On the Florida Panthers …
- Florida Panthers PR: Jussi Jokinen is day-to-day with a lower-body injury. Erik Gudbranson is day-to-day with a lower-body injury.
On the Tampa Bay Lightning …
- Erik Erlendsson: Cedric Paquette (lower-body) and Valtteri Filppula (upper-body) missed last night’s game.
- Erik Erlendsson: Coach Jon Cooper said that there is a good chance that Filppula won’t play in any of their remaining road trip games.
- Joe Smith: Paquette said that he is feeling “decent” and is hopeful to play later on in the trip.
On the St. Louis Blues …
- Jeremy Rutherford: Carl Gunnarsson is day-to-day with a lower-body injury according to coach Ken Hitchcock.
- Jeremy Rutherford: It doesn’t look like Alex Steen and Steve Ott are ready. Steen looks uncomfortable shooting.
On the Vancouver Canucks …
- Jon Abbott: Markus Granlund (upper-body) and Alex Biega (unconfirmed) will both be re-evaluated.
- Ben Kuzma: Alex Burrows (foot) practiced yesterday. Luca Sbisa, Markus Granlund and Jannik Hansen didn’t practice.
On the Calgary Flames …
- Roger Millions: TJ Brodie and Sam Bennett both skated yesterday, but won’t play tonight. Both are getting close.
On the Buffalo Sabres …
- Mike Harrington: Ryan O’Reilly is expected to return to the lineup tonight.
On the Pittsburgh Penguins …
- Pens Inside Scoop: Scott Wilson is day-to-day.
On the Colorado Avalanche …
- Terry Frei of the Denver Post: Defenseman Chris Bigras was wearing a no-contract jersey at practice yesterday and said there is still one concussion protocol test to pass before he’s able to return to the lineup. Since he didn’t take part in the full practice yesterday, it’s unlikely that he plays tonight.
On the New York Islanders …
- Neil Best: Forward Mikhail Grabovski returned to the lineup last night after missing 10 games with an upper-body injury and was on a line with John Tavares and Kyle Okposo.