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Lines Combos: Hurricanes, Blue Jackets, Red Wings, Blues, Avalanche, Lightning and Rangers
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Michael Smith: Hurricanes Jiri Tlusy is wearing a no-contact jersey today and is skating with Group B. Nathan Gerbe is with Jeff Skinner and Elias Lindholm.
Michael Smith: Hurricanes game lines: Bowman-E. Staal-Semin, Skinner-Lindholm-Gerbe, Terry-Welsh-Dalpe, Blanchard-Sutter-Westgarth.
Aaron Portzline: Blue Jackets defensive pairings and goalies for against the Wild: Wisniewski-Murray; Melart-Goloubef; Weber-Parlett. Goalies: Smith, Dansk.
Ansar Khan: Tomas Jurco is skating with Riley Sheahan and Gustav Nyquist. Todd Bertuzzi will take Johan Franzen’s spot with Stephen Weiss and Daniel Alredsson. Other lines and pairings for tonight: Miller-Emmerton-Eaves, Callahan-Athanasiou-Pulkkinen. On D: Kronwall-Ericsson, Ouellet-Sproul, Lashoff-Paetsch.
Lou Korac: Blues lines against Tampa: Schwartz-Roy-Stewart; Jaskin-Sobotka-Rattie; Bolduc-Hanson-Mancari; Carrier-Cannone-Doty.
Adrian Dater: The Avalanche changed two lines today: Steve Downie was with Matt Duchene and Ryan O’Reilly. P.A. Parenteau skated with Nathan MacKinnon and Jamie McGinn.
Ansar Khan: Red Wings lines and defense pairings: Miller-Emmerton-Eaves, Callahan-Athanasiou-Pulkkinen. On D: Kronwall-Ericsson, Ouellet-Sproul, Lashoff-Paetsch.
John Hoven: Ducks lines: Penner-Getzlaf-Perry, Laganiere-Holland-Palmieri, Maroon-Bonino-Smith-Pelly, Noesen-Wagner-Staubitz.
Rob Mixer: Blue Jackets lines: Skille-Letestu-Comeau, Craig-Chaput-Bass, Collins-Vogelhuber-Hansen, Rychel-Johansen-Atkinson.
Katie Strang of ESPN: Rangers lineup for tonight: Forwards: Andrew Yogan, Taylor Pyatt, Micheal Haley, Benoit Pouliot, Darroll Powe, Oscar Lindberg, Dominic Moore, Derick Brassard, Jesper Fast, Michael Kantor Derek Dorsett, Mats Zuccarello. Defensemen: Dylan McIlrath, Dan Girardi, Ryan McDonagh, Danny Syvret, Anton Stralman, Conor Allen. Goaltenders: Martin Biron, Cam Talbot.
Chris Kuc: Corey Crawford will start in net for the Blackhawks tonight and is expected to play the full game.