Roster Notes …
- Alain Poupart: Panthers Jaromir Jagr indicated that he won’t play tonight. Coach Gerard Gallant wouldn’t rule him out and called him “very questionable.”
- Arpon Basu: Alex Semin will be a healthy scratch for the Canadiens again.
- Leafs PR: Maple Leafs defenseman Scott Harrington is out tonight. He’s day-to-day with an upper-body injury.
- Bob McKenzie: Leafs Marc Arcobello cleared waivers.
- Jonas Siegel: Leafs Tyler Bozak and Jake Gardiner will return to the lineup tonight. Rich Clune will replace Brad Boyes.
- Boston Bruins: Defenseman Kevan Miller is ready to return tonight. Joonas Kemppainen is questionable.
- Jason Mackey: The Penguins reassigned Kevin Porter to the AHL. Eric Fehr will be in the lineup.
Potential lines and defensive pairing …
- Rich Hammond: Kings lines: Pearson-Kopitar-Brown Lucic-Carter-Toffoli Gaborik-Shore/Weal-Lewis Clifford-Andreoff-Nolan.
- Randy Sportak: Flames lines: Gaudreau-Bennett-Frolik, Colborne-Monahan-Hudler, Raymond-Backlund-Jones, Grant-Stajan-Jooris. Bollig scratched.
- Derek Willis: Flames defensive pairings: Giordano-Brodie Russell-Wideman Engelland-Hamilton.
- Paul Hendrick: Maple Leafs lines: JVR-Kadri-Komarov, Mathias-Holland-Parenteau, Winnik-Bozak-Lupul, Grabner-Froese-Clune Boyes (scratch). Defensive pairings: Gardiner-Phaneuf Hunwick-Rielly Marincin-Polak Harrington(scratch)
- Erik Erlendsson: Lightning lines: Killorn-Stamkos-Callahan Boyle-Filppula-Killorn Brown-Namestnikov-Marchessault Palat-Nesterov-Kucherov.
- Chuck Gormley: Capitals lines: Ovi-Kuzy-Oshie, Johansson-Backstrom-Williams, Chimera-Beagle-Wilson, Burakovsky-Laich-Latta. Defensive pairings: Orpik-Carlson Alzner-Niskanen Orlov-Schmidt
Starting goalies …
- Sarah McLellan: Mike Smith will start in net for the Coyotes.
- Arpon Basu: Mike Condon will start in net for the Canadiens.
- Derek Willis: Joni Ortio will start in net for the Flames.
- Wayne Scanlan: Andrew Hammond will start in net for the Senators.
- Chuck Gormley: Braden Holtby will start in net for the Capitals.
- Steve Goldstein: Roberto Luongo will start in net for the Panthers.
- Buffalo Sabres: Linus Ullmark will start in net for the Sabres.
- Jonas Siegel: Jonathan Bernier will start in net for the Maple Leafs.
- Colorado Avalanche: Semyon Varlamov will start in net for the Avs.