Roster notes:
- Elliotte Friedman: The Sabres put Matt Donovan on waivers.
- Washington Capitals: Coach Barry Trotz said that Alex Ovechkin will be a game time decision. He missed this mornings skate for personal reasons.
- Isabelle Khurshudyan: Capitals defenseman Taylor Chorney will be a healthy scratch tonight.
- Bruce Garrioch: Senators Andrew Hammond was at practice for the first time since suffering his groin injury. Wayne Scanlan: Hammond is now 100 percent and will travel with the team.
- Ian Mendes: The Senators send Matt O’Connor to the AHL.
- Bruce Garrioch: Curtis Lazar not at their morning skate. He blocked a shot on the weekend.
- Rich Chere: Devils defenseman John Moore is not ready to return to the lineup tonight.
- New York Islanders: The Islanders sign Eric Boulton to a one-year deal.
- Sabres PR: The Sabres assign Brendan Guhle to the Prince Albert of the WHL.
Lines at practice:
- Chad Graff: Wild lines: Zucker-Koivu-Niederreiter Parise-Granlund-Pominville Vanek-Coyle-Fontaine Porter-Haula-Carter
- Mike Heika: Stars lines: Benn-Seguin-Eaves Roussel-Spezza-Sharp Janmark-Eakin-Hemsky Moen-Fiddler-Sceviour. Defensive pairings: Goligoski-Klingberg Oduya-Demers Jokipakka-Benn Nemeth-Oleksiak.
- Fluto Shinzawa: Bruins lines: Eriksson-Bergeron-Connolly Beleskey-Krejci-Pastrnak Kelly-Spooner-Hayes Rinaldo-Kemppainen-Talbot/Randell Marchand. Defensive pairings: Chara-K. Miller Krug-McQuaid Trotman-C. Miller
- Bruce Garrioch: Senators lines: Hoffman-Turris-Stone; MacArthur-Zibanejad-Ryan; Chiasson-Pageau-Michalek and Prince-Smith-Neil.
- Rich Chere: Devils lines: Tlusty-Henrique-Palmieri; Cammalleri-Zajac-Tootoo; Stempniak-Josefson-O’Neill; Matteau-Gionta-Ruutu; Boucher-Kalinin. Defensive pairings: Greene-Larsson; Merrill-Moore; Schlemko-Gelinas/Severson.
- Bill Roose: Red Wings lines: Larkin-Zetterberg-Abdelkader; Franzen-Richards-Tatar; Nyquist-Sheahan-Pulkkinen; Miller-Glendening-Jurco. First power play unit: Justin Abdelkader net front, Johan Franzen and Gustav Nyquist on the wall, Nicklas Kronwall and Henrik Zetterberg on the point.
- Mark Lazerus: Blackhawks lines: Garbutt-Toews-Hossa Panarin-Anisimov-Kane Bickell-Teravainen-Tikhonov Desjardins-Kruger-Shaw.
- Adam Vingan: Predators lines: Forsberg-Ribeiro-Neal Wilson-Fisher-Smith Bourque-Hodgson-Jarnkrok Nystrom-Gaustad-Watson. Defensive pairings: Josi-Weber Jackman-Jones Ekholm-Ellis.
- Derek Willis: Flames lines: Gaudreau-Monahan-Hudler Raymond-Bennett-Frolik Ferland-Stajan-Jones Bouma-Backlund-Bollig
Starting goalies:
- Mark Stepneski: Kari Lehtonen will start in net for the Stars.
- Chip Alexander: Eddie Lack will start in net for the Hurricanes.
- Tom Gulitti: Keith Kinkaid will start in net for the Devils.
- JJ Regan: Braden Holtby will start in net for the Capitals.
- Sara Orlesky: Michael Hutchinson will start in net for the Jets.
- Joe Smith: Ben Bishop will start in net for the Lightning.