Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 04/14/22

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

• [ANA] Josh Mahura will return to the lineup after being scratched three of the last four games.
• [ANA] Sam Steel will return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch on Tuesday.
• [NYI] Kieffer Bellows (illness) will return to the lineup after being scratched for five games.
• [CAR] Jesperi Kotkaniemi (undisclosed) will play his first game since March 28th.
• [BOS] Jesper Froden will replace Trent Frederic in the lineup.
• [BOS] Matt Grzelcyk will return to the lineup after missing one game with an upper-body injury.
• [DAL] Alexander Radulov (illness) will return to the lineup on Thursday.
• [MIN] Nicolas Deslauriers (undisclosed) has missed the last two games but will return to the lineup Thursday.
• [NSH] Cody Glass was recalled from the AHL and is expected to be in the lineup Thursday.
• [CHI] Calvin de Haan will return to the lineup after missing Tuesday’s game.

GAMETIME DECISIONS

• [WSH] Evgeny Kuznetsov (illness) will be a game-time decision on Thursday.
• [PIT] Evan Rodrigues left Tuesday’s game with an illness and will be a game-time decision Thursday.
• [PIT] Bryan Rust (illness) also left Tuesday’s game and will be a game-time decision on Thursday.

OUT

• [ANA] Simon Benoit will be a healthy scratch for the second time in three games.
• [ANA] Maxime Comtois will be a healthy scratch for the second time in three games.
• [NYI] Oliver Wahlstrom will be a healthy scratch on Thursday.
• [BOS] Brandon Carlo (undisclosed) left Tuesday’s game and will not be available on Thursday.
• [BOS] Trent Frederic will be a healthy scratch on Thursday.
• [DAL] Vladislav Namestnikov is week-to-week with a lower-body injury.
• [MIN] Jordan Greenway will miss Thursday’s game with an upper-body injury.
• [NSH] Matt Luff (illness) will not play on Thursday.
• [CHI] Caleb Jones will be a healthy scratch on Thursday.

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

⚠️ Gametime Decision

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Washington Capitals

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

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

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Anaheim Ducks

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

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

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York Islanders

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

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

Carolina Hurricanes vs. Detroit Red Wings

Svechnikov – Aho – Jarvis Bokk – Trocheck – Teravainen Niderreiter – Staal – Fast Martinook – Kotkaniemi – Necas Slavin – DeAngelo Skjei – Pesce Cole – Bear

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

Buffalo Sabres vs. St Louis Blues

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

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

Boston Bruins vs. Ottawa Senators

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

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

Dallas Stars vs. Minnesota Wild

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

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

Nashville Predators vs. Edmonton Oilers

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

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

Chicago Blackhawks vs. San Jose Sharks

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

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

Colorado Avalanche vs. New Jersey Devils

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

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

Calgary Flames vs. Vegas Golden Knights

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

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

Vancouver Canucks vs. Arizona Coyotes

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

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

Goalie Rankings

Daily Value Picks

C – Mathew Barzal (NYI) – $3,800
W – Artturi Lehkonen (COL) – $3,600
D – Noah Hanifin (CGY) – $3,900

Optimizer Highest Projections

C – Patrice Bergeron (BOS) – $7,900
W – Nikita Kucherov (TBL) – $7,900
D – Roman Josi (NSH) – $8,6000

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5. TBL1 (+7.06)

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