBrusk Hall – Haula – Nosek Foligno – Coyle – Smith Blidh – Studnicka – McLaughlin Lindholm – McAvoy Grzelcyk – Carlo Forbort – Reilly

Nashville Predators vs. Minnesota Wild

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

Kaprizov – Hartman – Zuccarello Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Foligno Jost – Gaudreau – Fiala Duhaime – Bjugstad – Deslaurier Brodin – Dumba Middleton – Spurgeon Goligoski – Kulikov

Dallas Stars vs. New York Islanders

Robertson- Hintz – Pavelski Benn – Seguin – Gurianov Namestnikov – Peterson – Kiviranta Raffl – Faksa – Glendening Suter – Heiskanen Harley – Klingberg Hanley – Sekera

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

San Jose Sharks vs. Edmonton Oilers

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

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

Goalie Rankings

Daily Value Picks

C – Jamie Benn (DAL) – $3,500
W – Jake DeBrusk (BOS) – $3,600
D – Bowen Byram (COL) – $2,500

Optimizer Highest Projections

C – Connor McDavid (EDM) – $9,400
W – Brad Marchand (BOS) – $8,000
D – Roman Josi (NSH) – $8,600

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5. EDM1 (+6.80)

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