Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 12/19/19
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
- – [CBJ] @Scott Harrington will draw back into the lineup vs. the Kings.
- – [TBL] @Mitchell Stephens will play vs. Dallas after being a healthy scratch on Tuesday.
- – [PHI] @Tyler Pitlick (concussion) returns to the lineup Thursday after missing two games.
- – [PHI] @Philippe Myers will draw back into the Flyers lineup vs. Buffalo.
- – [BOS] @Connor Clifton will be back in the Bruins lineup on Thursday.
- – [NYI] @Tom Kuhnhackl will draw into the Islanders lineup in Boston.
- – [WPG] @Mason Appleton has been called up from Manitoba (AHL) and is expected to play vs. Chicago.
- – [MIN] @Alex Stalock (illness) is expected to be available to backup.
- – [VAN] @Tim Schaller will draw back onto the Canucks fourth line vs. the Golden Knights.
GAMETIME DECISION
- – [LAK] @Dustin Brown will be a game-time decision in Columbus due to an illness.
- – [NSH] @Viktor Arvidsson (lower-body) took part in the morning skate; status for Thursday is unknown.
- – [NSH] @Mikael Granlund (lower-body) took part in the morning skate; status for Thursday is unknown.
- – [NSH] @Calle Jarnkrok missed Thursday’s morning skate; questionable to play in Ottawa.
- – [MIN] @Jared Spurgeon (hand) will be a game-time decision in Arizona.
OUT
- – [CBJ] @Andrew Peeke has been placed on IR with a broken finger; expected to miss 4-to-6 weeks.
- – [TBL] @Mathieu Joseph was assigned to Syracuse (AHL).
- – [PHI] @Chris Stewart will be a healthy scratch vs. the Sabres.
- – [PHI] @Robert Hagg will be a healthy scratch vs. Buffalo.
- – [BOS] @John Moore (illness) will not play vs. the Islanders.
- – [NYI] @Leo Komarov will be a healthy scratch in Boston.
- – [OTT] @Nikita Zaitsev will miss 2-to-4 weeks with a lower-body injury.
- – [WPG] @Andrew Copp (upper-body) has been placed on IR.
- – [WPG] @Mathieu Perreault (concussion) has been placed on IR.
- – [VAN] @Brandon Sutter is “banged up” and will not play Thursday.
Projected Lineups
- *Subject to change*
- ⚠️ Gametime Decision
Kings @ Blue Jackets (7:00 pm)
| Iafallo – Kopitar – ⚠️ Brown Lewis – Carter – Clifford Prokhorkin – Amadio – Toffoli Kempe – Lizotte – Wagner Ryan – Doughty Hutton – Roy MacDermid – Walker | Texier – Dubois – Robinson Nyquist – Jenner – Bjorkstrand Foligno – Wennberg – Atkinson Dano – Nash – Stenlund Werenski – Jones Kukan – Savard Gavrikov – Harrington |
Stars @ Lightning (7:00 pm)
| Benn – Seguin – Radulov Janmark – Hintz – Pavelski Cogliano – Faksa – Comeau Gurianov – Dickinson – Perry Lindell – Klingberg Oleksiak – Heiskanen Sekera – Polak | Palat – Point – Kucherov Killorn – Cirelli – Stamkos Maroon – Paquette – Gourde Verhaeghe – Johnson – Stephens Hedman – Rutta McDonagh – Cernak Sergachev – Shattenkirk |
Sabres @ Flyers (7:00 pm)
| Olofsson – Eichel – Reinhart Skinner – Johansson – Asplund Vesey – Rodrigues – Sheary Girgensons – Larsson – Okposo Dahlin – Montour McCabe – Ristolainen Scandella – Jokiharju | Giroux – Couturier – Konecny van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Aube-Kubel Kase – Frost – Voracek Andreoff – Vorobyev – Pitlick Provorov – Niskanen Sanheim – Braun Hagg – Gostisbehere |
Islanders @ Bruins (7:00 pm)
| Johnston – Barzal – Bailey Beauvillier – Nelson – Kuhnhackl Lee – Brassard – Eberle Martin – Cizikas – Clutterbuck Leddy – Boychuk Pelech – Pulock Toews – Mayfield | Marchand – Bergeron – Pastrnak DeBrusk – Krejci – Heinen Bjork – Coyle – Wagner Nordstrom – Kuraly – Backes Chara – McAvoy Krug – Carlo Grzelcyk – Clifton |
Predators @ Senators (7:30 pm)
