Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 3/9/22
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 Plan.
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Key Injuries / Lineup Changes
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- [MTL] Jake Evans (upper body) will be back in the lineup after missing Saturday’s game.
- [MTL] Paul Byron (upper body) is ready to play after missing the last four games.
GAME DECISIONS
- [MTL] Jeff Petry is listed day to day with an upper body injury. His status for tonight is unclear
Projected compositions
*Subject to change*
⚠️ Game decision
Edmonton Oilers vs Washington Capitals
Kane–Draisaitl–Yamamoto McLeod–McDavid–Hyman Foegele–Rive–Ryan Benson–Malone–Sceviour Nurse – Ceci | Ovechkin–Kuznetsov–Wilson Mantha–Backstrom–Oshie McMichael–Eller–Sheary Jonsson-Fjallby–Dowd–Hathaway Fehervary–Carlson |
Vancouver Canucks vs Montreal Canadiens
Pearson-Miller-Boeser Hoglander – Pettersson – Garland Podkolzin – Horvat – Chiasson Highmore–Lammikko–Motte Ekman-Larsson–Myers | Caufield-Suzuki-Anderson Hoffmann-Dauphin-Gallagher Byron-Evans-Pitlick Armia–Poehling–Lehkonen Romanov-Chiarot |

Choice of daily value
C – Nicklas Backstrom – WSH ($4,440)
O – Brendan Gallagher – MTL ($3,500)
D – Luke Schenn – NPV ($2,900)
Highest Optimizer Projections
C – Connor McDavid (EDM) – $8,800
F – Evander Kane (EDM) – $5,900
D – John Carlson (WSH) – $6,700
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5v5 DFS score:
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5. MTL2 (+2.03)
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