Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook – 7/2/23

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 and value picks ( DFS).

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Key Injuries / Lineup Changes

IN

• [CHI] Tyler Johnson (C) will return to the Blackhawks roster on Tuesday (ankle).
• [COL] Valeri Nichushkin (RW) should be back in the Avalanche roster on Tuesday (upper body).
• [COL] Bowen Byram (R) should be back in the Avalanche roster on Tuesday (lower body).
• [NSH] Kevin Gravel (R) was recalled from Milwaukee (AHL) and will return to the Predators roster on Tuesday.
• [NSH] Tommy Novak (C) was recalled from Milwaukee (AHL) and will return to the Nashville roster on Tuesday.
• [PIT] Josh Archibald (RA) will be back in the Penguins roster on Tuesday (lower body).
• [PIT] Kasperi Kapenen (RD) will return to the Penguins roster against Colorado (lower body).
• [SEA] Jaycob Megna (D) will make his Kraken debut on Tuesday.
• [SJS] Scott Harrington (D) will be part of the Sharks roster on Tuesday.

GAME DECISIONS

• [ANA] Troy Terry (C) left Monday’s game with an injury and did not return (upper body).
• [DET] Filip Hronek (R) left Sunday practice with an injury and is questionable to play Tuesday (upper body).
• [VGK] Zach Whitecloud (D) will be a game time decision on Tuesday against Nashville (lower body).

OUT

• [CHI] Jonathan Toews (C) will miss Tuesday’s game against Anaheim due to illness.
• [PIT] Tristan Jarry (L) is making « significant progress » but remains day to day (upper body).
• [SJS] Kevin Labanc (RW) will be a healthy scratch for the second game in a row.

NOTEBOOK PRESENTED BY BETWAY

Projected compositions

*Subject to change*

⚠️ Game decision

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Colorado Avalanche

Guentzel–Crosby–Rakell Zucker-Malkin-Rust McGinn–Carter–Kapanen Poehling–Blueger–Archibald Dumoulin – Letang Pettersson–Petry Joseph–Ruhwedel

Nichushkin–MacKinnon–Lehkonen Rantanen – Compher – Rodrigues Nieto–Newhook–Malgin Cogliano–O’Connor Toews–Makar Byram Girard Hunting–Johnson MacDermid

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. San Jose Sharks

Stamkos–Point–Kucherov Hagel-Cirelli-Killorn Colton–Paul–Brown Namestnikov–Bellemare–Perry Hedman–Bogosian Cole–Cernak Sergachev – Perbix

Meier–Hertl–Gregor Eyssimon-Couture-Barabanov Bonino–Sturm–Lindblom Gadjovich–Lorentz–Svechnikov Harrington-Karlsson Vlasic–Benning MacDonald-Ferraro

New York Islanders vs. Seattle Kraken

Bailey–Horvat–Barzal Lee–Nelson–Palmieri Parise–Pageau–Holmström Martin – Cizikas – Fasching Pelech–Pulock Romanov–Mayfield Aho–Dobson

McCann–Wennberg–Eberle Schwartz–Beniers–Burakovsky Tolvanen – Gourde – Bjorkstrand Donato – Geek – Tanev Dunn–Larsson Oleksiak–Borgen Megna-Soucy

Detroit Red Wings vs. New York Islanders

Bertuzzi-Larkin-Raymond Rasmussen–Copp–Perron Berggren–Veleno–Fabbri Kubalik–Suter–Sundqvist Seider–Walman Chiarot – Hronek ⚠️ Maatta–Oesterle

Holloway–McDavid–Hyman Kane–Draisaitl–Ryan Kostin–Nugent-Hopkins–Janmark McLeod–Puljujarvi Nurse – Ceci Koulak–Barrie Broberg-Bouchard Desharnais

Nashville Predators vs. Vegas Golden Knights

Forsberg – Glass – Duchene Niederreiter–Johansen–Granlund Smith–Parssinen–Sissons Trenin–Novak–Jeannot McDonagh–Josi Ekholm–Lauzon Gravel – Fabbro

Marchessault–Eichel–Cotter Smith–Karlsson–Amadio Carrier–Stephenson–Kessel Howden-Roy-Kolesar Martinez–Pietrangelo McNabb – Theodore The Hague – Whitecloud ⚠️

Chicago Blackhawks vs. Anaheim Ducks

T. Johnson–Dickinson–Kane Kurashev – Domi – Raddych Athanasiou–Lafferty–Blackwell Katchouk – Entwistle – R. Johnson McCabe–S. Jones J. Johnson–Murphy C. Jones–Mitchell

Henrique – Zegras – Strome Vatrano–McTavish–Jones Comtois – Lundeström – Silfverberg Carrick–Megna–Leason Fowler–Kulikov Beaulieu Klingberg Benedict – Shattenkirk

Ranking of goalkeepers

Choice of daily value

C – Cody Glass (NSH) – $3,700
W – Ryan Strome (ANA) – $3,100
D – Sebastian Aho (NYI) – $2,900

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