Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 04/20/22

The Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook will be published daily Monday through Friday as soon as the morning skates are over.

The notebook includes everything you need to know to set your lineups for the season and daily fantasy: including injuries, thrown lines and pairings, starting goalie ratings, value picks ( DFS) and insights from our DFS Premium Package.

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Key Injuries / Lineup Changes

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• [COL] Nazem Kadri (upper body) is set to play his first game since March 31.

Projected compositions

*Subject to change*

⚠️ Game decision

Edmonton Oilers vs. Dallas Stars

Kane–McDavid–Puljujarvi Hyman–Draisaitl–Yamamoto Foegele–Nugent-Hopkins–Ryan Russell–McLeod–Kassian Nurse – Ceci Keith Bouchard Koulak–Barrie

Robertson–Hintz–Pavelski Peterson–Seguin–Guryanov Studenic–Benn–Radulov Raffl–Faksa–Glendening Suter–Heiskanen Lindell–Klingberg Hanley–Hakanpaa

Seattle Kraken vs. Colorado Avalanche

Donato – Béniers – Eberle McCann–Gourde–Kuhlman Sprong–Sheahan–Donskoy Rask–Wennberg–Lind Dunn–Larsson Soucy Fleury Oleksiak–Borgen

Nichushkin–MacKinnon–Rantanen Lehkonen–Kadri–Burakovsky Newhook–Sturm–Compher Dawn-Kubel–Meyers–O’Connor Byram–Makar Girard Manson MacDermid–J. Johnson

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Washington Capitals

Marchessault–Eichel–Pierre Pacioretty–Stephenson–Dadonov Janmark–Karlsson–Amadio Leschyshyn–Roy–Kolesar McNabb – Theodore Hutton–Pietrangelo Martinez – White Cloud

Ovechkin–Kuznetsov–Wilson Johansson–Backstrom–Sheary Mantha–Eller–Oshie Larsson–Dowd–Hathaway Fehervary–Carlson Orlov–Jensen Van Riemsdyk–Schultz

Arizona Coyotes vs. Chicago Blackhawks

Boyd–Hayton–Schmaltz Ladd–McBain–Galchenyuk Roussel–Beagle–Eriksson Ritchie–Smith–Kessel Gostisbehere – Stralman Mayo-Moser Capobianco–Koliachonok

DeBrincat–Strome–Kane Kubalik–Toews–T. Johnson Kurachev–Lafferty–Raddych Borgstrom – R. Johnson – Katchouk Vlasic–S. Jones McCabe–Regula Stillman–Gustafsson

Choice of daily value

C – Dylan Strome (CHI) – $3,900
F – Evgenii Dadonov (VGK) – $3,700
D – Bowen Byram (COL) – $3,300

Highest Optimizer Projections

C – Nathan MacKinnon (COL) – $9,300
F – Mikko Rantanen (COL) – $7,800
D – Cale Makar (COL) – $8,000

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5v5 DFS score:

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5. EDM2 (+4.61)

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