Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 10/29/19
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.
Key Injuries/Lineup Changes
IN
- — [TOR] @Travis Dermott (shoulder) has been activated from IR and will make his season debut vs. the Capitals.
- — [BOS] @David Krejci (upper-body) has been activated from IR and will return from a five-game absence.
- — [BOS] @Chris Wagner (lower-body) will return to the lineup vs. the Sharks.
- — [NYR] @Filip Chytil has been recalled from Hartford (AHL) and will make his season debut vs. the Lightning.
- — [DET] @Joe Hicketts has been recalled from Grand Rapids (AHL) and will make his season debut vs. the Oilers.
- — [NSH] @Matt Duchene (lower-body) will return to the lineup vs. The Blackhawks.
- — [DAL] @Jordan Greenway (upper-body) will return to the lineup in Dallas.
- — [ANA] @Josh Mahura has been recalled from San Diego (AHL) and is expected to make his season debut.
- — [WPG] @Logan Shaw was recalled from Manitoba (AHL) and is expected to make his season debut,
GAMETIME DECISION
- — [PIT] @Alex Galchenyuk (lower-body) has been activated from IR but remains a game-time decision vs. the Flyers.
- — [PIT] @Brian Dumoulin (lower-body) has been activated from IR but remains a game-time decision vs. the Flyers.
- — [TBL] @Brayden Point (undisclosed) will be a game-time decision in New York.
- — [TBL] @Anthony Cirelli (undisclosed) will be a game-time decision in New York.
- — [DET] @Adam Erne (undisclosed) will be a game-time decision vs. the Oilers.
- — [WPG] @Patrik Laine (undisclosed) is doubtful to play in Anaheim.
OUT
- — [NYR] @Mika Zibanejad (upper-body) is day-to-day and will not play vs. the Lightning.
- — [DET] @Dennis Cholowski will be a healthy scratch vs. the Oilers.
- — [NSH] @Filip Forsberg (lower-body) remains sidelined vs. the Blackhawks.
- — [MIN] @Kevin Fiala (lower-body) has been activated from IR but will be a healthy scratch in Dallas.
- — [ANA] @Hampus Lindholm (lower-body) won’t play vs. the Jets but the Ducks are “encouraged” for his availability for later this week.
- — [ANA] @Brendan Guhle is expected to come out of the lineup vs. the Jets.
- — [WPG] @Adam Lowry will serve the first game of his two-game suspension.
Projected Lineups
*Subject to change*
⚠️ Gametime Decision
Flyers @ Penguins (7:00 pm)
| van Riemsdyk – Giroux – Voracek Lindblom – Couturier – Konecny Raffl – Hayes – Farabee Pitlick – Vorobyov – Stewart Provorov – Niskanen Sanheim – Braun Hagg – Gostisbehere | Guentzel – Crosby – Simon ⚠️ Galchenyuk – Bjugstad – Hornqvist Kahun – McCann – Rust Aston-Reese – Blueger – Tanev ⚠️ Dumoulin – Letang Pettersson – Schultz Johnson – Marino |
Flames @ Hurricanes (7:00 pm)
| Tkachuk – Lindholm – Gaudreau Quine – Monahan – Bennett Lucic – Backlund – Frolik Mangiapane – Ryan – Rieder Giordano – Brodie Hanifin – Hamonic Kylington – Andersson | Niederreiter – Staal – Foegele Svechnikov – Aho – Teravainen Dzingel – Haula – Necas McGinn – Wallmark – Gibbons Slavin – Hamilton Gardiner – Pesce Edmundson – van Riemsdyk |
Capitals @ Maple Leafs (7:00 pm)
| Tkachuk – Lindholm – Gaudreau Quine – Monahan – Bennett Lucic – Backlund – Frolik Mangiapane – Ryan – Rieder Giordano – Brodie Hanifin – Hamonic Kylington – Andersson | Niederreiter – Staal – Foegele Svechnikov – Aho – Teravainen Dzingel – Haula – Necas McGinn – Wallmark – Gibbons Slavin – Hamilton Gardiner – Pesce Edmundson – van Riemsdyk |
Sharks @ Bruins (7:00 pm)
