Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 12/01/21

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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

• Kevin Hayes (PHI) will play in his third game of the season.
• Colin Blackwell (SEA) will draw back into the Kraken lineup on Wednesday.
• Kole Lind (SEA) was recalled from the AHL and will play in Detroit.
• Jeremy Lauzon (SEA) will be back in the Kraken lineup on Wednesday.
• Joey Anderson (TOR) will make his season debut vs. the Avalanche.
• Nathan MacKinnon (COL) will return to the Avalanche lineup in Toronto.
• Jack Johnson (COL) will be back in the Avalanche lineup on Wednesday.
• Drake Batherson (OTT) will return after a five-game absence on the COVID-19 protocol list.
• Adam Gaudette (OTT) will make his Senators debut vs. the Canucks.
• Markus Niemelainen (EDM) will make his NHL debut vs. Pittsburgh.

GAME-TIME DECISION

• Ryan Getzlaf (ANA) suffered a lower-body injury on Tuesday and is questionable for Wednesday.

OUT

• Nate Thompson (PHI) had shoulder surgery and will miss “substantial amount of time.”
• Jordan Eberle (SEA) will not play in Detroit due to a lower-body injury.
• Jaden Schwartz (SEA) is day-to-day with a lower-body injury; will not play Wednesday.
• William Borgen (SEA) will miss Wednesday’s game in Detroit with a lower-body injury.
• Ondrej Kase (TOR) will remain sidelined Wednesday due to an upper-body injury.
• Ryan Murray (COL) is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury.
• Cody Ceci (EDM) was placed on the COVID-19 protocol list.
• Brian Boyle (PIT) is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

New York Rangers vs. Philadelphia Flyers

Kreider – Zibanejad – Kakko Panarin – Strome – Hunt Lafreniere – Chytil – Gauthier Rooney – Goodrow – Reaves Lindgren – Fox Miller – Trouba Nemeth – Lundkvist

Farabee – Couturier – van Riemsdyk Giroux – Frost – Atkinson Laughton – Hayes – Konecny Lindblom – Bunnaman – MacEwen Provorov – Seeler Sanheim – Ristolainen Yandle – Braun

Detroit Red Wings vs. Seattle Kraken

Bertuzzi – Larkin – Raymond Fabbri – Suter – Smith Namestnikov – Rasmussen – Erne Gagner – Rowney – Zadina Oesterle – Seider Leddy – Hronek Staal – Lindstrom

Tanev – Gourde – Donskoi Johansson – Wennberg – Appleton Donato – Geekie – McCann Blackwell – Sheahan – Lind Dunn – Larsson Oleksiak – Soucy Lauzon – Fleury

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Colorado Avalanche

Bunting – Matthews – Marner Kerfoot – Tavares – Nylander Engvall – Kampf – Anderson Ritchie – Spezza – Simmonds Rielly – Brodie Muzzin – Holl Sandin – Dermott

Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen Nichushkin – Kadri – Burakovsky Aube-Kubel – Newhook – O’Connor Helm – Jost – Megna Toews – Makar Byram – Girard J. Johnson – E. Johnson

Ottawa Senators vs. Vancouver Canucks

Tkachuk – Norris – Batherson Stützle – Paul – Brown Formenton – Gaudette – Sanford Tierney – Gambrell – Watson Chabot – Zub Mete – Zaitsev Holden – Thomson

Hoglander – Miller – Boeser Pearson – Horvat – Garland Dowling – Pettersson – Podkolzin Motte – Dickinson – Chiasson Ekman-Larsson – Myers Hughes – Schenn Burroughs – Poolman

Anaheim Ducks vs. Vegas Golden Knights

Henrique – Steel – Terry Milano – Zegras – Rakell Lundestrom – Lettieri – Silfverberg Deslauriers – Grant – Carrick Lindholm – Drysdale Fowler – Manson Benoit – Shattenkirk

Pacioretty – Stephenson – Stone Marchessault – Roy – Smith Dadonov – Amadio – Kolesar Janmark – Howden – Brooks Hague – Pietrangelo McNabb – Theodore Hutton – Coghlan

Edmonton Oilers vs. Pittsburgh Penguins

Hyman – McDavid – Kassian Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto Foegele – McLeod – Puljujarvi Benson – Ryan – Sceviour Russell – Barrie Lagesson – Bouchard Niemelainen – Broberg

Guentzel – Crosby – Rodrigues Zucker – Carter – Kapanen Aston-Reese – Blueger – McGinn Simon – Lafferty – Heinen Dumoulin – Letang Pettersson – Marino Matheson – Ruhwedel

Goalie Rankings

✅ — Confirmed

🅿️ — Probable

🅾️ — Projected

1	Robin Lehner	🅾️	@ ANA
2	Thatcher Demko	✅	@ OTT
3	Thomas Greiss	🅾️	vs. SEA
4	Igor Shesterkin	🅾️	vs. PHI
5	Tristan Jarry	✅	@ EDM
6	Jack Campbell	🅿️	vs. COL
7	Carter Hart	✅	@ NYR
8	Darcy Kuemper	✅	@ TOR
9	Philipp Grubauer	🅾️	@ DET
10	Mikko Koskinen	✅	vs. PIT
11	Filip Gustavsson	🅿️	vs. VAN
12	Anthony Stolarz	🅾️	vs. VGK

Daily Value Picks

C – Pius Suter (DET – $2,800)
W – Reilly Smith (VGK – $3,800)
D – Kris Russell (EDM – $2,700)

Optimizer Highest Projections

C – Connor McDavid (EDM – $9,700)
W – Max Pacioretty (VGK – $7,000)
D – Adam Fox (NYR – $7,200)

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5.  COL1 (+4.50)

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