- NHL Player Safety: Devils forward Jordin Tootoo has been fined $2,217.74 for a dangerous trip on Predators defenseman Seth Jones
- ESPN: 2015 Ultimate franchise rankings
- Tampa Bay (3rd overall)
- Anaheim (4th overall)
- Dallas (10th overall)
- Detroit (14th overall)
- Chicago (17th overall)
- Columbus (19th overall)
- Nashville (27th overall)
- Pittsburgh (31st overall)
- Minnesota (37th overall)
- Los Angeles (39th overall)
- St. Louis (43rd overall)
- Arizona (44th overall)
- Florida (48th overall)
- Colorado (51st overall)
- Montreal (54th overall)
- Washington (55th overall)
- Calgary (56th overall)
- Ottawa (58th overall)
- Buffalo (62nd overall)
- Winnipeg (69th overall)
- NY Islanders (73rd overall)
- New Jersey (74th overall)
- NY Rangers (75th overall)
- Carolina (78th overall)
- Philadealphia (81st overall)
- San Jose (88th overall)
- Boston (93rd overall)
- Edmonton (112th overall)
- Vancouver (113rd overall)
- Toronto (122nd overall)
Affordability (11.3%): Price of tickets, parking and concessions
Coaching (3.2%): Strength of on-field leadership
Fan relations (25%): Courtesy by players, coaches and front office toward fans, plus how well a team uses technology to reach fans
Ownership (13.1%): Honesty; loyalty to core players and the local community
Players (14.6%): Effort on the field, likability off it
Stadium experience (9.8%): Quality of arena; fan-friendliness of environment; frequency of game-day promotions
Title track (4.6%): Championships won or expected within the lifetime of current fans
Bang for the buck (18.3%): Wins in the past two years per fan dollar, adjusted for league schedules
Roster Notes …
- Ansar Khan: The Red Wings put Johan Franzen on the short-term IR.
- Ansar Khan: Darren Helm had a bit of setback and won’t play this weekend.
- Rob Mixer: Blue Jackets Alexander Wennberg (concussion) had a setback today according to coach Todd Richards.
- Helene Elliott: Kings defenseman Matt Green didn’t practice today. Derek Forbort was paired with Christian Ehrhoff.
- Chris Johnston: Senators Clarke MacArthur won’t be in lineup tonight, Shane Prince will take his spot.
- Isabelle Khurshudyan: The Capitals recall Chandler Stephenson.
Line Combinations and defensive pairings
- Jeremy Rutherford: Blues lines: Steen-Stastny-Tarasenko, Schwartz-Lehtera-Brouwer, Jaskin-Backes-Upshall, Ott-Brodziak-Reaves. Defensive pairings: Pietrangelo-Bouwmeester Gunnarsson-Parayko Edmundson-Bortuzzo
- Roger Millions: Flames lines: Bennett Backlund Frolik, Gaudreau Monahan Hudler, Ferland Stajan Jones, Bollig Jooris Raymond. Defensive pairings: Giordano Hamilton, Russell Wideman, Kulak Engelland.
- Buffalo Sabres: lines: O’Reilly-Girgensons-Ennis Kane-Eichel-Gionta Deslauriers-Legwand-Foligno Moulson-Larsson/Reinhart-McGinn
- Bryan Burns: Lightning: Drouin-Stamkos-Callahan Palat-Johnson-Kucherov Killorn-Filppula-Condra Boyle, Namestnikov, Brown and Paquette. Defensive pairings: Hedman-Stralman Garrison-Carle Coburn-Nesterov with Sustr mixing in
Starting goalies
- Joe Smith: Kari Lehtonen will start in net for the Stars.
- Arthur Staple: Thomas Greiss will start in net for the Islanders.
- Dean Brown: Craig Anderson will start in net for the Senators.
- Jason Mackey: Marc-Andre Fleury will start in net for the Penguins.
- Steve Zipay: Henrik Lundqvist will start in net for the Rangers.
- George Richards: Roberto Luongo will start in net for the Panthers.
- Shawn Mitchell: Sergei Bobrovsky will start in net for the Blue Jackets against the Maple Leafs tomorrow.
- Jonas Siegel: James Reimer will start in net for the Maple Leafs tomorrow, Jonathan Bernier will start on Saturday.