Daily Fantasy Notebook (11/06)

Whether you spend your entire day at work or school, it can be difficult to stay on top of all NHL news. That’s why I have created the Daily Fantasy Notebook, so you can catch up on everything you might have missed throughout the day.

The notebook will be released everyday after teams wrap up their morning skate. It will include a number of things: Injury updates, prominent line changes, goalie rankings and DFS value picks.

While this is obviously more geared towards daily fantasy hockey, it can be just as useful for season-long players as well. Injuries are obviously key, but important line changes could be viewed as as potential waiver wire pickups and the goalie rankings can help you make the tough starting goalie decisions you face on large slates.

Key Injuries

– Brad Marchand (upper-body) will not play on Monday

– David Krejci (back) will not play on Monday

– Matt Calvert (upper-body) has been placed on IR; will not play on Monday

– Auston Matthews (undisclosed) will be a game-time decision on Monday

– Martin Hanzal (lower-body) will return to the Stars lineup on Monday

– Adam Lowry (upper-body) will return to the Jets lineup on Monday.

– Gustav Nyquist (lower-body) will be a game-time decision on Monday.

Line Changes

Boston Bruins vs. Minnesota Wild

– With Marchand out, Anders Bjork will draw onto the Bruins top-line– Frank Vatrano will draw into the lineup and play with Jake DeBrusk and Jordan Szwarz – Rob O’Gara in; Paul Postma out	– Tyler Ennis will play on the top-line with Eric Staal and Nino Niederreiter – Marcus Foligno will move up to the second line with Mikko Koivu and Mikael Granlund – Jason Zucker moves down to the third line with Matt Cullen and Chris Stewart – The fourth line will consist of Joel Eriksson Ek, Daniel Winnik and Luke Kunin

New York Rangers vs. Columbus Blue Jackets

– No lineup changes expected.	– With Calvert out, Zac Dalpe will draw back into the lineup on the fourth line

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Vegas Golden Knights

– Line changes are dependant on Matthews playing – If Matthews doesn’t play, William Nylander will centre the top line with Connor Brown and Zach Hyman – Nazem Kadri wil centre Patrick Marleau and Leo Komarov – Josh Leivo will draw in on a line with Dominc Moore and James van Riemsdyk	– No lineup changes expected

Washington Capitals vs. Arizona Coyotes

– No lineup changes expected	– No lineup changes expected

Dallas Stars vs. Winnipeg Jets

– Hanzal will draw in on the Stars fourth line with Gemel Smith and Jamie Oleksiak (who will play forward) and both Tyler Pitlick and Radek Faksa are expected to be scratched due to injuries.	– Lowry comes in an centres the third line with Andrew Copp and Brandon Tanev on his wings – Brendan Lemieux will be a healthy scratch

Vancouver Canucks vs. Detroit Red Wings

– No lineup changes expected	– Red Wings lineup changes hinges on Nyquist’s availability

Consensus Goalie Rankings

Daily Value Picks