Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 04/18/22

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

• [CHI] Calvin de Haan will return to the lineup after receiving a maintenance day on Saturday.
• [CHI] Caleb Jones will return to the lineup after being scratched for two games.
• [VAN] Matthew Highmore (upper-body) will return to the lineup after missing nine games.
• [VAN] Brock Boeser (upper-body) has missed the last five games but is expected to return on Monday.
• [DAL] Joel Kiviranta (illness) has missed the last five games but will play on Monday.

OUT

• [CHI] Erik Gustafsson will be a healthy scratch on Monday.
• [CHI] Riley Stillman will be a healthy scratch.
• [COL] Andrew Cogliano will not play Monday because of an undisclosed minor injury.
• [COL] Devon Toews (undisclosed) will not play due to a minor injury.
• [CAR] Jesperi Kotkaniemi is day-to-day with an undisclosed injury.
• [CAR] Jordan Staal (undisclosed) left Saturday’s game and will not play Monday.
• [CAR] Frederik Andersen (undisclosed) will miss at least one week.
• [DAL] Jacob Peterson will be a healthy scratch after playing five straight games.

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

⚠️ Gametime Decision

Chicago Blackhawks vs. Calgary Flames

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

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

Colorado Avalanche vs. Washington Capitals

Nichushkin – MacKinnon – Rantanen Lehkonen – Compher – Burakovsky Newhook – Sturm – Aube-Kubel Helm – Meyers – O’Connor Byram – Makar Girard – Manson MacDermid – J. Johnson

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

Seattle Kraken vs. Ottawa Senators

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

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

Vegas Golden Knights vs. New Jersey Devils

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

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

Arizona Coyotes vs. Carolina Hurricanes

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

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

Vancouver Canucks vs. Dallas Stars

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

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

Goalie Rankings

Daily Value Picks

C – Matty Beniers (SEA) – $2,800
W – Seth Jarvis (CAR) – $2,700
D – Travis Hamonic (OTT) – $3,600

Optimizer Highest Projections

C – Nathan MacKinnon (COL) – $9,000
W – Mikko Rantanen (COL) – $7,500
D – Cale Makar (COL) – $7,800

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DFS 5v5 Score:

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5. CAR1 (+3.66)

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