Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 04/21/22

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

• [FLA] Lucas Carlsson will draw back into the lineup after being a health scratch for four games.
• [FLA] Joe Thornton will return to the lineup after being a health scratch for seven games.
• [MTL] Kale Clague has been a healthy scratch for six games but will return to the lineup Thursday.
• [MTL] Jake Evans (illness) will return to the lineup after missing one game.
• [CAR] Jordan Staal (upper-body) is expected to play after suffering an injury on the weekend.
• [MIN] Jon Merrill (upper-body) will return to the lineup after missing 10 games.
• [VAN] Alex Chiasson (illness) will return to the lineup after missing two games.
• [LAK] Carl Grundstrom is expected to play after being a healthy scratch for four games.
• [LAK] Quinton Byfield is expected to return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for two games.

OUT

• [FLA] Robert Hagg will be a healthy scratch for the second time in the last three games.
• [FLA] Carter Verhaeghe will receive a maintenance day on Thursday.
• [MTL] Jordan Harris will be a healthy scratch on Thursday.
• [MTL] Paul Byron (lower-body) was injured on Tuesday and will be unavailable to play on Thursday.
• [MIN] Tyson Jost (lower-body) will miss his third straight game Thursday but is expected to play on Friday.

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

⚠️ Gametime Decision

Florida Panthers vs. Detroit Red Wings

Huberdeau – Barkov – Reinhart Giroux – Bennett – Duclair Marchment – Lundell – Hornqvist Thornton – Luostarinen – Acciari⚠️ Chiarot – Weegar Forsling – Montour Carlsson – Gudas

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

Montreal Canadiens vs. Philadelphia Flyers

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

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

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Boston Bruins

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

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

New Jersey Devils vs. Buffalo Sabres

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

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

Carolina Hurricanes vs. Winnipeg Jets

Teravainen – Aho – Jarvis Svechnikov – Trocheck – Necas Niederreiter – Staal⚠️ – Fast Martinook – Domi – Lorentz Slavin – DeAngelo Skjei – Pesce Smith – Bear

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

New York Islanders vs. New York Rangers

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

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

Minnesota Wild vs. Vancouver Canucks

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

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

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

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

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

Calgary Flames vs. Dallas Stars

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

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

San Jose Sharks vs. St Louis Blues

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

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

Los Angeles Kings vs. Chicago Blackhawks

Athanasiou – Kopitar – Kempe Moore – Danault – Arvidsson Iafallo – Lizotte – Brown Grundstrom – Byfield – Kaliyev Edler – Roy Moverare – Durzi Maatta – Spence

DeBrincat – Strome – Kane Kubalik – Toews – T. Johnson Kurashev – Lafferty – Raddysh Borgstrom – R. Johnson – Katchouk Vlasic – S. Jones McCabe – Regula Stillman – Gustafsson

Goalie Rankings

Daily Value Picks

C – Joe Veleno (DET) – $2,500
W – Seth Jarvis (CAR) – $2,800
D – Alec Regula (CHI) – $2,500

Optimizer Highest Projections

C – Aleksander Barkov (FLA) – $8,300
W – Jonathan Huberdeau (FLA) – $7,900
D – Dougie Hamilton (NJD) – $6,400

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