The Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook will be released everyday Monday-to-Friday as soon as the morning skates finish.

The Notebook includes everything you need to know to set your Season-Long and Daily Fantasy Lineups: including Injuries, Projected Lines and Pairings, Starting Goalie Rankings, and Value Picks (DFS).

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Key Injuries/Lineup Changes

IN

• [ANA] Troy Terry (C) is expected to be back in the Ducks lineup on Thursday (upper-body). 
• [ANA] Brett Leason (C) will draw into the Ducks lineup on Thursday.
• [CBJ] Johnny Gaudreau (LW) is expected to be back in the Blue Jackets lineup on Thursday (lower-body).
• [EDM] Klim Kostin (LW) is expected to return to the Oilers’ lineup (illness).
• [LAK] Tobias Bjornfot (D) will draw back into the Kings lineup on Thursday.
• [MIN] Marcus Foligno (LW) will be back in the Wild lineup on Thursday (lower-body).
• [MIN] Calen Addison (D) is expected to be back in the Wild lineup on Thursday. 
• [MIN] Dakota Mermis (D) is expected to make his season debut on Thursday. 
• [SEA] Jesper Froden (RW) will make his Kraken debut on Thursday.
• [SJS] Tomas Hertl (C) is expected to return to the Sharks lineup on Thursday (personal). 
• [STL] Pavel Buchnevich (LW) is expected to return to the Blues’ lineup Thursday (lower-body).
• [STL] Brandon Saad (LW) is expected to return to the Blues’ lineup Thursday (upper-body).
• [VAN] Aatu Raty (C) will make his Canucks debut on Thursday.
• [VGK] Byron Froese (C) has been recalled from the Henderson Silver Knights (AHL) and will be in the lineup Thursday.
• [WSH] Alex Ovechkin (LW) will be back in the Capitals lineup on Thursday (personal).
• [WSH] Nicolas Aube-Kubel (RW) is expected to draw into the Capitals lineup on Thursday.
• [WSH] Matt Irwin (D) is expected to draw into the Capitals lineup on Thursday.

GAMETIME DECISIONS

• [PIT] Jeff Petry (D) missed practice on Wednesday; questionable to play Thursday (illness). 

OUT

• [ANA] John Klingberg (D) is day-to-day with a lower-body injury.
• [ANA] Adam Henrique (C) is week-to-week with a lower-body injury.
• [ANA] Jayson Megna (RW) will be a healthy scratch on Thursday.
• [LAK] Alexander Edler (D) will be a healthy scratch on Thursday.
• [MIN] Jon Merrill (D) did not travel with Minnesota for its upcoming road trip and will miss Thursday (illness).
• [MIN] Jonas Brodin was placed on the injured reserve (lower-body).
• [NSH] Ryan Johansen (C) will miss an estimated 12 weeks following right leg surgery.
• [SJS] Timo Meier (RW) will not play Thursday vs. Nashville as he deals with a lingering upper-body injury.
• [STL] Torey Krug (D) left St.Louis’ game Tuesday with a lower-body injury and will be out of the lineup Thursday.
• [VGK] Nicolas Roy (C) is day-to-day with a lower-body injury; will not play Thursday. 
• [WSH] Anthony Mantha (RW) will be placed on injured reserve (upper-body).
• [WSH] Dmitry Orlov (D) will be scratched Thursday for trade-related reasons.
• [WSH] Garnet Hathaway (RW) will be scratched Thursday for trade-related reasons.

NOTEBOOK PRESENTED BY BETWAY

Projected Lineups

*Subject to change*

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Edmonton Oilers

PIT	EDM
Guentzel – Crosby – Rakell Zucker – Malkin – Rust McGinn – Carter – Kapanen O’Connor – Blueger – Archibald ——————————————————— Dumoulin – Letang Pettersson – Petry ⚠️ Joseph – Ruhwedel	Draisaitl – McDavid – Ryan Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Yamamoto  Foegele – McLeod – Puljujarvi Kostin – Shore – Janmark  ——————————————————— Nurse – Ceci Kulak – Barrie Broberg – Bouchard

Washington Capitals vs. Anaheim Ducks

WSH	ANA
Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson Sheary – Backstrom – Johansson Milano – Strome – Oshie Eller – Dowd – Aube-Kubel ——————————————————— Gustafsson – van Riemsdyk Fehervary – Jensen Irwin – McIlrath	Grant – Zegras – Strome Jones – McTavish – Terry Vatrano – Lundestrom – Silfverberg Comtois – Carrick – Leason ——————————————————— Fowler – Kulikov Benoit – Shattenkirk Beaulieu – White

