Roster notes …
- NY Islanders: John Tavares won’t play tonight.
- Erik Erlendsson: Both Jonathan Drouin and Cedric Paquette were on the ice for the Lightning’s morning skate.
- Lou Korac: Vladimir Tarasenko will return to the lineup. Kevin Shattenkirk is doubtful.
- Aaron Portzline: Blue Jackets defenseman Fedor Tyutin will return to the lineup. Dalton Prout will be a healthy scratch.
- Aaron Portzline: Looking like Jared Boll will replace Rene Bourque in the Blue Jackets lineup.
- Jonas Siegel: Maple Leafs James van Riemsdyk and Jonathan Bernier didn’t practice today.
- Jeff Paterson: Canucks Jacob Markstrom will travel with the team on their road trip. No timetable for his return.
- Dave Isaac: Sean Courturier won’t be in the Flyers lineup tonight.
- Renaud Lavoie: The Canadiens send Greg Pateryn to the AHL on a conditioning stint.
Lines and defensive pairings …
- Brent Wallace: Senators lines: Hoffman-Turris-Lazar Prince-Zibanejad-Ryan Michalek-Pageau-Chiasson Puempel-Smith-Neil. Defensive pairings: Methot-Karlsson Wiercioch-Ceci Cowen-Borowiecki
- Tom Gulitti: Devils lines: Cammalleri-Henrique-Stempniak; Kalinin-Zajac-Palmieri; O’Neill-Josefson-Tootoo; Farnham-Gionta-Matteau/Tlusty. Defensive pairings: Greene-Larsson; Moore-Severson; Merrill-Schlemko; Gelinas.
- Boston Bruins: Lines: Marchand—Bergeron—Connolly Eriksson—Krejci—Khokhlachev Beleskey—Spooner—Hayes Kelly—Kemppainen—Rinaldo. Defensive pairings: Chara—C. Miller Morrow—K. Miller Krug—McQuaid
- Chuck Gormley: Capitals lines: Ovi-Kuzy-Oshie/Johansson-Backstrom-Williams/Chimera-Beagle-Burakovsky/Laich-Stephenson-Wilson
- Chuck Gormley: Capitals power play units: Ovechkin-Backstrom-Johansson-Oshie-Carlson. 2nd PP unit: Kuznetsov-Burakovsky-Williams-Orlov-Niskanen.
- Bryan Burns: Lightning lines: Palat-Stamkos-Callahan Killorn-Johnson-Kucherov McGinn-Namestnikov-Brown Boyle-Filppula-Condra. Defensive pairings: Hedman-Stralman, Coburn-Sustr, Carle with both Garrison and Nesterov
- John Vogl: Deslauriers-O’Reilly-Schaller, Larsson-Eichel-Foligno, Moulson-Girgensons-Gionta, Reinhart-Legwand.
- Kevin Kurz: Sharks lines: Joonas Donskoi – Joe Thornton – Joe Pavelski, Patrick Marleau – Tomas Hertl – Joel Ward , Matt Nieto – Chris Tierney – Tommy Wingels, Barclay Goodrow – Bryan Lerg – Mike Brown. Defensive pairings: Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Justin Braun, Paul Martin – Brent Burns, Brenden Dillon – Matt Tennyson.
- Blue Jackets lines: Brandon Saad – Brandon Dubinsky – Nick Foligno, Scott Hartnell – Ryan Johansen – Cam Atkinson, Matt Calvert – William Karlsson – Boone Jenner, Alexander Wennberg – Gregory Campbell – Jared Boll. Defensive pairings: Jack Johnson – David Savard, Ryan Murray – Cody Goloubef, Kevin Connauton – Dalton Prout
Starting goalies …
- Brent Wallace: Craig Anderson will start in net for the Senators.
- Tom Gulitti: Cory Schneider will start in net for the Devils.
- Ansar Khan: Jimmy Howard will start in net for the Red Wings.
- Lou Korac: Jake Allen will start in net for the Blues.
- NY Islanders: Jaroslav Halak will start in net for the Islanders.
- Kevin Kurz: Martin Jones will start in net for the Sharks.
- Aaron Portzline: Sergei Bobrovsky will start in net for the Blue Jackets.
- Isabelle Khurshudyan: Braden Holtby will start in net for the Capitals. Henrik Lundqvist will start for the Rangers.
- John Lu: Mike Condon will start in net for the Canadiens.