Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook – (12/29/2022)

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, and Value Picks (DFS).

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Key Injuries/Lineup Changes

IN

• [BUF] Jacob Bryson (D) will return to the Sabres’ lineup Thursday vs. Detroit (lower body).
• [BUF] Owen Power (D) will be back in the lineup Thursday vs. Detroit (lower body).
• [CBJ] Emil Bemstrom (C) will return to the Blue Jackets lineup Thursday vs. the Islanders.
• [CBJ] Cole Sillinger (C) will return to the Blue Jackets’ lineup Thursday (undisclosed).
• [FLA] Anton Levitchi (LW) will make his NHL debut Thursday vs. the Canadiens.
• [FLA] Aleksander Barkov (C) has been cleared and is expected to play Thursday (lower body).
• [FLA] Aaron Ekblad (D) has been cleared and will play Thursday vs. the Canadiens (upper-body).
• [FLA] Radko Gudas (D) has been cleared and will play Thursday vs. Montreal (concussion).
• [MIN] Jacob Middleton (D) will draw back into the Wild lineup Thursday vs. Dallas (illness).
• [NYR] Sammy Blais (LW) will be back in the Rangers lineup Thursday vs. Tampa Bay.
• [OTT] Jacob Bernard-Docker (D) will return to the Senators’ lineup Thursday (ankle).
• [TOR] Morgan Rielly (D) is set to return to the Maple Leafs’ lineup Thursday vs. Arizona (knee).
• [VAN] Travis Dermott (D) is expected to make his season debut Thursday.

GAMETIME DECISIONS

• [CHI] Sam Lafferty (RW) will be a game-time decision Thursday vs. St. Louis (illness).
• [MTL] Brendan Gallagher (RW) will be a game-time decision Thursday vs. Florida (lower body).
• [SJS] Matt Benning (D) will be a game-time decision Thursday vs. Philadelphia (undisclosed).
• [SJS] Alexander Barabanov (RW) will be a game-time decision Thursday vs. Philadelphia (undisclosed).
• [TOR] Morgan Rielly (D) is expected to be back in the Maple Leafs lineup (knee).

OUT

• [BUF] Lawrence Pilut (D) has been placed on waivers.
• [CBJ] Patrik Laine (RW) has Coivd-19 and will be out indefinitely.
• [COL] Pavel Francouz (G) is day-to-day, possibly week-to-week with an injury from before the break.
• [CHI] Jujhar Khaira (LW) is day-to-day and will not play Thursday vs. St. Louis (undisclosed).
• [MIN] Alex Goligoski (D) will be a healthy scratch Thursday vs. Dallas.
• [NYR] Alexis Lafreniere (LW) will be a healthy scratch Thursday vs. Tampa Bay.
• [OTT] Nikita Zaitsev (D) is considered week-to-week as he will be out “the next little bit” due to an injury (undisclosed).

NOTEBOOK PRESENTED BY BETWAY

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

Washington Capitals vs. Ottawa Senators

Ovechkin – Strome – Sheary Milano – Kuznetsov – Mantha Johansson – Eller – Aube-Kubel Protas – Dowd – Hathaway Gustafsson – van Riemsdyk Orlov – Jensen Alexeyev – Irwin

Tkachuk – Stutzle – Giroux DeBrincat – Pinto – Batherson Brassard – Kastelic – Watson Lucchini – Gambrell – Kelly Chabot – Bernard-Docker Sanderson – Hamonic  Heatherington – Holden

Florida Panthers vs. Montreal Canadiens

Verhaeghe – Barkov – White Luostarinen – Bennett – Tkachuk Levtchi – Lundell – Reinhart Lomberg – Staal – Cousins  Forsling – Ekblad Staal – Montour Mahura – Gudas

Caufield – Suzuki – Anderson Hoffman – Dach – Drouin Dadonov – Dvorak – Gallagher ⚠️ Slafkovsky – Evans – Armia Edmundson – Guhle Xhekaj – Kovacevic Harris – Barron

Buffalo Sabres vs. Detroit Red Wings

Skinner – Thompson – Tuch  Peterka – Cozens – Quinn  Mittelstadt – Jost – Olofsson  Girgensons – Krebs – Okposo  Samuelsson – Dahlin  Power – Clague  Bryson – Lyubushkin