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Buffalo Sabres

TBL	BUF
Hagel – Point – Kucherov Cirelli – Stamkos – Killorn Colton – Paul – Maroon Namestnikov – Bellemare – Perry ——————————————————— Hedman – Bogosian Sergachev – Cernak  Cole – Perbix	Skinner – Thompson – Tuch Peterka – Cozens – Olofsson Mittelstadt – Krebs – Quinn Girgensons – Jost – Okposo ——————————————————— Dahlin – Jokiharju Power – Samuelsson Lyubushkin – Bryson

New Jersey Devils vs. Los Angeles Kings

NJD	LAK
Tatar – Hischier – Mercer Sharangovich – Hughes – Bratt Palat – Haula – Boqvist Wood – McLeod – Zetterlund ——————————————————— Siegenthaler – Hamilton Graves – Marino Bahl – Severson	Byfield – Kopitar – Kempe Moore – Danault – Arvidsson Fiala – Lizotte – Iafallo Vilardi – Kupari – Kaliyev ——————————————————— Anderson – Doughty Durzi – Roy Bjornfot – Walker

Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Minnesota Wild

CBJ	MIN
Gaudreau – Jenner – Laine Johnson – Sillinger – Marchenko Robinson – Kuraly – Olivier Foudy – Roslovic – Bemstrom ——————————————————— Berni – Gudbranson Blankenburg – Peeke Bayreuther – Boqvist	Kaprizov – Hartman – Zuccarello  Beckman – Eriksson Ek – Boldy Greenway – Gaudreau – Duhaime Shaw – Dewar – Reaves ——————————————————— Middleton – Spurgeon Goligoski – Dumba Mermis – Addison

Detroit Red Wings vs. New York Rangers

DET	NYR
Bertuzzi – Larkin – Perron Rasmussen – Copp – Berggren Vrana – Veleno – Fabbri Kubalik – Suter – Sundqvist ——————————————————— Walman – Seider Chiarot – Hronek Maatta – Hagg	Kreider – Zibanejad – Vesey Kravtsov – Trocheck – Tarasenko Lafreniere – Chytil – Kakko Goodrow – Leschyshyn – Motte ——————————————————— Lindgren – Fox Miller – Trouba Mikkola – Schneider

St. Louis Blues vs. Vancouver Canucks

STL	VAN
Saad – Thomas – Kyrou Barbashev – Schenn – Buchnevich Blais – Brown – Leivo Toropchenko – Walker – Pitlick ——————————————————— Leddy – Parayko Scandella – Faulk Tucker – Bortuzzo	Kuzmenko – Pettersson – Beauvillier Garland – Miller – Boeser Podkolzin – Raty – Dries Joshua – Aman – Studnicka ——————————————————— Hughes – Bear Wolanin – Myers Stillman – Burroughs

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Calgary Flames

VGK	CGY
Cotter – Eichel – Marchessault Smith – Karlsson – Amadio Carrier – Stephenson – Kessel Howden – Froese – Kolesar ——————————————————— Martinez – Pietrangelo McNabb – Theodore Hague – Whitecloud	Dube – Lindholm – Toffoli Pelletier – Kadri – Huberdeau Mangiapane – Backlund – Coleman Lucic – Lewis – Duehr ——————————————————— Hanifin – Andersson Weegar – Tanev Zadorov – Gilbert

Seattle Kraken vs. Boston Bruins

SEA	BOS
McCann – Beniers – Eberle  Froden – Wennberg – Tanev Tolvanen – Gourde – Bjorkstrand  Donato – Geekie – Sprong ——————————————————— Dunn – Larsson  Oleksiak – Borgen  Soucy – Schultz	Marchand – Bergeron – DeBrusk Zacha – Krejci – Pastrnak Hall – Coyle – Smith Greer – Frederic – Foligno ——————————————————— Grzelcyk – McAvoy Lindholm – Carlo Forbort – Clifton

San Jose Sharks vs. Nashville Predators

SJS	NSH
Eyssimont – Couture – Barabanov Gregor – Hertl – Kaut Bonino – Sturm – Labanc Lindblom – Lorentz – Svechnikov ——————————————————— Harrington – Karlsson Vlasic – Benning Ferraro – Cicek	Granlund – Novak – Duchene Niederreiter – Glass – Tomasino Smith – Sissons – Jeannot Trenin – Parssinen – Sherwood ——————————————————— McDonagh – Josi Ekholm – Lauzon Gravel – Fabbro

Goalie Rankings

Daily Value Picks

C – Nicklas Backstrom (WSH) – $3,900
W – Michael Eyssimont (SJS) – $3,000
D – Simon Benoit (ANA) – $2,700

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