Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 04/22/22

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

• [MIN] Tyson Jost (lower-body) is expected to return to the lineup after missing three games.
• [ARI] Bokondji Imama was recalled from the AHL is expected to make his NHL debut on Friday.

GAMETIME DECISIONS

[OTT] Tim Stützle (undisclosed) is expected to play but will be a game-time decision.

OUT

• [CBJ] Adam Boqvist (lower-body) will not play on Friday.
• [EDM] Jesse Puljujarvi will not play Friday due to a non-COVID-related illness.
• [ARI] Nick Ritchie (upper-body) will miss his second straight game.
• [ARI] Jay Beagle (lower-body) was injured on Wednesday and will not play on Friday.

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

⚠️ Gametime Decision

Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Ottawa Senators

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

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

Minnesota Wild vs. Seattle Kraken

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

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

Edmonton Oilers vs. Colorado Avalanche

Kane – McDavid – Yamamoto McLeod – Draisaitl – HYman Foegele – Nugent-Hopkins – Ryan Russell – Shore – Kassian Nurse – Ceci Keith – Bouchard Kulak – Barrie

Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin Burakovsky – Kadri – Compher Meyers – Sturm – Newhook Cogliano – Helm – O’Connor Byram – Makar Girard – Manson MacDermid – J. Johnson

Arizona Coyotes vs. Washington Capitals

Ladd – Hayton – Schmaltz Carcone – Smith – Kessel Roussel – McBain – Boyd Imama – Galchenyuk – Eriksson Capobianco – Gostisbehere Stralman – Moser Dineen – Kolyachonok

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

Goalie Rankings

Daily Value Picks

C – Ryan McLeod (EDM) – $2,500
W – Kailer Yamamoto (EDM) – $2,700
D – Justin Schultz (WSH) – $2,500

Optimizer Highest Projections

C – Nathan MacKinnon (COL) – $9,400
W – Alex Ovechkin (WSH) – $8,400
D – John Carlson (WSH) – $6,700

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DFS 5v5 Score:

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5. MIN1 (+3.47)

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