Afternoon Hits: Doan, Roster Notes, Lines and Starting Goalies
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Scott Burnside of ESPN: On Coyotes Shane Doan …

  • Doan on if this season is his last and if there would be regrets that he didn’t choose another path as his career was winding down?

    “I understand it would be easy to look at it and be like, ‘Man, this could have been,'” Doan said.

    “But I’ve never really tried to live that way. I’ve always tried to be — I mean, they’re all clichés — but if you worry about that, then I’m going to miss what’s going to happen next, and what happens next might be even better than what’s happened back there, so let’s not be so focused on what’s happened back there that I miss what’s happening right now.”

Roster notes

  • Pierre LeBrun: The Capitals put Sean Collins on waivers. Sabres Matt Donovan cleared waivers.
  • Chuck Gormley: Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom has been cleared for contact, but is not expected to play tomorrow.
  • Don Brennan: Senators Curtis Lazar didn’t break a bone when he blocked a shot, “just a bruise.”
  • Ted Kulfan: The Red Wings gave Henrik Zetterberg and Mike Green “maintenance days” today.

Lines and pairings

  • Ansar Khan of MLive: Red Wings lines: Dylan Larkin-Joakim Andersson (for Zetterberg)-Justin Abdelkader, Tomas Jurco-Brad Richards-Tomas Tatar, Gustav Nyquist-Riley Sheahan-Teemu Pulkkinen, Drew Miller-Luke Glendening-Landon Ferraro/Darren Helm. Defensive pairings: Jonathan Ericsson-Niklas Kronwall, Kyle Quincey-Danny Keyser (for Green), Brendan Smith-Jakub Kindl, Alexey Marchenko
  • Thomas Willis: Predators lines: Forsberg-Fisher-Neal, Wilson-Ribeiro-Smith, Bourque-Hodgson-Jarnkrok, Nystrom-Guastad-Watson/Arvidsson
  • Eric Lear: Blackhawks lines: Garbutt-Toews-Hossa, Panarin-Anisimov-Kane, Bickell-Teravainen-Tikhonov, Desjardins-Kruger-Shaw.
  • Aaron Portzline: Blue Jackets lines: Jenner – Johansen – Saad; Calvert – Dubinsky – Atkinson; Hartnell – Karlsson – Foligno; Bourque – Campbell – Boll.
  • Adam Kimelman: Flyers lines: Raffl-Giroux-Voracek, BSchenn-Couturier-Simmonds, Read-Laughton-Gagner, VandeVelde-Bellemare-White. Defensive pairings: Schultz-Streit, Del Zotto-Manning, Medvedev-Gudas

Starting goalies

  • Kristen Odland: Karri Ramo will start in net for the Flames against the Jets.
  • Dave Goucher: Jonas Gustavsson will start in net for the Bruins.
  • Adam Kimelman: Michal Neuvirth will start in net for the Flyers. Corey Crawford will start in net for the Blackhawks.