Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 04/08/22

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

• [COL] Samuel Girard (lower-body) will play his first game since March 8th.
• [COL] Valeri Nichushkin (illness) will return to the lineup after missing one game.

GAMETIME DECISIONS

• [STL] Jordan Kyrou (illness) missed the morning skate but will be a game-time decision.

OUT

• [BOS] Hampus Lindholm suffered a lower-body injury on Tuesday and will not play Friday.
• [BOS] David Pastrnak (undisclosed) will not play for the second straight game.
• [WPG] Logan Stanley (undisclosed) will not play on Friday.
• [WPG] Blake Wheeler (upper-body) is day-to-day and will not play on Friday.
• [COL] Gabriel Landeskog (knee) is expected to be ready for the start of the playoffs.
• [COL] Nazem Kadri (upper-body) is expected to be ready for the start of the playoffs.
• [MIN] Mathew Dumba (upper-body) suffered an injury on Tuesday and will not be in the lineup Friday.

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

⚠️ Gametime Decision

Florida Panthers vs. Buffalo Sabres

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

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

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Boston Bruins

Palat – Point – Kucherov Paul – Stamkos – Colton Killorn – Cirelli – Hagel Maroon – Bellemare – Perry Hedman – Rutta Sergachev – Cernak Bogosian – Foote

Marchand – Bergeron – DeBrusk Hall – Haula – McLaughlin Frederic⚠️ – Coyle – Smith Foligno – Nosek – Lazar Reilly – McAvoy Grzelcyk – Carlo Forbort – Clifton

Carolina Hurricanes vs. New York Islanders

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

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

Winnipeg Jets vs. Colorado Avalanche

Stastny – Scheifele – Ehlers Connor – Dubois – Svechnikov Sanford – Lowry – Appleton Barron – Toninato – Brooks Morrissey – DeMelo Schmidt – Pionk Samberg – Dillon

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

St Louis Blues vs. Minnesota Wild

Saad – O’Reilly – Perron Buchnevich – Thomas – Tarasenko Barbasehv – Schenn – Kyrou⚠️ Maceachern – Walker – Toropchenko Scandella – Parayko Leddy – Faulk Rosen – Bortuzzo

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

Goalie Rankings

Daily Value Picks

C – Vincent Trocheck (CAR) – $3,900
W – Andre Burakovsky (COL) – $3,200
D – Gustav Forsling (FLA) – $3,800

Optimizer Highest Projections

C – Nathan MacKinnon (COL) – $8,200
W – Mikko Rantanen (COL) – $6,700
D – Cale Makar (COL) – $7,000

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DFS 5v5 Score:

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5. FLA1 (+3.80)

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