Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 12/08/21

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

• [TBL] Riley Nash will make his Lightning debut after being claimed on waivers on Tuesday.
• [CHI] Connor Murphy (concussion) will be back in the Blackhawks lineup.
• [CHI] Jake McCabe (personal) will draw back into the Blackhawks lineup.
• [CHI] Philipp Kurashev was recalled from the AHL and will draw back into the lineup.
• [EDM] Cody Ceci (COVID-19) will return after a four-game absence.
• [SEA] Mark Giordano (COVID-19) is set to return after missing six games.
• [SJS] Kevin Labanc is expected to be back in the lineup after serving as a healthy scratch on Tuesday.
• [MIN] Mason Shaw will make his NHL debut on Thursday.
• [MIN] Jared Spurgeon (lower-body) will be back in the Wild lineup.
• [LAK] Jaret Anderson-Dolan will make his season debut.
• [LAK] Andreas Athanasio (COVID-19) is set to return to the Kings lineup.

GAMETIME DECISION

• [TBL] Anthony Cirelli (undisclosed) will be a game-time decision.
• [SEA] Calle Jarnkrok will be a game-time decision.

OUT

• [MTL] Christian Dvorak is day-to-day with a lower-body injury.
• [CHI] Dylan Strome will be a healthy scratch.
• [STL] Ville Husso is day-to-day with a lower-body injury.
• [STL] Jake Walman is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.
• [MIN] Mathew Dumba (illness) will not play Thursday.
• [MIN] Rem Pitlick will be a healthy scratch on Thursday.
• [LAK] Lias Andersson will come out of the Kings lineup.

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Anaheim Ducks

Hofmann – Jenner – Bjorkstrand Domi – Roslovic – Voracek Nyquist – Sillinger – Danforth Robinson – Kuraly – Texier Werenski – Bean Gavrikov – Peeke Carlsson – Boqvist

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

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Tampa Bay Lightning

Bunting – Matthews – Simmonds Kerfoot – Tavares – Nylander Ritchie – Kampf – Kase Clifford – Engvall – Steeves Rielly – Brodie Muzzin – Holl Rubins – Liljegren

Palat – Stamkos – Joseph Killorn – Cirelli – Perry Katchouk – Colton – Raddysh Maroon – Bellemare – Nash Hedman – Rutta McDonagh – Bogosian Sergachev – Foote

Montreal Canadiens vs. Chicago Blackhawks

Hoffman – Suzuki – Drouin Lehkonen – Poehling – Evans Perreault – Dauphin – Caufield Pezzetta – Paquette – Ylonen Chiarot – Savard Romanov – Wideman Kulak – Clague

Hagel – Toews – Kane Kurashev – Dach – Kubalik DeBrincat – Borgstrom – Johnson Hardman – Slavin – Carpenter de Haan – S. Jones McCabe – Murphy Stillman – Gustafsson

New York Islanders vs. Nashville Predators

Lee – Barzal – Bailey Beauvillier – Pageau – Palmieri Bellows – Czarnik – Wahlstrom Johnston – Paries – Clutterbuck Pelech – Mayfield Greene – Dobson Chara – Aho

Forsberg – Granlund – Duchene Tolvanen – Johansen – Kunin Trenin – Sissons – Jeannot Cousins – Novak – Tomasino Josi – Fabbro Borowiecki – Carrier Myers – Harpur

St. Louis Blues vs. Detroit Red Wings

Saad – O’Reilly – Kyrou Buchnevich – Barbashev – Tarasenko Brown – Schenn – Sundqvist Joshua – Walker Mikkola – Parayko Krug – Perunovich Scandella – Bortuzzo

Fabbri – Larkin – Raymond Veleno – Suter – Zadina Namestnikov – Rasmussen – Erne Smith – Rowney – Gagner DeKeyser – Seider Leddy – Hronek Oesterle – Renouf

Edmonton Oilers vs. Boston Bruins

Hyman – McDavid – Puljujarvi Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto Foegele – McLeod – Kassian Shore – Ryan – Sceviour Nurse – Bouchard Russell – Ceci Niemelainen – Barrie

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

Calgary Flames vs. Carolina Hurricanes

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

Niederreiter – Aho – Teravainen Svechnikov – Staal – Fast Jarvis – Trocheck – Necas Lorentz – Kotkaniemi – Stepan Slavin – Cole Skjei – Chatfield Smith – Bear

Seattle Kraken vs. Winnipeg Jets

Schwartz – Wennberg – Eberle Tanev – Gourde – Jarnkrok Johansson – McCann – Appleton Donato – Geekie – Donskoi Giordano – Oleksiak Dunn – Larsson Lauzon – Soucy

Connor – Scheifele – Wheeler Copp – Dubois – Ehlers Stastny – Lowry – Vesalainen Harkins – Toninato – Svechnikov Morrissey – Schmidt Stanley – Dillon Beaulieu – DeMelo

San Jose Sharks vs. Minnesota Wild

Meier – Couture – Dahlen Barabanov – Hertl – Gregor Cogliano – Bonino – Nieto Gadjovich – Weatherby – Labanc Ferraro – Burns Middleton – Karlsson Vlasic – Meloche

Kaprizov – Hartman – Zuccarello Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Foligno Shaw – Rask – Fiala Duhaime – Sturm – Bjugstad Goligoski – Spurgeon Brodin – Kulikov Merrill – Benn

Los Angeles Kings vs. Dallas Stars

Kempe – Kopitar – Brown Iafallo – Danault – Arvidsson Moore – Kupari – Kaliyev Grundstrom – Anderson-Dolan – Athanasiou Anderson – Doughty Edler – Roy Bjornfot – Durzi

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

Goalie Rankings

✅ — Confirmed

🅿️ — Probable

🅾️ — Projected

1	Connor Hellebuyck	✅	@ SEA	$7,900
2	John Gibson	✅	@ CBJ	$7,300
3	Jack Campbell	✅	vs. TBL	$8,200
4	Cam Talbot	✅	@ SJS	$8,400
5	Jacob Markstrom	✅	vs. CAR	$7,700
6	Marc-Andre Fleury	✅	@ MTL	$8,000
7	Andrei Vasilevskiy	✅	@ TOR	$7,800
8	Jake Oettinger	🅿️	@ LAK	$8,100
9	David Rittich	🅾️	@ NYI	$7,200
10	Ilya Sorokin	🅾️	vs. NSH	$7,700
11	Frederik Andersen	🅾️	@ CGY	$7,600
12	Elvis Merzlikins	✅	vs. ANA	$7,900
13	Alex Nedeljkovic	🅾️	@ STL	$6,900
14	Stuart Skinner	✅	vs. BOS	$8,100
15	Charlie Lindgren	✅	vs. DET	$8,500
16	Jonathan Quick	🅾️	vs. DAL	$7,400
17	Adin Hill	✅	vs. MIN	$7,000
18	Philipp Grubauer	✅	vs. WPG	$7,100
19	Linus Ullmark	🅾️	@ EDM	$7,800
20	Jake Allen	🅾️	vs. CHI	$7,500

Daily Value Picks

C – Phillip Danault (LAK – $3,900)
W – Brandon Saad (STL – $3,600)
D – Matt Roy (LAK – $3,900)

Optimizer Highest Projections

C – Connor McDavid (EDM – $9,400)
W – David Pastrnak (BOS – $8,900)
D – Roman Josi (NSH – $7,400)

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DFS 5v5 Score:

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5.  CGY1 (+5.76)

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