Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 04/12/22

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

• [CAR] Brendan Smith (undisclosed) will return to the lineup after missing Sunday’s game.
• [FLA] Robert Hagg will return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch on Saturday.
• [FLA] Maxim Mamin will return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for four games.
• [WSH] Nicklas Backstrom will return to the lineup after receiving a maintenance day on Sunday.
• [PIT] Brock McGinn (upper-body) will play his first game since March 11th.
• [NSH] Dante Fabbro (upper-body) will return to the lineup after not playing on Sunday.
• [NSH] Juuse Saros (illness) will get the start in net on Tuesday.
• [SJS] Nicolas Meloche will return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for two games.
• [SJS] Jeffrey Viel has been a healthy scratch three of the last four games but will play on Tuesday.
• [CHI] Caleb Jones will return to the lineup after not playing on Sunday.
• [CHI] Alec Regula will play his first NHL game since March 10th.
• [CGY] Calle Jarnkrok (illness) has missed the last five games but will play on Tuesday.
• [SEA] Matthew Beniers will make his NHL debut on Tuesday.
• [ARI] Jack McBain will make his NHL debut.
• [ARI] Nathan Smith will make his NHL debut.
• [ARI] Janis Moser (upper-body) will return to the lineup after missing 12 straight games.

GAMETIME DECISIONS

• [WSH] Dmitri Orlov (lower-body) will be a game-time decision on Tuesday.
• [STL] Torey Krug (upper-body) will be a game-time decision after missing 10 games.
• [VGK] Mark Stone (back) has not played since February 8th but will be a game-time decision on Tuesday.

OUT

• [FLA] Lucas Carlsson will be a healthy scratch on Tuesday.
• [FLA] Ryan Lomberg will receive a maintenance day and not play on Tuesday.
• [BOS] Matt Grzelcyk suffered an upper-body injury on Sunday and will not play Tuesday.
• [STL] MacKenzie MacEachern will miss at least the next two games with an upper-body injury.
• [PIT] Evgeni Malkin will serve the first game of his four-game suspension.
• [NSH] Matt Benning will be a healthy scratch on Tuesday.
• [SJS] Ryan Merkley will be a healthy scratch.
• [SJS] Radim Simek will be a healthy scratch.
• [CHI] Erik Gustafsson will be a healthy scratch after playing three straight games.
• [CHI] Calvin de Haan is deadling with a lower-body injury and will be unavailable on Tuesday.
• [DAL] Joel Kiviranta will not play on Tuesday because of an illness.
• [DAL] Alexander Radulov will not play on Tuesday because of an illness.
• [VAN] Brock Boeser skated on Monday but will miss his fourth straight game.
• [VAN] Tanner Pearson will miss at least one week with an upper-body injury.

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

⚠️ Gametime Decision

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Buffalo Sabres

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

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

New York Rangers vs. Carolina Hurricanes

Kreider – Zibanejad – Vatrano Panarin – Strome – Copp Lafreniere – Goodrow – Kakko Hunt – Rooney – Reaves Lindgren – Fox Miller – Trouba Braun – Schneider

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

Florida Panthers vs. Anaheim Ducks

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

Grant – Zegras – Terry Henrique – Getzlaf – Mayhew Milano – Lundestrom – Simon Aston-Reese – Steel – Carrick Fowler – Shattenkirk Vaakanainen – Drysdale Mahura – Sustr

Washington Capitals vs. Philadelphia Flyers

Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Sheary Johansson – Backstrom – Oshie Mantha – Eller – Wilson Larsson – Dowd – Hathaway Fehervary – Carlson Van Riemsdyk – Jensen Irwin – Schultz

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

Boston Bruins vs. St Louis Blues

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

Buchnevich – Thomas – Tarasenko Saad – O’Reilly – Perron Barbashev – Schenn – Kyrou Toropchenko – Brown – Walker Leddy – Parayko Krug⚠️ – Faulk Scandella – Bortuzzo

New York Islanders vs. Pittsburgh Penguins

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

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

Detroit Red Wings vs. Ottawa Senators

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

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

Minnesota Wild vs. Edmonton Oilers

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

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

Nashville Predators vs. San Jose Sharks

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

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

Chicago Blackhawks vs. Los Angeles Kings

Kurashev – Toews – Kane Reichel – Strome – DeBrincat Raddysh – Dach – Lafferty Katchouk – R. Johnson – Entwistle Vlasic – S. Jones McCabe – Regula Stillman – C. Jones

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

Calgary Flames vs. Seattle Kraken

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

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

Dallas Stars vs. Tampa Bay Lightning

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

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

Arizona Coyotes vs. New Jersey Devils

Ritchie – Boyd – Schmaltz Carcone – McBain – Kessel Ladd – Hayton – Eriksson Galchenyuk – Smith – Maccelli Gostisbehere – Mayo Moser – Stralman Dineen – Capobianco

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

Vancouver Canucks vs. Vegas Golden Knights

Pettersson – Horvat – Garland Podkolzin – Miller – Chiasson Petan – Lammikko – Lockwood Dries – Richardson – Burroughs Ekman-Larsson – Myers Hughes – Schenn Dermott – Hunt

Dadonov – Eichel – Roy Marchessault – Karlsson – Amadio Pacioretty – Stephenson – Stone⚠️ Janmark – Leschyshyn – Kolesar McNabb – Theodore Hutton – Pietrangelo Martinez – Whitecloud

Goalie Rankings

Daily Value Picks

C – William Karlsson (VGK) – $3,400
W – Lucas Raymond (DET) – $3,900
D – Gustav Forsling (FLA) – $3,600

Optimizer Highest Projections

C – Auston Matthews (TOR) – $9,800
W – Mitch Marner (TOR) – $8,200
D – Roman Josi (NSH) – $8,800

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