NHL News and Line Changes *FREE Today* January 2nd (1/2) for Daily Fantasy Hockey

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The Big News

  • New bottom nine for the Bruins: Charlie Coyle is up on BOS2. David Krecji returns to his usual spot.
  • Jack Hughes is out tonight for the Devils. Pavel Zacha centers Wood and Simmonds. Kevin Rooney draws in.
  • Oscar Klefbom was day-to-day but is expected to go in his usual spot tonight.
  • Charlie McAvoy is a game-time decision tonight for the Bruins. Watch rushes to see if he’s removed off the DL at some point this afternoon.
  • The injury bug continues to bite the Penguins. Jake Guentzel is out for 4-6 months after shoulder surgery. Alex Galchenyuk moves up to PIT1. New PIT2: Hornqvist-McCann-Simon. Lafferty in.
  • Ryan Nugent-Hopkins moves back up to EDM2 to center Draisaitl and Yamamoto.
  • Brendan Gallagher suffered a concussion last game and has been placed on IR. Nick Cousins moves on to MTL1.
  • Tampa Bay shuffled last game and put Stamkos up on TB1 with Point and Kucherov. No line above a 13% share. Probably nothing though, the are back to their regular lines.
  • New Ottawa top six:
    • Paul-Pageau-Connor Brown
    • Tkachuk-Tierney-Duclair
  • Flames juggled their lines last game and reunited Monahan-Gaudreu Lindholm on CGY2. Doesn’t appear to be the case tonight. Tobias Rieder is up on CGY2. Backlund centering Frolik and Bennett on CGY3.
  • The Avalanche are juggling. New bottom nine:
    • Calvert-Kadri-Nichushkin
    • Nieto-Compher-Rantanen
    • Jost-Bellemare-Burakovsky
  • Barbashev is up on STL2 with Schenn and Schwartz. Kyrou out.

The Medium News

  • Melker Karlsson is back in on SJS4.
  • Dmytro Timashov will be a healthy scratch on Thursday. Mason Marchment in on TOR4.
  • T.J. Brodie returns for the Flames tonight on a pairing with Mark Giordano.
  • Alex Texier has been placed on IR. Sonny Milano takes his spot on CBJ3.
  • Rickard Rakell is expected to miss tonight’s game.
  • Mikael Sergachev is a game-time decision tonight.
  • Jake Muzzin is week-to-week and will miss tonight’s game.
  • Dutch Gretzky (Dale Weise) draws in on MTL4.
  • Jack Johnson is up on the top Pittsburgh d-pair with Kris Letang.
  • Rudolf Balcers is in on OTT3 with White and Ennis. Beaudin is out.
  • Grabner in for Hinostroza on ARI4.

The Little News

  • Tomas Nosek is out for the Knights on Thursday. Nicolas Roy is in on VGS4.
  • Nathan Beaulieu is out for the Jets. Carl Dahlstrom takes his place.
  • Nikita Zaitsev back in for the Senators.
  • Mackenzie Weeger is day-to-day and likely won’t play tonight. Keith Yandle is up with Aaron Ekblad.
  • New bottom six for Tampa
    • Maroon-Pacuette-Johnson
    • Verhaeghe-Stephens-Gourde
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