On the St. Louis Blues …
- Lou Korac: Jay Bouwmeester and Carl Gunnarsson are out tonight.
- Andy Strickland: Alex Steen will return tonight and will center David Backes and Patrik Berglund.
On the Dallas Stars …
- Mike Heika: Brett Ritchie (lower-body) didn’t skate yesterday. Defenseman Kris Russell is ready to return.
On the Boston Bruins …
- Zack Cox: Ryan Spooner and John-Michael Liles won’t travel with the team to New Jersey.
On the Calgary Flames …
- Wes Gilbertson: Johnny Gaudreau missed last night’s game with an upper-body injury. He could be ready to return tomorrow.
- Aaron Vickers: Coach Bob Hartley said that Michael Frolik is “not bad,” but no update on if he’ll be able to go against the Ducks.
On the Buffalo Sabres …
- John Vogl: Evander Kane left last night’s game with an upper-body injury.
On the Vancouver Canucks …
- Ben Kuzma: Chris Tanev (lower-body) practiced yesterday, but won’t play tonight. Markus Granlund (upper-body) practiced yesterday and might play tonight. Derek Dorsett is still out with an upper-body injury.
On the Arizona Coyotes …
- Craig Morgan: Shane Doan missed last night’s game and is day-to-day as he’s going through concussion protocol.
- Sarah McLellan of the Arizona Republic: The severity of Michael Stone’s knee injury is not known, but his season is done.
“It’s longer-term than the season has left in it,” coach Dave Tippett said. “I would say he would be done for the season.”
On the Florida Panthers …
- George Richards: Willie Mitchell is physically ready to return, but doctors are concerned about one more hit to the head. They haven’t cleared him.
On the Montreal Canadiens …
- John Lu: Michel Therrien expects Brendan Gallagher and P.K. Subban to return this year. On Carey Price: “He’s working to make a comeback. I hope so.”
- Stu Cowan of the Montreal Gazette: P.K. Subban practiced yesterday, but still isn’t ready to return tonight. It will be Subban’s ninth game missed due to the neck injury.The Canadiens injured list: P.K. Subban (neck), Daniel Carr (knee), Carey Price (lower body), Victor Bartley (lower body), Mark Barberio (upper body), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Tom Gilbert (lower body), Brian Flynn (lower body) and Jeff Petry (lower body).
On the Ottawa Senators …
- TSN: The Senators have shutdown Clarke MacArthur and Dion Phaneuf for the remainder of the season.
“This point where we are in the standings it just doesn’t make any sense,” said MacArthur. “We went back and forth with it a little bit, but it just doesn’t make any sense to come back and if something were to happen these last few games to risk it for next season.”
