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Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 12/10/21

Brock Seguin
Dec 10, 2021, 16:58 EST
Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 12/10/21

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.


Key Injuries/Lineup Changes

IN

  • [ARI] Nick Schmaltz (upper-body) will play for the first time since October 25th.
  • [ARI] Jay Beagle (lower-body) will return to the lineup after a six game absence.
  • [FLA] Aleksander Barkov (lower-body) is expected to play in Arizona.
  • [FLA] Anthony Duclair (lower-body) is expected to play in Arizona.
  • [COL] J.T. Compher will return to the lineup after an 11-game absence.
  • [PHI] Kevin Connauton will make his Flyers debut on Friday.

GAMETIME DECISION

  • [NSH] Juuse Saros (illness) may return to the Predators crease on Friday.

OUT

  • [PIT] Jake Guentzel is week-to-week with an upper-body injury.
  • [BUF] Casey Mittelstadt underwent surgery on Friday and is out indefinitely.
  • [COL] Nazem Kadri is day-to-day with a lower-body injury.
  • [VGK] Chandler Stephenson will not play Friday due to personal reasons.
  • [PHI] Derick Brassard will be held out of the lineup on Friday for precautionary reasons.
  • [VAN] Travis Hamonic is expected to miss 2-to-3 weeks with a lower-body injury.
  • [VAN] Oliver Ekman-Larsson (undisclosed) is expected to miss at least two more games.

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins

Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
Hagelin – Eller – Sheary
Sprong – McMichael – Oshie
Malenstyn – Protas – Leason

Fehervary – Carlson
Orlov – Jensen
Irwin – Schultz
Rodrigues – Crosby – Kapanen
O’Connor – Carter – Heinen
Aston-Reese – Blueger – McGinn
Simon – Boyle – Lafferty

Dumoulin – Letang
Pettersson – Marino
Matheson – Ruhwedel

Buffalo Sabres vs. New York Rangers

Skinner – Thompson – Olofsson
Asplund – Cozens – Okposo
Girgensons – Eakin – Hayden
Murray – Jankowski – Hinostroza

Dahlin – Jokiharju
Hagg – Pysyk
Bryson – Miller
Kreider – Zibanejad – Kakko
Panarin – Strome – Hunt
Lafreniere – Chytil – Gauthier
Rooney – Goodrow – Reaves

Lindgren – Fox
Miller – Trouba
Nemeth – Lundkvist

New Jersey Devils vs. Nashville Predators

Zacha – Hischier – Bratt
Johnsson – Hughes – Sharangovich
Vesey – Mercer – Tatar
Kuokkanen – McLeod – Bastian

Graves – Hamilton
Siegenthaler – Severson
Smith – Subban
Forsberg – Granlund – Duchene
Tolvanen – Johansen – Kunin
Trenin – Sissons – Jeannot
Cousins – Novak – Tomasino

Josi – Fabbro
Ekholm – Carrier
Borowiecki – Benning

Arizona Coyotes vs. Florida Panthers

Keller – Boyd – Kessel
Crouse – Hayton – Schmaltz
Roussel – Beagle – Eriksson
Ladd – Dzingel – Fischer

Chychrun – Lyubushkin
Gostisbehere – Mayo
Capobianco – Stralman
Verhaeghe – Barkov – Duclair
Huberdeau – Lundell – Reinhart
Vatrano – Lundell – Mamin
Lomberg – Luostarinen – Hornqvist

Weegar – Ekblad
Forsling – Gudas
Juolevi – Montour

Colorado Avalanche vs. Detroit Red Wings

Landeskog – MacKinnon – O’Connor
Nichushkin – Compher – Rantanen
Helm – Newhook – Burakovsky
MacDermid – Jost – Aube-Kubel

Toews – Makar
E. Johnson – Girard
J. Johnson – MacDonald
Fabbri – Larkin – Raymond
Veleno – Suter – Namestnikov
Erne – Rasmussen – Zadina
Smith – Rowney – Gagner

DeKeyser – Seider
Leddy – Hronek
Oesterle – Renouf

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Philadelphia Flyers

Pacioretty – Roy – Stone
Marchessault – Karlsson – Smith
Janmark – Brooks – Dadonov
Carrier – Kolesar – Amadio

Hague – Pietrangelo
Hutton – Theodore
McNabb – Whitecloud
Laughton – Couturier – Konecny
Frost – Giroux – Atkinson
Willman – Hayes – van Riemsdyk
Lindblom – Brown – MacEwen

Provorov – Braun
Sanheim – Ristolainen
Yandle – Connauton

Vancouver Canucks vs. Winnipeg Jets

Dickinson – Horvat – Hoglander
Pearson – Miller – Boeser
Podkolzin – Pettersson – Garland
Motte – Lammikko – Chiasson

Hughes – Schenn
Poolman – Myers
Hunt – Burroughs
Connor – Scheifele – Wheeler
Copp – Dubois – Ehlers
Stastny – Lowry – Vesalainen
Harkins – Toninato – Svechnikov

Morrissey – Schmidt
Stanley – Dillon
Beaulieu – DeMelo

Goalie Rankings

✅ — Confirmed

🅿️ — Probable

🅾️ — Projected

1Sergei Bobrovsky@ ARI$8,400
2Robin Lehner🅾️vs. PHI$8,300
3Darcy Kuempervs. DET$8,500
4Ilya Samsonovvs. PIT$7,900
5Alexandar Georgiev🅾️@ BUF$8,200
6Juuse Saros🅾️@ NJD$7,900
7Thatcher Demko🅾️vs. WPG$8,000
8Tristan Jarry@ WSH$7,600
9Mackenzie Blackwood🅿️vs. NSH$7,800
10Eric Comrie@ VAN$7,700
11Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen🅿️vs. NYR$7,500
12Carter Hart@ VGK$7,400
13Scott Wedgewoodvs. FLA$7,300
14Thomas Greiss🅾️@ COL$7,200

Daily Value Picks

C – William Karlsson (VGK – $3,800)
W – Kaapo Kakko (NYR – $3,300)
D – Robert Hague (VGK – $4,000)

Optimizer Highest Projections

C – Nathan MacKinnon (COL – $9,200)
W – Alex Ovechkin (WSH – $9,400)
D – Roman Josi (NSH – $7,800

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DFS 5v5 Score:

1. *********

2. *********

3. *********

4. *********

5.  FLA2 (+5.43)

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