Line Combos: Blue Jackets, Red Wings, Oilers and Sharks
  • Rob Mixer: Blue Jackets power play units yesterday: Atkinson-Dubinsky-Gaborik, Johnson-Wisniewski; also Jenner-Anisimov-Johansen, Tyutin-Letestu.
  • Hockey Central: Red Wings GM Ken Holland said their first line is likely Zetterberg-Datsyuk-Abdelkader, with their second line as Alfredsson-Weiss-Franzen. Daniel Cleary could work his way in to the top six.
  • Bob Stauffer: Oilers lines: Smyth-Hall-Hemsky, Jones-Acton-Brown, Perron-Gagner–Eberle, Hamilton-Khaira-Yakupov. Defensive pairings: Nurse-Petry, Fedun-Hunt, Grebeshkov-Belov
  • David Pollak: Sharks lines: Hertl-Thornton-Burns, McCarthy-Kearns-Pelech and Nieto-Schwartz-Hayes. Torres-Pavelski-Wingels.