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.

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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

1	Sergei Bobrovsky	✅	@ ARI	$8,400
2	Robin Lehner	🅾️	vs. PHI	$8,300
3	Darcy Kuemper	✅	vs. DET	$8,500
4	Ilya Samsonov	✅	vs. PIT	$7,900
5	Alexandar Georgiev	🅾️	@ BUF	$8,200
6	Juuse Saros	🅾️	@ NJD	$7,900
7	Thatcher Demko	🅾️	vs. WPG	$8,000
8	Tristan Jarry	✅	@ WSH	$7,600
9	Mackenzie Blackwood	🅿️	vs. NSH	$7,800
10	Eric Comrie	✅	@ VAN	$7,700
11	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	🅿️	vs. NYR	$7,500
12	Carter Hart	✅	@ VGK	$7,400
13	Scott Wedgewood	✅	vs. FLA	$7,300
14	Thomas 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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5.  FLA2 (+5.43)

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