Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 04/07/22

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

• [NJD] Yegor Sharangovich (undisclosed) is expected to play after being hurt in Tuesday’s game.
• [SJS] Jeffrey Viel will return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for two games.
• [SJS] Jonathan Dahlen will return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for six of the last seven games.
• [LAK] Brendan Lemieux (lower-body) will play his first game since March 4th.

GAMETIME DECISIONS

• [OTT] Tim Stützle (knee) will be a game-time decision on Thursday.

OUT

• [OTT] Dylan Gambrell (illness) is doubtful to play on Thursday.
• [OTT] Drake Batherson (illness) is doubtful to play on Thursday.
• [PIT] Jason Zucker (lower-body) practised Wednesday but is not ready to return yet.
• [SJS] Ryan Merkley will come out of the lineup on Thursday.
• [SJS] Jonah Gadjovich will not play on Thursday because of a hand injury.
• [SJS] John Leonard suffered a lower-body injury on Tuesday.

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

⚠️ Gametime Decision

Ottawa Senators vs. Nashville Predators

Tkachuk – Norris – Joseph Formenton – Stutzle⚠️ – Brown Kelly – White – Gaudette Mete – Tierney – Watson Brannstrom – Zub Del Zotto – Hamonic Holden – Zaitsev

Forsberg – Johansen – Tomasino Kunin – Granlund – Duchene Trenin – Sissons – Jeannot Cousins – McCarron – Luff Josi – Fabbro Ekholm – Carrier Borowiecki – Lauzon

New Jersey Devils vs. Montreal Canadiens

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

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

Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Philadelphia Flyers

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

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

New York Rangers vs. Pittsburgh Penguins

Kreider – Zibanejad – Vatrano Panarin – Strome – Copp Lafreniere – Chytil – Goodrow Motte – Brodzinski – Hunt Lindgren – Fox Miller – Trouba Braun – Schneider

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

Carolina Hurricanes vs. Buffalo Sabres

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

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

Chicago Blackhawks vs. Seattle Kraken

DeBrincat – Strome – Kane Reichel – Toews – Dach Kubalik – T. Johnson – Raddysh Katchouk – R. Johnson – Lafferty C. Jones – S. Jones De Haan – McCabe Vlasic – Gustafsson

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

Dallas Stars vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

Robertson – Hintz – Pavelski Benn – Seguin – Studenic Kiviranta – Namesnikov – Radulov Raffl – Faksa – Glendening Suter – Heiskanen Hanley – Klingberg Harley – Hakanpaa

Bunting – Matthews – Marner Mikheyev – Tavares – Kerfoot Nylander – Kampf – Engvall Abruzzese – Blackwell – Simmonds Rielly – Lyubushkin Muzzin – Brodie Giordano – Holl

Arizona Coyotes vs. Vancouver Canucks

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

Pearson – Miller – Petterson Dickinson – Horvat – Garland Podkolzin – Lammikko – Chiason Petan – Richardson – Lockwood Dermott – Myers Ekman-Larsson – Schenn Burroughs – Hunt

San Jose Sharks vs. Calgary Flames

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

Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk Mangiapane – Backlund – Toffoli Dube – Ruzicka – Coleman Lucic – Carpenter – Lewis Hanifin – Andersson Stone – Tanev Zadorov – Gudbranson

Los Angeles Kings vs. Edmonton Oilers

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

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

Goalie Rankings

Daily Value Picks

C – Ryan Strome (NYR) – $3,500
W – Yegor Sharangovich (NJD) – $3,900
D – Michael Stone (CGY) – $3,330

Optimizer Highest Projections

C – Connor McDavid (EDM) – $9,400
W – Patrick Kane (CHI) – $8,100
D – Dougie Hamilton (NJD) – $6,400

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5. CAR1 (+5.74)

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