Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 12/14/21

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

• [COL] Nazem Kadri (lower-body) will return to the lineup Tuesday.
• [FLA] Anthony Duclair (lower-body) returns after missing the last eight games.

GAMETIME DECISIONS

• [TB] Anthony Cirelli (upper-body) will be a game-time decision Tuesday.
• [VGK] Nicolas Roy, Shea Theodore (undisclosed) are game-time decisions.
• [MTL] Jeff Petry (upper-body) is a game-time decision Tuesday after missing the last four games.

OUT

• [BOS] Brad Marchand, Craig Smith (COVID-19) are out Tuesday.
• [DAL] Roope Hintz (illness) has been placed on the injured reserve retroactive to Thursday and will be eligible to return Friday.
• [DAL] Alexander Radulov (illness) won’t play Tuesday.
• [EDM] Zach Hyman is out Tuesday with an upper-body injury.
• [NYI] Mat Barzal (COVID-19) is out of the lineup Tuesday.
• [STL] Scott Perunovich (illness) will not play Tuesday

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Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

Florida Panthers vs. Ottawa Senators

Huberdeau – Bennett – Reinhart Verhaeghe – Lundell – Duclair Vatrano – Thornton – Tippett Heponiemi – Luostarinen – Hornqvist Weegar – Ekblad Forsling – Gudas Juolevi – Montour

Tkachuk – Norris – Batherson Formenton – Stützle – C. Brown Sanford – Tierney – Ennis Paul – Gambrell – Watson Chabot – Zaitsev Holden – Zub Heatherington – Mete

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Los Angeles Kings

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

Kempe – Kopitar – Brown Iafallo – Danault – Arvidsson Athanasiou – Kupari – Kaliyev Grundstrom – Moore – Lemieux Anderson – Doughty Maatta – Roy Bjornfot – Durzi

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Montreal Canadiens

Rodrigues – Crosby – Kapanen Zucker – Carter – Heinen Aston-Reese – Blueger – McGinn O’Connor – Boyle – Simon Dumoulin – Letang Pettersson – Marino Matheson – Ruhwedel

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

Philadelphia Flyers vs. New Jersey Devils

Laughton – Couturier – Konecny Frost – Giroux – Atkinson Willman – Hayes – van Riemsdyk Lindblom – Brown – MacEwen Provorov – Braun Sanheim – Ristolainen Yandle – Connauton

Zacha – Hughes – Sharangovich Johnsson – Mercer – Bratt Kuokkanen – Boqvist – Tatar Geertsen – McLeod – Vesey Siegenthaler – Severson Smith – Hamilton Bahl – Subban

Boston Bruins vs. Vegas Golden Knights

Hall – Bergeron – Pastrnak DeBrusk – Coyle – Foligno Haula – Nosek – Frederic Blidh – Frederic – Lazar Forbort – McAvoy Grzelcyk – Reilly Moore – Clifton

Pacioretty – Stephenson – Stone Marchessault – Karlsson – Smith Janmark – Roy – Dadonov Carrier – Kolesar – Amadio Hague – Pietrangelo McNabb – Whitecloud Hutton – Theodore

Detroit Red Wings vs. New York Islanders

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

Lee – Pageau – Palmieri Beauvillier – Nelson – Bailey Bellows – Parise – Wahlstrom Martin – Cizikas – Clutterbuck Pelech – Mayfield Chara – Dobson Greene – Salo

Winnipeg Jets vs. Buffalo Sabres

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

Skinner – Thompson – Olofsson Murray – Cozens – Okposo Asplund – Girgensons – Hayden Bjork – Eakin – Hinostroza Dahlin – Jokiharju Butcher – Pysyk Bryson – Hagg

Dallas Stars vs. St. Louis Blues

Robertson – Benn – Pavelski Kero – Seguin – Gurianov Raffl – Faksa – Glendening Peterson – Dellandrea – Damiani Lindell – Klingberg Suter – Heiskanen Sekera – Hakanpää

Saad – O’Reilly – Brown Buchnevich – Barbashev – Tarasenko Walker – Bozak – Sundqvist Toropchenko – Joshua – Peca Mikkola – Parayko Krug – Faulk Scandella – Bortuzzo

Edmonton Oilers vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

Draisaitl – McDavid – Kassian Foegele – Nugent-Hopkins – Puljujarvi Benson – Turris – Yamamoto Shore – Ryan – Sceviour Nurse – Bouchard Keith – Ceci Niemelainen – Barrie

Bunting — Matthews — Kase Kerfoot — Tavares — Nylander Engvall — Kampf — Mikheyev Clifford — Seney — Simmonds Rielly — Brodie Muzzin — Liljegren Dermott — Holl

Colorado Avalanche vs. New York Rangers

Burakovsky – MacKinnon – Rantanen Nichushkin – Kadri – O’Connor Compher – Newhook – Aube-Kubel Helm – Jost – Maltsev Girard – Makar E. Johnson – Barron J. Johnson – MacDermid

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

Vancouver Canucks vs. Columbus Blue Jackets

Dickinson – Horvat – Hoglander Pearson – Miller – Boeser Podkolzin – Pettersson – Garland Motte – Dowling – Chiasson Hughes – Myers Poolman – Juulsen Hunt – Burroughs

Hoffman – Jenner – Bjorkstrand Domi – Roslovic – Voracek Nyquist – Sillinger – Danforth Robinson – Kuraly – Texier Werenski – Bean Gavrikov – Peeke Carlson – Bayreuther

San Jose Sharks vs. Seattle Kraken

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

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

Goalie Rankings

✅ — Confirmed

🅿️ — Probable

🅾️ — Projected

1	Connor Hellebuyck	🅿️	$8,400
2	Andrei Vasilevskiy	🅾️	$8,200
3	Thatcher Demko	🅾️	$8,000
4	Spencer Knight	✅	$7,200
5	Darcy Kuemper	✅	$8,300
6	Robin Lehner	🅿️	$7,400
7	Jeremy Swayman	🅾️	$8,000
8	Alex Nedeljkovic	🅿️	$7,700
9	Tristan Jarry	🅿️	$8,500
10	Jake Oettinger	✅	$7,900
11	James Reimer	✅	$8,100
12	Jack Campbell	✅	$7,900
13	Mikko Koskinen	✅	$7,500
14	Mackenzie Blackwood	🅾️	$7,600
15	Carter Hart	✅	$7,800
16	Elvis Merzlikins	✅	$7,400
17	Charlie Lindgren	✅	$7,300
18	Ilya Sorokin	🅿️	$7,700
19	Chris Driedger	✅	$7,300
20	Alexandar Georgiev	🅿️	$7,100
21	Jonathan Quick	🅿️	$7,200
22	Anton Forsberg	🅾️	$8,200
23	Jake Allen	✅	$6,900
24	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	✅	$7,000

Daily Value Picks

C – Dawson Mercer (NJD – $3,900)
W – Brock Boeser (VAN – $3,600)
D – Matt Roy (LAK – $3,500)

Optimizer Highest Projections

C – Auston Matthews (TOR – $9,300)
W – Jonathan Huberdeau (FLA – $7,500)
D – Cale Makar (COL – $7,500)

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DFS 5v5 Score:

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5.  BOS1 (+6.95)

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