Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook – 04/04/23

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).

Key Injuries/Lineup Changes

IN

[BUF] Tage Thompson (C) is expected to be back in the Sabres lineup on Tuesday (upper-body).
[CBJ] Adam Boqvist (D) is expected to be back in the Blue Jackets lineup on Tuesday (illness).
[CBJ] Jack Roslovic (C) is expected to be back in the Blue Jackets lineup on Tuesday (upper-body).
[CBJ] Jet Greaves (G) has been recalled from Cleveland (AHL) and will start Tuesday.
[CHI] MacKenzie Entwistle (RW) will draw back into the Blackhawks’ lineup Tuesday vs. Calgary.
[CHI] Jarred Tinordi (D) will return to the Blackhawks’ lineup Tuesday vs. Calgary (hip).
[CHI] Ian Mitchell (D) will draw back into the Blackhawks’ lineup Tuesday vs. Calgary.
[DET] Ville Husso (G) will return and start Tuesday vs. Montreal (lower-body)
[MTL] Corey Schueneman (D) has been recalled from Laval (AHL) and is expected to suit up Tuesday vs. Detroit.
[NJD] Nathan Bastian (C) is expected to be back in the Devils lineup on Tuesday (upper-body).
[OTT] Levi Merilainen (G) is in the starter’s crease at the Senators’ morning skate.
[OTT] Egor Sokolov (LW) has been recalled from Belleville (AHL) and will make his season debut Tuesday vs. Carolina.
[PHI] Ronnie Attard (D) will make his season debut Tuesday vs. St. Louis.
[SJS] Daniel Gushchin (LW) has been recalled from the San Jose Barracuda (AHL) and is expected to suit up Tuesday.
[SJS] Matt Benning (D) is expected to return to the Sharks’ lineup Tuesday vs. Colorado (lower-body).
[SJS] Evgeny Svechnikov (LW) is expected to return to the Sharks’ lineup Tuesday vs. Colorado (lower-body).
[STL] Vadim Zherenko (G) has been recalled from Springfield (AHL) on an emergency basis and is expected to backup Tuesday.
[TOR] Noel Acciari (C) will return to the Maple Leafs lineup on Tuesday (neck).
[TOR] Mitch Marner (RW) is expected to be back in the Maple Leafs lineup on Tuesday (rest).
[TOR] Mike Giordano (D) is expected to be back in the Maple Leafs lineup on Tuesday (rest).
[TOR] Jake McCabe (RW) is expected to be back in the Maple Leafs lineup on Tuesday (rest).
[TOR] Joseph Woll has been recalled from the Toronto Marlies (AHL) and is expected to start Tuesday.

GAMETIME DECISIONS

[CGY] Chris Tanev (D) will be a game-time decision to rejoin the Flames lineup on Tuesday (upper-body).
[FLA] Sergei Bobrovsky (G) could serve as the backup on Tuesday (illness).
[OTT] Mathieu Joseph (RW) will be a game-time decision on Tuesday (undisclosed).
[OTT] Brady Tkachuk (LW) left the morning skate early and could be one of the Senators game-time decisions on Tuesday.
[PHI] Rasmus Ristolainen (D) will be a game-time decision Tuesday vs. St. Louis (upper-body).
[STL] Robert Thomas (C) will be a game-time decision on Tuesday (upper-body).
[VGK] Chandler Stephenson (C) did not play Monday in Minnesota and will be a game-time decision Tuesday (illness).