| Trenin – Johansen- Jarnkrok Forsberg – Duchene – Grimaldi Blackwell – Turris – Smith Sissons – Bonino – Watson Josi – Ellis Ekholm – Fabbro Hamhuis – Irwin | Tkachuk – Pageau – C.Brown Paul – Tierney – Duclair Namestnikov – Anisimov – Ennis L.Brown – Beaudin – White Chabot – Hainsey Borowiecki – Brannstrom Englund – Goloubef |
Blackhawks @ Jets (8:00 pm)
| Kubalik – Toews – Saad Nylander – Strome – Kane DeBrincat – Dach – Carpenter Smith – Kampf – Highmore Keith – Murphy Gilbert – Gustafsson Maatta – Boqvist | Connor – Scheifele – Laine Ehlers – Wheeler – Roslovic Bourque – Lowry – Appleton Luoto – Shore – Shaw Morrissey – Poolman Sbisa – Pionk Beaulieu – Bitetto |
Canadiens @ Flames (9:00 pm)
| Tatar – Danault – Gallagher Lehkonen – Domi – Armia Cousins – Suzuki – Weal Poehling – Thompson – Barber Chiarot – Weber Kulak – Petry Fleury – Reilly | Tkachuk – Lindholm – Mangiapane Gaudreau – Monahan – Backlund Lucic – Ryan – Dube Bennett – Rieder – Frolik Giordano – Brodie Hanifin – Hamonic Kylington – Andersson |
Hurricanes @ Avalanche (9:00 pm)
| Svechnikov – Staal – Foegele Niederreiter – Aho – Teravainen Dzingel – Wallmark – Necas McGinn – Martinook – Gibbons Slavin – Hamilton Edmundson – Pesce Gardiner – van Riemsdyk | Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen Jost – Kadri – Burakovsky Nieto – Bellemare – Calvert Donskoi – Compher – Nichushkin Girard – Graves Cole – Zadorov Lindholm – Barberio |
Wild @ Coyotes (9:30 pm)
| Parise – Staal – Zuccarello Donato – Johnson – Fiala Greenway – Sturm – Kunin Foligno – Rask – Hartman Suter – Spurgeon Brodin – Soucy Hunt – Dumba | Hall – Dvorak – Kessel Keller – Soderberg – Schmaltz Crouse – Stepan – Hinostroza Grabner – Richardson – Garland Ekman-Larsson – Lyubushkin Chychrun – Goligoski Ness – Oesterle |
Golden Knights @ Canucks (10:00 pm)
| Marchessault – Karlsson – Smith Pacioretty – Stephenson – Stone Zykov – Stastny – Tuch Carrier – Nosek – Reaves McNabb – Schmidt Hague – Theodore Holden – Engelland | Pearson – Horvat – Leivo Miller – Pettersson – Boeser Roussel – Gaudette – Virtanen Schaller – Beagle – Motte Hughes – Tanev Fantenberg – Myers Benn – Stecher |
Consensus Goalie Rankings
✅ — Confirmed
🅿️ — Probable
🅾️ — Projected
Rank | Goalie — Matchup — Price | Brock | Dylan |
1 | ✅ Carter Hart – vs. BUF ($7,600) | 1 | 1 |
2 | ✅ Tuukka Rask – vs. NYI ($8,400) | 2 | 3 |
3 | ✅ Juuse Saros – @ OTT ($7,900) | 4 | 2 |
4 | ✅ Darcy Kuemper – vs. MIN ($8,200) | 3 | 4 |
5 | ✅ Andrei Vasilevskiy – vs. DAL ($7,300) | 5 | 6 |
6 | ✅ Marc-Andre Fleury – @ VAN ($7,900) | 7 | 5 |
7 | ✅ Joonas Korpisalo – vs. LAK ($7,700) | 6 | 7 |
t-8 | ✅ Carey Price – @ CGY ($7,100) | 8 | 11 |
t-8 | 🅾️ Philipp Grubauer – vs. CAR ($8,000) | 10 | 9 |
10 | ✅ David Rittich – vs. MTL ($7,800) | 11 | 10 |
11 | 🅾️ Robin Lehner – @ WPG ($6,900) | 9 | 13 |
12 | 🅿️ Connor Hellebuyck – vs. CHI ($8,500) | 15 | 8 |
13 | ✅ Semyon Varlamov – @ BOS ($7,000) | 13 | 12 |
14 | ✅ Devan Dubnyk – @ ARI ($7,100) | 12 | 14 |
15 | 🅿️ Jack Campbell – @ CBJ ($7,000) | 14 | 15 |
16 | ✅ Anton Khudobin – @ TBL ($7,300) | 16 | 16 |
17 | ✅ Jacob Markstrom – vs. VGK ($7,200) | 18 | 17 |
18 | ✅ Marcus Hogberg – vs. NSH ($6,700) | 19 | 18 |
19 | 🅿️ James Reimer – @ COL ($7,300) | 17 | 20 |
20 | ✅ Carter Hutton – @ PHI ($7,400) | 20 | 19 |
Daily Value Picks
| Brock | Dylan | |
| C | Carl Soderberg ($3,800) | Jordan Staal ($3,700) |
| W | Craig Smith ($3,200) | Rocco Grimaldi ($2,800) |
| D | Oliver Ekman-Larsson ($3,900) | Ron Hainsey ($2,600) |
Optimizer Highest Projections
| C | Jack Eichel ($7,800) | 18.00 DK Points |
| W | Patrick Kane ($8,000) | 15.78 DK Points |
| D | Shea Weber ($6,200) | 14.57 DK Points |
| G | Darcy Kuemper ($8,200) | 15.72 DK Points |
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DFS Lines to Target:
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5. Chicago 1 (Kubalik – Toews – Saad)
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