Mark Lazerus: Blackhawks Brad Richards will be out the next three games. Antoine Vermette will move back to center.
Mark Lazerus: Kyle Baun will be in the lineup tonight for the Blackhawks.
Chad Graff: Wild coach Mike Yeo on Jason Zucker: “Zucker with his speed and the season he was having we’re very hopeful that he can come in and get up to speed in a real hurry.”
Minnesota Wild: Yeo saying that Nino Niederreiter is expected to play tonight.
Daniel Friedman: Islanders Calvin de Haan will continue to sit.
Dave Molinari: Penguins Steve Downie and Christian Ehrhoff are not expected to play tonight.
Renaud Lavoie: Marc-Andre Fleury will start in net for the Penguins and Andrew Hammond will start in net for the Senators.
Derek Willis: Mike Smith will start in net for the Coyotes against the Flames.
Jason Gregor: Richard Bachman will start in net for the Oilers.
Andrew Gross: Cam Talbot will start in net for the Rangers.
Chris Kuc: Corey Crawford will start in net for the Blackhawks.
NY Islanders: Jaroslav Halak will start in net for the Islanders.
Ansar Khan of MLive: Red Wings Pavel Datsyuk didn’t skate this morning, but is expected to play. Forward lines: Darren Helm-Daniel Cleary (subbing for Pavel Datsyuk)-Henrik Zetterberg, Gustav Nyquist-Riley Sheahan-Tomas Tatar, Stephen Weiss-Joakim Andersson-Teemu Pulkkinen, Drew Miller-Luke Glendening-Landon Ferraro. Defensive pairings: Niklas Kronwall-Jonathan Ericsson, Danny DeKeyser-Kyle Quincey, Brendan Smith-Marek Zidlicky, Jakub Kindl (scratched).
