Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 12/17/19
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
- — [NYI] @Nick Leddy (lower-body) — missed 3 games.
- — [PHI] @Travis Konecny (concussion) — missed 3 games.
- — [TOR] @Tyson Barrie (ankle) — hurt Saturday.
- — [TBL] @Tyler Johnson (lower-body) — missed 4 games.
- — [CBJ] @Zach Werenski (shoulder) — missed 7 games.
- — [CGY] @Sam Bennett (lower-body) — missed 13 games.
- — [MIN] @Devan Dubnyk (personal) — will backup.
- — [ARI] @Taylor Hall (Coyotes debut)
GAMETIME DECISION
- — [TBL] @Nikita Kucherov (lower-body)
- — [PIT] @Evgeni Malkin (illness)
- — [PIT] @Bryan Rust (illness)
OUT
- — [NYI] @Michael Dal Colle (upper-body)
- — [NYI] @Noah Dobson (healthy scratch)
- — [NSH] @Mikael Granlund (lower-body)
- — [TOR] @Trevor Moore (shoulder)
- — [OTT] @Nikita Zaitsev (undisclosed)
- — [DET] @Jonathan Ericsson (face)
- — [CBJ] @Josh Anderson (shoulder)
- — [CBJ] @Ryan Murray (lower-body)
- — [CBJ] @Sonny Milano (lower-body)
- — [WPG] @Mathieu Perreault (concussion)
- — [MIN] @Jason Zucker (lower-body)
- — [MIN] @Joel Eriksson Ek (upper-body)
Projected Lineups
*Subject to change*
⚠️ Gametime Decision
Predators @ Islanders (7:00 pm)
| Forsberg – Johansen – Jarnkrok Turris – Duchene – Sissons Grimaldi – Bonino – Smith Trenin – Blackwell – Watson Josi – Ellis Ekholm – Fabbro Hamhuis – Weber | Johnston – Barzal – Bailey Beauvillier – Nelson – Komarov Lee – Brassard – Eberle Martin – Cizikas – Clutterbuck Leddy – Boychuk Pelech – Pulock Toews – Mayfield |
Ducks @ Flyers (7:00 pm)
| Shore – Getzlaf – Kase Rakell – Henrique – Silfverberg Comtois – Steel – Terry Deslauriers – Grant – Rowney Lindholm – Manson Fowler – Gudbranson Larsson – Del Zotto | Giroux – Couturier – Konecny van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Aube-Kubel Kase – Frost – Voracek Andreoff – Vorobyev – Stewart Provorov – Niskanen Sanheim – Braun Hagg – Gostisbehere |
Kings @ Bruins (7:00 pm)
| Iafallo – Kopitar – Brown Lewis – Carter – Clifford Prokhorkin – Amadio – Toffoli Kempe – Lizotte – Wagner Ryan – Doughty Hutton – Roy MacDermid – Walker | Marchand – Bergeron – Pastrnak DeBrusk – Krejci – Coyle Bjork – Kuraly – Heinen Nordstrom – Wagner – Backes Chara – McAvoy Krug – Carlo Moore – Grzelcyk |
Sabres @ Maple Leafs (7:00 pm)
| Olofsson – Eichel – Reinhart Skinner – Rodrigues – Asplund Vesey – Johansson – Sheary Girgensons – Larsson – Okposo McCabe – Ristolainen Dahlin – Montour Scandella – Jokiharju | Hyman – Tavares – Marner Nylander – Matthews – Kapanen Engvall – Kerfoot – Mikheyev Timashov – Gauthier – Spezza Rielly – Barrie Muzzin – Holl Dermott – Ceci |
Senators @ Lightning (7:00 pm)
| Tkachuk – Pageau – C. Brown Namestnikov – Tierney – Duclair Paul – Anisimov – Ennis L. Brown – Beaudin – White Chabot – Hainsey Borowiecki – Goloubef Brannstrom – Englund | Palat – Point – Johnson Killorn – Cirelli – Stamkos Gourde – Paquette – Joseph Verhaeghe – Maroon – Stephens Hedman – Rutta McDonagh – Cernak Sergachev – Shattenkirk |
Blue Jackets @ Red Wings (7:30 pm)
| Nyquist – Jenner – Bjorkstrand Texier – Dubois – Robinson Foligno – Wennberg – Atkinson Stenlund – Nash – Dano Werenski – Jones Gavrikov – Savard Kukan – Peeke | Bertuzzi – Larkin – Fabbri Mantha – Filppula – Zadina Helm – Glendening – Athanasiou Erne – Nielsen – Perlini Nemeth – Green Daley – Hronek Biega – Bowey |
Hurricanes @ Jets (8:00 pm)
