On the Carolina Hurricanes …
Cory Lavalette: Goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic is day-to-day and they’ve recalled Daniel Altshuller.
On the Philadelphia Flyers …
Tim Panaccio: Defenseman Michael Del Zotto has a bone bruise on his leg. There is no change in his status.
On the New Jersey Devils …
Andrew Gross: Coach John Hynes said the earliest that defenseman Jon Merril could return from his upper-body injury in Monday. They have their bye week after that.
Andrew Gross: Hynes said that defenseman Andy Greene will return to the lineup tonight.
Andrew Gross: Forward Beau Bennett (lower-body) and defenseman John Moore (concussion) both skated own their own yesterday.
On the New York Islanders …
Arthur Staple: Coach Doug Weight said that Thomas Hickey and Cal Clutterbuck are likely to return tonight.
Arthur Staple: Weight said that defenseman Travis Hamonic is at least two weeks away from returning. He is not ready to skate yet.
On the Dallas Stars …
Sean Shapiro of NHL.com: Forward Jason Spezza left last night’s game in the third period after taking a big hit from Adam Lowry. Coach Lindy Ruff said he’s going to miss some time
On the Los Angeles Kings …
Jon Rosen of LA Kings Insider: Goaltender Jonathan Quick practiced with teammates for the first time since suffering his groin injury on Oct. 12th.
“I knew the feeling was a little bit different than the original ,” Quick said. “You play goalie for as long as we have, you feel tweaks and things happen all the time, so this one felt a little more significant, but at the same time it was towards the end of the period, so I was kind of hoping that I could get in there and it’ll kind of recover on its own during the course of the intermission and I could go back out there, but once I got checked out we knew right away that I wasn’t playing that night.”
There is not timetable for his return. GM Dean Lombardi estimated last week a possible early March return at the earliest.
Jon Rosen: Coach Darryl Sutter said that Jordan Nolan won’t travel with the team to the start of their road trip due to a pulled muscle.
