Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook — 5/4/22

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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

IN

• [PHI] Keith Yandle will be back in the lineup after being a healthy scratch for two games.
• [PHI] Scott Laughton (concussion) will be back in the lineup after missing 12 games.
• [COL] Bowen Byram (head) will play his first game since January 10.
• [NJD] Michael McLeod didn’t play Sunday but will be back in the lineup tonight.
• [NJD] Miles Wood will return to the lineup as he recovers from hip surgery.
• [MTL] Brendan Gallagher (lower body) will play his first game since March 17.
• [OTT] Parker Kelly has been recalled from the AHL and will see his first NHL action since March 16.
• [SJS] Ryan Merkley will be back in the lineup after being a healthy scratch on Saturday.

GAME DECISIONS

• [TOR] Jake Muzzin (concussion) has been activated from LTIR and will be a game-time decision.
• [COL] Valeri Nichushkin (illness) will be a game-time decision.
• [COL] Alex Newhook (illness) will be a game-time decision.
• [NYR] Ryan Strome (lower body) has missed the last four games and looks likely to return tonight.

OUTSIDE

• [PHI] Zack MacEwen is on a daily basis with a head injury.
• [PHI] Nick Seeler is week in and week out with a lower body injury.
• [NJD] Nathan Bastian has an undisclosed injury and will not play on Tuesday.
• [NJD] Jack Hughes (lower body) will not play on Tuesday.
• [OTT] Tyler Ennis (upper body) will not play on Tuesday.
• [BOS] David Pastrnak will be sidelined due to an undisclosed injury.
• [SJS] Nicolas Meloche will be a healthy scratch.

Projected compositions

*Subject to change*

⚠️ Game decision

Philadelphia Flyers vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Farabee–Frost–Atkinson Van Riemsdyk–Hayes–Tippett Cates–Laughton–Konecny Lindblom–Thompson–Brown Provorov–York Sanheim–Ristolainen Yandle Attard

Voracek – Roslovic – Wool Nyquist–Sillinger–Bemström Danforth–Kuraly–Bjorkstrand Robinson–Gaunce–Meyer Werensky–Peeke Gavrikov – Bean Christiansen–Boqvist

Florida Panthers vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

Verhaeghe–Barkov–Duclair Huberdeau–Bennett–Giroux Walk–Lundell–Reinhart Lomberg–Luostarinen–Thornton Forsling–Weegar Chiarot Gudas Hagg Montour

Sparrow–Matthews–Marner Mikheyev – Tavares – Kerfoot Nylander⚠️ – Kampf – Engvall Clifford-Blackwell-Simmonds Rielly–Lyubushkin Brodie Holl Giordano–Liljegren

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Colorado Avalanche

Guentzel-Crosby-Rust Rakell-Malkin-Carter Rodrigues – Blueger – Kapanen⚠️ Heinen⚠️ – Boyle – Angello Dumoulin – Letang Matheson–Marin Friemdan–Ruhwedel

Burakovsky–MacKinnon–Rantanen Lehkonen – Compher – Nichushkin⚠️ Newhook⚠️ – Sturm – Aube-Kubel Cogliano–Barre–O’Connor Toews–Makar J. Johnson–Manson Byram – E. Johnson

New Jersey Devils vs. New York Rangers

Wood – Hischier – Bratt Johnsson–Mercer–Tatar Charangovich–Boqvist–Kuokkanen Vesey–Zacha–McLeod Siegenthaler–Hamilton Graves – Severson Smith–Subban

Kreider-Zibanejad-Vatrano Panarin – Strome⚠️ – Copp Lafrenière–Chytil–Goodrow Motte–Brodzinski–Guathier Lindgren – Fox Miller–Trouba Németh–Schneider

Montreal Canadiens vs Ottawa Senators

Pitlick–Suzuki–Caufield Hoffman-Evans-Anderson Armia–Dvorak–Gallagher Byron–Poehling–Ylonen Harris Savard Edmundson Barron Romanov–Schueneman

Tkachuk-Norris-Joseph Formenton–Stutzle–Batherson Kelly – White – Brown Gaudette–Gamblell–Watson Brannström–Zub Del Zotto – Harmonic Holden–Zaitsev

Buffalo Sabers vs. Carolina Hurricanes

Skinner-Thompson-Tuch Asplund–Mittelstadt–Olofsson Krebs–Cozens–Hinostroza Girgenson–Eakin–Okposo Dahlin–Jokiharju Samuelsson–Bryson Boucher–Fitzgerald

Teravainen–Aho–Jarvis Svechnikov–Trocheck–Necas Niederreiter–Staal–Fast Martinook–Stepan–Domi Slavin – DeAngelo Skjei – Pescé Smith Cole

Detroit Red Wings vs. Boston Bruins

Bertuzzi-Larkin-Raymond Vrana – Veleno – Win Erne–Suter–Sundqvist Hirose–Rasmussen–Zadina DeKeyser–Seider Staal–Hronek Walman–Lindstrom

Merchant-Bergeron-DeBrusk Hall – Haula – Nosek Foligno–Coyle–Smith Blidh–Studnicka–McLaughlin Lindholm–McAvoy Grzelcyk – Carlo Forbort Reilly

Nashville Predators vs. Minnesota Wild

Forsberg–Johansen–Duchêne Tolvanen–Granlund–Kunin Trénin – Sissons – Jeannot Cousins ​​– McCarron – Tomasino Josi – Carrier Ekholm–Lauzon Davies–Benning

Kaprizov–Hartman–Zuccarello Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Foligno Jost–Gaudreau–Fiala Duhaime–Bjugstad–Deslaurier Brodin-Dumba Middleton–Spurgeon Goligosky–Kulikov

Dallas Stars vs. New York Islanders

Robertson-Hintz–Pavelski Benn-Segin-Gurianov Namestnikov–Peterson–Kiviranta Raffl–Faksa–Glendening Suter–Heiskanen Harley Klingberg Hanley–Sekera

Lee-Nelson-Beauvillier Parise–Barzal–Wahlström Bailey–Pageau–Palmieri Martin–Cizikas–Johnston Chara Dobson Pelech–Pulock Hutton Greene

San Jose Sharks vs Edmonton Oilers

Barabanov–Hertl–Meier Nieto – Couture – Chmelevski Gregor–Bonino–Leonardo Gadjovich–Reedy–Balcers Megna – Burns Ferraro–Karlsson Vlasic–Merkley

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

Choice of daily value

C – Jamie Benn (DAL) – $3,500
F – Jake DeBrusk (BOS) – $3,600
D – Bowen Byram (COL) – $2,500

Highest Optimizer Projections

C – Connor McDavid (EDM) – $9,400
F – Brad Marchand (BOS) – $8,000
D – Roman Josi (NSH) – $8,600

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