Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 3/31/22
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Key Injuries / Lineup Changes
IN
- [MTL] Tyler Pitlick will be back in the lineup after missing two games with an upper body injury.
- [BOS] Anton Blidh will be in the lineup after being held in the last five games.
- [BOS] Marc McLaughlin will make his NHL debut on Thursday.
- [BOS] Josh Brown will make his debut with the Bruins.
- [BOS] Mike Reilly will return to the roster after being a healthy scratch for three games.
- [PIT] Jason Zucker (lower body) will return to the roster after being out since January 17.
- [COL] Nathan MacKinnon (upper body) is expected to return to the Avalanche roster.
- [DAL] Marian Studenic will return to the Stars roster.
GAME DECISIONS
- [NYI] Andy Greene (undisclosed) will be a game decision on Thursday.
- [NYI] Adam Pelech (undisclosed) will be a game-time decision.
- [DAL] Esa Lindell (upper body) will be a game-time decision.
OUTSIDE
- [TOR] Ilya Lyubushkin (chief) will not play on Thursday after being taken out of the game on Tuesday.
- [TOR] Petr Mrazek is expected to miss six weeks with a groin injury.
- [CAR] Jesperi Kotkaniemi (lower body) will miss two to three weeks.
- [BOS] Nick Foligno is on a daily basis with a lower body injury.
- [BOS] Craig Smith (illness) will not play on Thursday.
- [BOS] Connor Clifton will be a healthy scratch on Thursday.
- [BOS] Derek Forbort will be a healthy scratch.
- [DAL] Denis Gurianov will be a healthy scratch on Thursday.
Projected compositions
*Subject to change*
⚠️ Game decision
New York Islanders vs. Columbus Blue Jackets
| Lee-Nelson-Beauvillier Parise–Barzal–Wahlström Bailey–Pageau–Palmieri Martin – Cizikas – Bellows Chara Dobson | Voracek – Roslovic – Wool Nyquist–Sillinger–Bjorkstrand Danforth–Kuraly–Chinakhov Robinson–Gaunce–Bemström Gavrikov–Peeke |
Florida Panthers vs. Chicago Blackhawks
| Verhaeghe–Barkov–Reinhart Huberdeau–Giroux–Lomberg Marching–Bennett–Duclair Mamin–Luostarinen–Thornton Forsling–Weegar | DeBrincat–Strome–Kane Kubalik–Toews–Raddysh Borgström–Dach–Lafferty Katchouk – R. Johnson – Entwistle McCabe–C. Jones |
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Winnipeg Jets
| Sparrow–Matthews–Marner Mikheyev – Tavares – Kerfoot Nylander–Kampf–Engvall Clifford–Spezza–Simmonds Rielly–Brodie | Stastny–Scheifele–Ehlers Sanford–Dubois–Wheeler Svechnikov–Lowry–Appleton Harkins–Toninato–Brooks Morrissey–DeMelo |
Carolina Hurricanes vs Montreal Canadiens
| Teravainen–Aho–Jarvis Svechnikov–Trocheck–Domi Niederreiter–Staal–Fast Martinook⚠️ – Stepan – Necas Slavin – DeAngelo | Caufield-Suzuki-Hoffman R. Pitlick–Dvorak–Anderson Byron-Evans-Armia T. Pitlick – Dauphin – Ylonen Romanov-Savard |
Boston Bruins vs. New Jersey Devils
| Merchant-Bergeron-DeBrusk Room – Haula – Pastrnak Frederic-Coyle-McLaughlin Blidh–Nosek–Lazar Lindholm–McAvoy | Sharangovich–Hughes–Mercer Tatar–Hischier–Bratt Johnsson–Boqvist–Wood Vesey–McLeod–Bastian Siegenthaler–Hamilton |
Minnesota Wild vs. Pittsburgh Penguins
| Kaprizov–Hartman–Zuccarello Fiala–Gaudreau–Boldy Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Foligno Duhaime–Jost–Deslauriers Middleton–Spurgeon | Guentzel-Crosby-Rust Zucker-Malkin-Rakell Rodrigues–Carter–Kapanen Boyle–Blueger–Heinen Dumoulin – Letang |
Colorado Avalanche vs. San Jose Sharks
| Nichushkin – MacKinnon⚠️ – Rantanen Lehkonen–Kadri–Burakovsky Newhook–Sturm–Compher Cogliano–Barre–O’Connor Toews–Makar | Meier–Hertl–Barabanov Nieto – Couture – Chmelevski Leonardo–Bonino–Gregor Viel–Reedy–Balcers Megna – Burns |
Calgary Flames vs Los Angeles Kings
| Gaudreau–Lindholm–Tkachuk Mangiapane–Backlund–Toffoli Dubé–Jarkrok–Coleman Lucic–Monahan–Lewis Hanifin–Andersson | Iafallo–Kopitar–Kempe Moore-Danault-Arvidsson Vilardi–Byfield–Kupari Grundström–Edler–Kaliyev Bjornfot–Durzi |
Anaheim Ducks vs. Dallas Stars
| Milan–Getzlaf–Mayhew Grant–Zegras–Terry Simon–Lundestrom–Aston-Reese Comtois–Carrick–Lettieri Fowler–Drysdale | Robertson–Hintz–Pavelski Studenic–Seguin–Namestnikov Peterson–Benn–Radulov Raffl–Faksa–Glendening Lindell⚠️ – Klingberg |
Choice of daily value
C – Jack Roslovic (CBJ) – $3,100
F – Artturi Lehkonen (COL) – $2,500
D – Town Heinola (WPG) – $2,500
Highest Optimizer Projections
C – Auston Matthews (TOR) – $9,300
F – Mikko Rantanen (COL) – $6,700
D – Cale Makar (COL) – $7,800
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