OUT

[CBJ] Jake Christiansen (D) is expected to be a healthy scratch on Tuesday.
[CBJ] Justin Richards (C) has been reassigned to Cleveland (AHL).
[CBJ] Jon Gillies (G) has been reassigned to the Cleveland Monsters (AHL).
[CHI] Anders Bjork (LW) will be a healthy scratch Tuesday vs. Calgary.
[CHI] Nikita Zaitsev (D) will be a healthy scratch Tuesday vs. Calgary
[CHI] Wyatt Kaiser (D) will be a healthy scratch Tuesday vs. Calgary.
[CGY] Michael Stone (D) will be out of the Flames’ lineup Tuesday vs. Chicago as a healthy scratch.
[DET] Marco Kasper (C) is unavailable for Tuesday’s game vs. Montreal (lower-body).
[EDM] Ryan McLeod (C) is still at least a week away from returning to the Oilers’ lineup (upper-body).
[FLA] Sam Bennett (C) is expected to miss at least two more games (undisclosed).
[MTL] Rafael Harvey-Pinard (C) will not play Tuesday vs. Detroit as he is day-to-day with an undisclosed injury.
[MTL] Jake Allen (G) will not play Tuesday vs. Detroit due to an undisclosed injury.
[MTL] Jordan Harris (D) will be out Tuesday vs. Detroit due to an undisclosed injury.
[MTL] Sean Monahan (C) will miss the remainder of the 2022-23 season after having groin surgery.
[PIT] Alex Nylander (LW) has been reassigned to Wilkes-Barre (AHL).
[SJS] Alexander Barabanov (RW) is expected to miss the remainder of the 2022-23 (lower-body) injury.
[SJS] Oskar Lindblom (LW) will remain out Tuesday vs. Colorado (upper-body).
[SJS] Jeffrey Viel (LW) is out Tuesday vs. Colorado as he is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.
[STL] Thomas Greiss (G) is day-to-day with an undisclosed injury and is considered banged up.
[STL] Marco Scandella (D) will miss the rest of the season with a lower-body injury.
[TOR] Erik Gustafsson (D) will re-join the team on Tuesday but not play vs. the Blue Jackets (personal).
[TOR] Luke Schenn (D) will be a healthy scratch on Tuesday.
[TOR] Conor Timmins (D) will be a healthy scratch on Tuesday.
[TOR] Matt Murray (G) is day-to-day and out for Tuesday’s game vs. Columbus (head).
[TOR] Radim Zohorna (RW) has been loaned to the Toronto Marlies (AHL).

NOTEBOOK PRESENTED BY BETWAY

Projected Lineups

Montreal Canadiens vs. Detroit Red Wings

MTL	DET
Farrell – Suzuki – Ylönen Hoffman – Evans – Gallagher Gurianov – Drouin – Armia Pezzetta – Tierney – Pitlick ——————————————————— Matheson – Barron Schueneman – Edmundson Kovacevic – Wideman	Kubalik – Larkin – Perron Suter – Copp – Raymond Berggren – Veleno – Luff Erne – Czarnik – Chiasson ——————————————————— Walman – Seider Edvinsson – Chiarot Maatta – Hagg

Carolina Hurricanes vs. Ottawa Senators

CAR	OTT
Martinook – Aho – Necas Noesen – Kotkaniemi – Puljujarvi Drury – Staal – Fast Stepan – Stastny – Jarvis ——————————————————— Slavin – Burns Skjei – Pesce Gostisbehere – Chatfield	Tkachuk ⚠️ – Stutzle – Batherson DeBrincat – Greig – Giroux Joseph ⚠️ – Pinto – Sokolov Brown – Kastelic – Watson ——————————————————— Sanderson – Zub Brannstrom – Holden Kleven – Benard-Docker

Florida Panthers vs. Buffalo Sabres

FLA	BUF
Verhaeghe – Barkov – Duclair Luostarinen – Lundell – Tkachuk Lomberg – E.Staal – Reinhart Cousins – White – Smith ——————————————————— Forsling – Ekblad M.Staal – Montour Mahura – Gudas	Skinner – Thompson ⚠️ – Tuch Peterka – Cozens – Quinn Greenway – Mittelstadt – Olofsson Girgensons – Krebs – Okposo ——————————————————— Samuelsson – Dahlin Power – Jokiharju Stillman – Lyubushkin

New Jersey Devils vs. Pittsburgh Penguins

NJD	PIT
Tatar – Hischier – Mercer Palat – Hughes – Bratt Meier – Haula – Boqvist Wood – McLeod – Bastian ——————————————————— Siegenthaler – Hamilton Graves – Marino Bahl – Severson	Guentzel – Crosby – Rust Zucker – Malkin – Rakell Heinen – Poehling – Granlund O’Connor – Carter – Archibald ——————————————————— Dumoulin – Letang Joseph – Petry Friedman – Ruhwedel

Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

CBJ	TOR
Gaudreau – Jenner – Marchenko Johnson – Roslovic – Foudy Robinson – Kuraly – Bemstrom Luoto – Dunne – McKown ——————————————————— Bayreuther – Peeke Berni – Boqvist Bjork – Sweezey	Bunting – Matthews – Jarnkrok Nylander – Tavares – Marner Aston-Reese – Kampf – Lafferty Abruzzese – Acciari – Kerfoot ——————————————————— Rielly – Brodie Giordano – Liljegren McCabe – Holl

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Nashville Predators

VGK	NSH
Barbashev – Eichel – Marchessault Smith – Karlsson – Dorofeyev Howden – Roy – Kessel Amadio – Blueger – Kolesar ——————————————————— Martinez – Pietrangelo Hutton – Hague McNabb – Whitecloud	Afanasyev – Glass – Tomasino Sherwood – Novak – Evangelista Asplund – Sissons – Trenin Leonard – Jankowski – McCarron ——————————————————— McDonagh – Fabbro Stastney – Barrie Gravel – Foote

Philadelphia Flyers vs. St. Louis Blues

PHI	STL
Farabee – Cates – Allison Konecny – Frost – Tippett van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Laughton Deslauriers – Lemieux ——————————————————— Provorov – York Sanheim – Ristolainen ⚠️ Seeler – DeAngelo Attard	Saad – Schenn – Kyrou Neighbours – Kapanen – Vrana Blais – Brown – Leivo Toropchenko – Walker – Pitlick ——————————————————— Leddy – Parayko Krug – Faulk Rosen – Kessel

Chicago Blackhawks vs. Calgary Flames

CHI	CGY
Reichel – Toews – Athanasiou T.Johnson – Dickinson – Raddysh Katchouk – Khaira – Anderson Wagner – Entwistle – R.Johnson ——————————————————— C.Jones – S.Jones Tinordi – Murphy Vlasic – Mitchell	Mangiapane – Lindholm – Toffoli Huberdeau – Backlund – Coleman Ritchie – Kadri – Dube Lucic – Lewis – Duehr ——————————————————— Weegar – Andersson Hanifin – Tanev ⚠️ Zadorov – Stecher

Seattle Kraken vs. Vancouver Canucks

SEA	VAN
McCann – Beniers – Eberle Schwartz – Wennberg – Geekie Tolvanen – Gourde – Bjorkstrand Tanev – Donato – Sprong ——————————————————— Dunn – Larsson Oleksiak – Borgen Soucy – Schultz	Kuzmenko – Pettersson – Joshua Di Giuseppe – Miller – Boeser Beauvillier – Aman – Garland McDonough – Dries – Studnicka ——————————————————— Hughes – Burroughs Hirose – Myers Bear – Rathbone

Edmonton Oilers vs. Los Angeles Kings

EDM	LAK
Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Hyman Kane – Draisaitl – Yamamoto Foegele – Bjugstad – Janmark Kostin – Shore – Ryan ——————————————————— Nurse – Ceci Ekholm – Bouchard Kulak – Desharnais	Byfield – Kopitar – Kempe Moore – Danault – Arvidsson Iafallo – Lizotte – Kaliyev Grundstrom – Kupari – Macewen ——————————————————— Gavrikov – Doughty Durzi – Roy Bjornfot – Walker

Colorado Avalanche vs. San Jose Sharks

COL	SJS
Rodrigues – MacKinnon – Rantanen Newhook – Compher – Nichushkin Malgin – Eller – Nieto Cogliano – Helm – O’Connor ——————————————————— Toews – Makar Girard – Byram J.Johnson – E.Johnson	Peterson – Hertl – Labanc Bordeleau – Couture – Gushchin Gregor – Sturm – Zetterlund Lorentz – Svechnikov ——————————————————— Vlasic – Karlsson Ferraro – Benning Simek – Thrun MacDonald

Goalie Rankings

Daily Value Picks

C – Anton Lundell (FLA) – $3,500
W – Calle Jarnkrok (TOR) – $3,600
D – Tyler Myers (VAN) – $3,400

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