Roster Notes …
- Joe Smith: Lightning’s Tyler Johnson, Jonathan Drouin and Cedric Paquette are all out tonight.
- Erik Erlendsson: Coach Jon Cooper doesn’t think any of Johnson, Drouin or Paquette are long-term injuries and that they haven’t been ruled out for Thursday.
- Arpon Basu: Canucks Hunter Shinkaruk will make his NHL debut tonight.
- Dan Murphy: The Canucks will be without Alex Burrows and Brandon Sutter tonight.
- Thomas Willis: Predators Paul Gaustad (lower-body) is not on the ice again today.
- Randy Miller: Flyers Steve Mason was given a maintenance day.
- Chuck Gormley: Capitals Brooks Orpik didn’t practice today. Coach Barry Trotz saying he has multiple hurts.
Lines and Defensive Pairings …
- Mark Stepneski: Stars lines: Benn-Seguin-Sharp; Janmark-Spezza-Eaves; Roussel-Eakin-Nichushkin; Sceviour-Fiddler-Hemsky; McKenzie-Moen
- Thomas Willis: Predators lines: Wilson-Fisher-Neal Forsberg-Ribeiro-Smith Salomaki-Jarnkrok-Hodgson Bourque-Sissons-Watson-Nystrom
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Ansar Khan: Red Wings lines: Abdelkader-Zetterberg-Nyquist Tatar-Datsyuk-Larkin Miller-Athanasiou-Andersson/Jurco Helm-Glendening-Sheahan
- Ansar Khan: Power play units: Nyquist-Zetterberg-Abdelkader (net front), Kronwall-Green And Pulkkinen-Datsyuk-Tatar, Larkin (net front), Kindl
- Lou Korac: Blues lines: Steen-Backes-Tarasenko, Jaskin-Lehtera-Brouwer, Paajarvi-Gomez-Fabbri, Welsh-Brodziak-Upshall. Jeremy Rutherford: Defensive pairings: Edmundson-Pietrangelo Bouwmeester-Shattenkirk Gunnarsson-Parayko
- Chuck Gormley: Capitals lines: Ovechkin-Backstrom-Oshie Johansson-Kuznetsov-Burakovsky Chimera-Beagle-Williams Laich-Latta-Wilson
- Boston Bruins: Bruins lines: Gold: Beleskey, Bergeron, Connolly White: Vatrano, Krejci, Eriksson Gray: Marchand, Spooner, Hayes Red: Rinaldo, Kemppainen, Randell. Defensive pairings: Chara-Trotman Seidenberg-K. Miller Krug-McQuaid Morrow-C. Miller
- Chip Alexander: Hurricanes lines: JStaal with EStaal, Lindholm; Nash with Skinner, Versteeg; Rask with Terry, Nordstrom; McClement with Gerbe, Nestrasil
- Dave Isaac: Flyers lines: B.Schenn – Giroux – Voracek Read – Couturier – Simmonds Leier – Laughton – Gagner Raffl – Bellemare – VandeVelde
Starting Goalies …
- Ansar Khan: Jimmy Howard will start in net for the Red Wings.
- Ottawa Senators: Craig Anderson will start in net for the Senators.
- Eric Stephens: Anton Khudobin will start in net for the Ducks. Frederik Andersen to likely start tomorrow in Nashville.
- Dan Murphy: Jacob Markstrom will start in net for the Canucks.
- Joe Smith: Andrei Vasilevskiy will start in net for the Lightning.
- George Richards: Roberto Luongo will start in net for the Panthers.
- Brian Compton: Jaroslav Halak will start in net for the Islanders.
- Ken Wiebe: Michael Hutchinson will start in net for the Jets. Jake Allen will start in net for the Blues.