| Marleau – Couture – Labanc Kane – Hertl – Radil Sorensen – Thornton – Meier Goodrow – Gambrell – M. Karlsson Vlasic – Burns Dillon – E. Karlsson Ferraro – Heed | Marchand – Bergeron – Pastrnak DeBrusk – Krejci – Heinen Bjork – Coyle – Ritchie Wagner – Kuraly – Backes Chara – McAvoy Krug – Carlo Grzelcyk – Clifton |
Lightning @ Rangers (7:30 pm)
| Palat – ⚠️ Point – Kucherov Johnson – Stamkos – Joseph Killorn – ⚠️ Cirelli – Gourde Maroon – Paquette – Witkowski Hedman – Coburn McDonagh – Cernak Sergachev – Shattenkirk | Panarin – Strome – Kakko Kreider – Chytil – Buchnevich Lemieux – Howden – Fast McKegg – Andersson – Smith Skjei – DeAngelo Hajek – Trouba Staal – Fox |
Oilers @ Red Wings (7:30 pm)
| Draisaitl – McDavid – Kassian Khaira – Nugent-Hopkins – Gagner Neal – Haas – Chiasson Jurco – Sheahan – P.Russell Nurse – Bear Klefbom – K. Russell Manning – Benning | Bertuzzi – Larkin – Helm Athanasiou – Filppula – Mantha Hirose – Nielsen – ⚠️ Erne Smith – de la Rose – Ehn Nemeth – Hronek Hicketts – Green Bowey – Daley |
Blackhawks @ Predators (8:00 pm)
| Caggiula – Toews – Kane Kubalik – Kampf – Nylander Sand – Dach – Shaw DeBrincat – Carpenter – Strome Keith – de Haan Koekkoek – Maatta Gilbert – Gustafsson | Jarnkrok – Johansen – Arvidsson Granlund – Turris – Duchene Grimaldi – Bonino – Smith Salomaki – Sissons – Watson Josi – Ellis Ekholm – Fabbro Hamhuis – Irwin |
Wild @ Stars (8:30 pm)
| Zucker – Staal – Zuccarello Parise – Eriksson Ek – Kunin Foligno – Koivu – Hartman Greenway – Rask – Donato Suter – Spurgeon Brodin – Dumba Soucy – Hunt | Benn – Seguin – Perry Radulov – Hintz – Pavelski Janmark – Dickinson – Gurianov Cogliano – Faksa – Caamano Lindell – Klingberg Oleksiak – Heiskanen Hanley – Fedun |
Jets @ Ducks (10:00 pm)
| Connor – Scheifele – Wheeler Ehlers – Little – Roslovic Perreault – Copp – Shaw Gustafsson – Bourque Morrissey – Poolman Kulikov – Pionk Dahlstrom – Bitetto Heinola | Ritchie – Getzlaf – Comtois Rakell – Henrique – Silfverberg Jones – Steel – Terry Shore – Grant – Rowney Mahura – Fowler Del Zotto – Gudbranson Larsson – Holzer |
Consensus Goalie Rankings
✅ — Confirmed
🅿️ — Probable
🅾️ — Projected
Rank | Goalie — Matchup — Price | Brock | Dylan |
1 | ✅ Andrei Vasilevskiy — @ NYR ($8,200) | 1 | 1 |
2 | ✅ Ben Bishop — vs. MIN ($8,100) | 2 | 4 |
t-3 | ✅ Tuukka Rask — vs. SJS ($8,400) | 5 | 3 |
t-3 | 🅿️ Pekka Rinne — vs. CHI ($8,300) | 6 | 2 |
5 | ✅ Mikko Koskinen — @ DET ($7,600) | 3 | 7 |
6 | ✅ Matt Murray — vs. PHI ($8,000) | 7 | 5 |
7 | 🅾️ Connor Hellebuyck — @ ANA ($7,700) | 4 | 11 |
8 | 🅿️ Petr Mrazek — vs. CGY ($7,900) | 8 | 9 |
9 | ✅ John Gibson — vs. WPG ($8,000) | 10 | 8 |
t-10 | ✅ David Rittich — @ CAR ($7,300) | 9 | 10 |
t-10 | ✅ Frederik Andersen — vs. WSH ($7,900) | 13 | 6 |
12 | ✅ Braden Holtby — @ TOR ($7,500) | 12 | 12 |
13 | ✅ Robin Lehner — @ NSH ($7,000) | 11 | 16 |
t-14 | ✅ Brian Elliott — @ PIT ($7,000) | 15 | 13 |
t-14 | ✅ Alex Stalock — @ DAL ($7,400) | 14 | 14 |
16 | 🅿️ Jimmy Howard — vs. EDM ($7,600) | 16 | 15 |
17 | 🅿️ Martin Jones — @ BOS ($6,900) | 17 | 17 |
18 | ✅ Alexandar Georgiev — vs. TBL ($6,900) | 18 | 18 |
Daily Value Picks
| Brock | Dylan | |
| C | Nick Bjugstad ($3,800) | Ryan Strome ($3,300) |
| W | Corey Perry ($3,400) | Nick Ritchie ($3,400) |
| D | Esa Lindell ($3,500) | Cody Ceci ($3,500) |
Optimizer Highest Projections
| C | Connor McDavid ($8,200) | 15.49 DK Points |
| W | David Pastrnak ($8,300) | 18.58 DK Points |
| D | John Carlson ($7,000) | 13.51 DK Points |
| G | Andrei Vasilevskiy ($8,200) | 15.62 DK Points |
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5. Carolina 2 (Svechnikov – Aho – Teravainen)
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