| Nyquist – Jenner – Bjorkstrand Texier – Dubois – Robinson Foligno – Wennberg – Atkinson Stenlund – Nash – Dano Werenski – Jones Gavrikov – Savard Kukan – Peeke | Bertuzzi – Larkin – Fabbri Mantha – Filppula – Zadina Helm – Glendening – Athanasiou Erne – Nielsen – Perlini Nemeth – Green Daley – Hronek Biega – Bowey |
Penguins @ Flames (9:00 pm)
| Guentzel – ⚠️ Malkin – ⚠️ Rust Aston-Reese – McCann – Kahun Galchenyuk – Blueger – Tanev Simon – Lafferty – Noesen Marino – Letang Johnson – Schultz Pettersson – Ruhwedel | Tkachuk – Lindholm – Mangiapane Gaudreau – Monahan – Backlund Lucic – Ryan – Dube Bennett – Rieder – Frolik Giordano – Brodie Hanifin – Hamonic Kylington – Andersson |
Wild @ Golden Knights (10:00 pm)
| Donato – Staal – Zuccarello Parise – Rask – Fiala Greenway – Johnson – Kunin Foligno – Sturm – Hartman Suter – Dumba Brodin – Soucy Hunt – Menell | Marchessault – Karlsson – Smith Pacioretty – Stephenson – Stone Zykov – Stastny – Tuch Carrier – Nosek – Reaves McNabb – Schmidt Merrill – Theodore Holden – Engelland |
Canadiens @ Canucks (10:00 pm)
| Tatar – Danault – Gallagher Lehkonen – Domi – Armia Cousins – Suzuki – Weal Poehling – Thompson – Barber Chiarot – Weber Kulak – Petry Leskinen – Fleury | Roussel – Horvat – Boeser Miller – Pettersson – Virtanen Pearson – Gaudette – Leivo Motte – Beagle – Sutter Hughes – Tanev Fantenberg – Myers Benn – Stecher |
Coyotes @ Sharks (10:30 pm)
| Hall – Dvorak – Kessel Keller – Soderberg – Schmaltz Crouse – Stepan – Hinostroza Grabner – Richardson – Garland Ekman-Larsson – Lyubushkin Chychrun – Goligoski Ness – Oesterle | Kane – Couture – Meier Hertl – Thornton – Labanc Sorensen – Goodrow – Marleau Gregor – Gambrell – M. Karlsson Dillon – Burns Vlasic – E. Karlsson Ferraro – Heed |
Consensus Goalie Rankings
✅ — Confirmed
🅿️ — Probable
🅾️ — Projected
Rank | Goalie — Matchup — Price | Brock | Dylan |
1 | ✅ Andrei Vasilevskiy – vs. OTT ($8,300) | 2 | 1 |
t-2 | ✅ Tuukka Rask – vs. LAK ($8,500) | 3 | 2 |
t-2 | ✅ Marc-Andre Fleury – vs. MIN ($8,400) | 1 | 4 |
4 | ✅ Frederik Andersen – vs. BUF ($8,000) | 4 | 3 |
t-5 | ✅ Pekka Rinne – @ NYI ($7,000) | 6 | 5 |
t-5 | ✅ Carter Hart – vs. ANA ($8,100) | 5 | 6 |
7 | ✅ Tristan Jarry – @ CGY ($7,600) | 8 | 7 |
8 | ✅ Thomas Greiss – vs. NSH ($8,000) | 7 | 9 |
9 | ✅ Darcy Kuemper – @ SJS ($7,500) | 9 | 8 |
t-10 | ✅ Petr Mrazek – @ WPG ($7,900) | 11 | 10 |
t-10 | ✅ Carey Price – @ VAN ($7,500) | 10 | 11 |
12 | ✅ Connor Hellebuyck – vs. CAR ($7,800) | 12 | 13 |
t-13 | ✅ Joonas Korpisalo – @ DET ($7,200) | 16 | 12 |
t-13 | ✅ Jacob Markstrom – vs. MTL ($7,500) | 13 | 15 |
15 | ✅ John Gibson – @ PHI ($7,000) | 15 | 14 |
16 | ✅ Aaron Dell – vs. ARI ($7,400) | 14 | 16 |
17 | ✅ Cam Talbot – vs. PIT ($7,700) | 17 | 17 |
t-18 | ✅ Linus Ullmark – @ TOR ($7,100) | 18 | 19 |
t-18 | ✅ Jonathan Bernier – vs. CBJ ($7,300) | 19 | 18 |
t-20 | ✅ Jonathan Quick – @ BOS ($6,700) | 20 | 21 |
t-20 | ✅ Alex Stalock – @ VGK ($6,700) | 21 | 20 |
22 | ✅ Marcus Hogberg – @ TBL ($6,700) | 22 | 22 |
Daily Value Picks
| Brock | Dylan | |
| C | Kevin Hayes ($3,900) | Chandler Stephenson ($3,300) |
| W | Filip Zadina ($3,200) | Mikael Backlund ($3,400) |
| D | Rasmus Andersson ($2,900) | Justin Holl ($3,000) |
Optimizer Highest Projections
| C | Jack Eichel ($8,100) | 18.96 DK Points |
| W | David Pastrnak ($7,700) | 16.06 DK Points |
| D | Roman Josi ($6,600) | 13.38 DK Points |
| G | Andrei Vasilevskiy ($8,300) | 17.74 DK Points |
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6. Montreal 1 (Tatar – Danault – Gallagher)
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