Rasmussen – Larkin – Perron Erne – Copp – Raymond  Kubalik – Suter – Sundqvist Berggren – Veleno – Söderblom Chiarot – Seider Walman – Hronek Määttä – Oesterle

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New York Rangers

Hagel – Point – Kucherov Colton – Paul – Stamkos Maroon – Cirelli – Killorn Namestnikov – Bellemare – Perry Hedman – Bogosian Sergachev – Perbix Cole – Cernak

Kreider – Zibanejad – Kakko Panarin – Trocheck – Goodrow Kravtsov – Chytil – Gauthier Blais – Brodzinski – Vesey Lindgren – Fox Miller – Trouba  Harpur – Schneider

New York Islanders vs. Columbus Blue Jackets

Bailey – Barzal – Fasching Lee – Nelson – Beauvillier Parise – Pageau – Cizikas Martin – Räty – Johnston Wotherspoon – Pulock Romanov – Dobson Aho – Mayfield

Gaudreau – Roslovic – Bemstrom Marchenko – Johnson – Nyquist Robinson – Kuraly – Olivier Foudy – Sillinger – Meyer Gavrikov – Bjork Berni – Gudbranson Peeke – Boqvist

St. Louis Blues vs. Chicago Blackhawks

Buchnevich – O’Reilly – Schenn Kyrou – Thomas – Tarasenko Saad – Acciari – Barbashev Toropchenko – Brown – Leivo Mikkola – Parayko Leddy – Faulk Rosen – Bortuzzo

T. Johnson – Domi – Kane Kurashev – Toews – Raddysh Athanasiou – Dickinson – Entwistle Katchouk – R Johnson – Blackwell McCabe – S. Jones Phillips – Murphy JJohnson – CJones

Minnesota Wild vs. Dallas Stars

Kaprizov – Steel – Zuccarello Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Hartman Boldy – Gaudreau – Walker Beckman – Dewar – Reaves Middleton – Spurgeon Brodin – Dumba Merrill – Addison

Robertson – Hintz – Pavelski Kiviranta – Seguin – Dellandrea Benn – Johnston – Marchment Olofsson – Faksa – Glendening Heiskanen – Lundkvist  Suter – Miller Lindell – Hakanpaa

Winnipeg Jets vs. Vancouver Canucks

Connor – Dubois – Gagner Lowry – Scheifele – Kuhlman Barron – Stenlund – Jonsson-Fjallby Eyssimont – Gustafsson – Harkins Morrissey – DeMelo Samberg – Pionk Dillon – Heinola

Garland – Miller – Lazar Kuzmenko – Pettersson – Pederson Mikheyev – Horvat – Boeser Joshua – Åman – Studnicka Ekman-Larsson – Myers Hughes – Bear Dermott – Schenn

Arizona Coyotes vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

Keller – Boyd – Schmaltz Carcone – Bjugstad – Crouse Ritchie – Hayton – Fischer Brown – McBain – Kassian Chychrun – Gostisbehere Valimaki – Moser Nemeth – Stecher

Bunting – Matthews – Nylander Jarnkrok – Tavares – Marner Kerfoot – Kampf – Engvall Aston-Reese – Holmberg – Hunt Giordano – Holl Rielly ⚠️ – Liljegren Brodie – Timmins

San Jose Sharks vs. Philadelphia Flyers

Meier – Couture – Barabanov ⚠️ Nieto – Hertl – Labanc Bonino – Sturm – Svechnikov Gregor – Lorentz – Lindblom Megna – Karlsson Vlasic – Benning ⚠️ Ferraro – Harrington

van Riemsdyk – Frost – Tippett Farabee – Cates – Konecny Hayes – Laughton – Allison Deslauriers – Brown – MacEwen Provorov – York Sanheim – DeAngelo Braun – Ristolainen

Goalie Rankings

Daily Value Picks

C – Morgan Frost (PHI) – $3,500
W – Kaapo Kakko (NYR) – $2,900
D – Erik Gustafsson (WSH) – $3,900

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