Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 04/19/22

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

• [MTL] Jordan Harris will return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for two games.
• [MTL] Mathieu Perreault will play for the first time since March 29th.
• [MTL] Laurent Dauphin will draw back into the lineup after being a healthy scratch for four games.
• [MIN] Mitchell Chaffee will make his NHL debut.
• [NYI] Semyon Varlamov (illness) will serve as Ilya Sorokin’s backup.
• [NYI] Grant Hutton (illness) is expected to play on Tuesday after missing Sunday’s game.
• [FLA] Robert Hagg will return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch on Sunday.
• [STL] Nick Leddy will return to the lineup after missing Sunday’s game with an eye injury.

GAMETIME DECISIONS

• [DET] Oskar Sundqvist (illness) has miss the last two games and will be a game-time decision on Tuesday.
• [DET] Alex Nedeljkovic (illness) will be a game-time decision but Thomas Greiss should get the start regardless.
• [VAN] Alex Chiasson (illness) did not play yesterday but will be a game-time decision Tuesday.

OUT

• [DET] Dylan Larkin underwent successful core muscle surgery and will miss the rest of the season.
• [TOR] Auston Matthews (undisclosed) will miss his second straight game with what is considered a minor injury.
• [NYR] Kaapo Kakko (lower-body) is listed as week-to-week after being injured on Saturday.
• [MTL] Corey Schueneman will be a healthy scratch on Tuesday.
• [MTL] Joel Armia has been granted a leave of absence for personal reasons.
• [MTL] Jake Evans (illness) will not play on Tuesday.
• [MTL] Michael Pezzetta will serve the first of his two-game suspension.
• [MIN] Marcus Foligno was placed on COVID-19 protocol on Monday.
• [NSH] Jeremy Lauzon is week-to-week with a lower-body injury.
• [BOS] Jesper Froden suffered a lower-body injury on Saturday.
• [SJS] Alexander Barabanov (undisclosed) participated in morning skate but is not ready to return to game action.
• [CBJ] Zach Werenski left Sunday’s game early with an upper-body injury.
• [CBJ] Patrik Laine will miss his second consecutive game with an upper-body injury.

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

⚠️ Gametime Decision

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Detroit Red Wings

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

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

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Philadelphia Flyers

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

Cates – Hayes – Konecny Van Riemsdyk – Laughton – Brink Farabee – Frost – Tippett Lindblom – Thompson – MacEwen Provorov – Sanheim Zamula – Connauton Yandle – Attard

New York Rangers vs. Winnipeg Jets

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

Connor – Stastny – Ehlers Sanford – Dubois – Wheeler Barron – Lowry – Appleton Harkins – Toninato – Svechnikov Morrissey – DeMelo Schmidt – Pionl Stanley – Dillon

Montreal Canadiens vs. Minnesota Wild

Caufield – Suzuki – Anderson Hoffman – Dvorak – Gallagher R. Pitlick – Poehling – Byron Perrault – Dauphin – T. Pitlick Romanov – Savard Edmundson – Petry Harris – Wideman

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

New York Islanders vs. Florida Panthers

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

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

Nashville Predators vs. Calgary Flames

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

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

St Louis Blues vs. Boston Bruins

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

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

Vancouver Canucks vs. Ottawa Senators

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

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

Anaheim Ducks vs. Los Angeles Kings

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

Athanasiou – Kopitar – Kempe Moore – Danult – Arvidsson Iafallo – Lizotte – Brown Lemieux – Kupari – Kaliyev Edler – Roy Moverare – Durzi Maatta – Spence

San Jose Sharks vs. Columbus Blue Jackets

Meier – Hertl – Dahlen Bonino – Couture – Nieto Balcers – Bordeleau – Gregor Reedy – Weatherby – Chmelevski Ferraro – Burns Megna – Meloche Vlasic – Merkley

Johnson – Roslovic – Bjorkstrand Nyquist – Sillinger – Voracek Robinson – Kuraly – Danforth Bemstrom – Gaunce – Meyer Gavrikov – Blankenburg Bean – Peeke Boqvist – Bayreuther

Goalie Rankings

Daily Value Picks

C – Thomas Bordeleau (SJS) – $2,500
W – Carter Verhaeghe (FLA) – $3,200
D – Nick Blankenburg (CBJ) – $2,600

Optimizer Highest Projections

C – John Tavares (TOR) – $6,800
W – Nikita Kucherov (TBL) – $7,600
D – Victor Hedman (TBL) – $7,300

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DFS 5v5 Score:

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5. TOR1 (+5.97)

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