On the Edmonton Oilers …
Edmonton Oilers: The Oilers have activated defenseman Adam Larsson from the IR and have assigned forward Anton Slepyshev to the AHL.
On the Montreal Canadiens …
Irfaan Gaffar: The Canadiens sent Shea Weber back to Montreal as his foot injury isn’t getting better. Coach Claude Julien said they are going to “shut him down for a bit.”
Pierre LeBrun: Weber had been playing through the foot injury for most of the season.
On the New Jersey Devils …
Chris Ryan: Forwards Taylor Hall and Kyle Palmieri will be in the lineup tonight. Marcus Johansson is still out but could return on Thursday.
On the Pittsburgh Penguins …
Pens Inside Scoop: Coach Mike Sullivan said that Tom Kuhnhackl (upper-body) is able to play tonight if Dominik Simon is not able to go.
On the St. Louis Blues …
Jeremy Rutherford: The Blues recalled Tage Thompson and put Samuel Blais on the IR.
On the Toronto Maple Leafs …
Kristen Shilton: Auston Matthews was on the ice for about an hour before practice started. He left the ice when practice got underway.
On the Vancouver Canucks …
Ben Kuzma: Forward Brock Boeser is having a CAT scan this afternoon on his foot.
On the Washington Capitals …
Isabelle Khurshudyan: Coach Barry Trotz doesn’t know for certain if T.J. Oshie will be in the lineup, but it looks like he will. Oshie said that it was his fourth documented head injury.
Forward lines at practice …
Boston Bruins: Boston Bruins lines: Marchand – Bergeron – Pastrnak, DeBrusk – Krejci – Spooner, Heinen – Nash – Backes, Schaller – Kuraly – Acciari.
Brayton Wilson: Buffalo Sabres lines: Kane-Eichel-Pominville, Pouliot-O’Reilly-Okposo, Nolan-Josefson-Rodrigues, Girgensons-Larsson-Reinhart.
Jon Rosen: Not really doing line rushes, but LA Kings lines could look like: Gaborik-Kopitar-Brown, Iafallo-Shore-Lewis, Pearson-Kempe-Toffoli and Andreoff-Mitchell-Brodzinski.
Matt Smith: Montreal Canadiens lines: Pacioretty-Drouin-Byron Galchenyuk-Danault-Shaw Hudon-Plekanec-Gallagher Deslauriers-Froese-Carr/JDLR.
Brent Wallace: Ottawa Senators lines: Ryan-Duchene-Stone, Dzingel-Brassard-Hoffman, Smith-Pageau-Pyatt, Burrows-Thompson-Paul.
Pens Inside Scoop: Pittsburgh Penguins lines: Archibald-Crosby-Guentzel, Hagelin-Malkin-Rust, Sheary-Sheahan-Kessel, Kuhnhackl-Rowney-Reaves
Caley Chelios: Tampa Bay Lightning lines: Namestnikov-Stamkos-Kucherov, Palat-Point-Johnson, Killorn-Gourde-Conacher, Kunitz-Paquette-Brown.
Kristen Shilton: Toronto Maple Leafs lines: Komarov-Kadri-Brown Marleau-Nylander-Hyman van Riemsdyk-Bozak-Marner Martin-Moore-Kapanen Leivo
Stephen Whyno: Washington Capitals lines: Ovechkin-Backstrom-Wilson, Vrana-Kuznetsov-Oshie, Connolly-Eller-Burakovsky, Stephenson-Beagle-Chiasson.
Defensive pairings at practice …
Boston Bruins: Boston Bruins pairings: Chara – McAvoy, Krug – Carlo, Grzelcyk – Miller.
Brayton Wilson: Buffalo Sabres pairings: Scandella-Ristolainen, Beaulieu-Bogosian, McCabe-Antipin, Gorges-Falk.
Pens Inside Scoop: Pittsburgh Penguins pairings: Letang-Dumoulin, Maatta-Ruhwedel, Cole-Hunwick.
Kristen Shilton: Toronto Maple Leafs pairings: Rielly-Hainsey Gardiner-Carrick Borgman-Polak Marincin
