- Brent Wallace via twitter: Senators Milan Michalek said he won’t return before Christmas. He said his head is fine but needs more conditioning. Ian Mendes via twitter: Earliest return date would be Dec. 27th against the Canadiens.
- Mark Masters via twitter: Maple Leafs defenseman Keith Aulie will be in the lineup tonight.
- Bruce Garrioch via twitter: Senators Peter Regin has to consider surgery, is out indefinitely.
- Dan Tencer via twitter: Oilers lines: Hall-RNH-Eberle, Smyth-Horcoff-Hemsky, Gagner-Belanger-Jones, Hordichuk-Lander-Eager.
- Tom Gulitti via twitter: Devils lines: Parise-Henrique-Kovalchuk; Sykora-Elias-Zubrus; Tedenby-Zajac-Carter; Boulton-Sestito-Janssen.
- Brian McNally via twitter: Capitals lines: Red: Johansson-Backstrom-Semin. Gray: Ovechkin-Laich-Brouwer. Green: Chimera-Halpern-Ward. White: Hendricks-Perreault-Knuble.
- Paul Hendrick via twitter: Ryan Miller is the likely starter for the Sabres tonight.
- Arthur Staple via twitter: Evgeni Nabokov will start in net tonight for the Islanders. Anders Nilsson will back him up.