Practice Notes: Salo, Elias, Skinner, Martin, Ducks and the Hurricanes injured goalies
Damian Cristodero: Lightning's Sami Salo (lower-body) is skating today in a no-contact jersey. Tom Gulitti: Devils Patrick Elias (back) is skating at practice today. Michael Smith: Hurricanes Jeff Skinner is wearing a no-contact jersey at practice today. Shelly Anderson: Penguins…
Injury Notes: Backstrom, Nash, Moore, Green, MacKenzie, Tanguay, Quick, Greene, Clifford and Burns
Michael Russo: Wild's Niklas Backstrom left last night's game after being run over by Nazem Kadri. Andrew Gross: Rangers Rick Nash will travel with the team to Montreal and will continue practicing. Andrew Gross: Rangers Dominic Moore said he's good…
Injury Notes: Stamkos, Quick, Kings, Bozak, Nash, Rozsival, Smith, Whitney, Ward and Skinner
Missy Zielinski: Lightning's Steven Stamkos had successful surgery yesterday to stabilize his fractured right tibia. Bob McKenzie: No official timeline for his recovery, three months seems to be the unofficial prognosis. Damian Cristodero: Stamkos will be back in Tampa to…
Injury Notes: Lightning, Leopold, Islanders, Getzlaf, Koivu, Emelin, Moore, Nash and Stempniak
Erik Erlendsson: The Lightning confirm that Steven Stamkos has a broken right tibia and will be out indefinitely. Nick Kypreos: The break isn't overly complicated and participating in the Sochi Olympics may not be out of the question. Damian Cristodero:…
Afternoon Hits: Anderson, Bolland, Steckel, Smith, Ericsson, Calvert, Jenner, Downie, Raffl and Line Combos
Bruce Garrioch: "Craig Anderson is the No. 1 goalie and he's ready to play. He's ready to play," says MacLean. "Robin has done a good job." David Alter: Maple Leafs David Bolland thinks he'll be on crutches for another month.…
Injury Notes: Rinne, McQuaid and Getzlaf
Nashville Predators: Predators statement on Pekka Rinne. Pekka Rinne underwent a MRI earlier this week and he continues to progress in his recovery from a bacterial infection in his hip which was initially identified and addressed with arthroscopic hip surgery…
Injury Notes: Bennett, Neal, Burns, Nash, Morrow, Leopold, Vanek and Kadri
Shelly Anderson: Both Beau Bennett and James Neal are off the Penguins IR. David Pollak: Sharks Brent Burns traveled with the team to Winnipeg. Chris Johnston: Rangers GM Glen Sather said that Rick Nash still has a ways to go.…
Injury Notes: Gionta, Johnson, Dupuis, Franzen, Burns and Downie
Rich Chere: Devils Stephen Gionta injured his right ankle last night after crashing into the boards. Adrian Dater: Avalanche's Erik Johnson had x-rays after the game after blocking a shot. Could be okay. More will be known today. Dave Molinari:…
Injury Notes: Elias, Downie, Schultz, Dupuis, Wilson, Clutterbuck and Ehrhoff
Tom Gulitti: The Devils put Patrik Elias on the IR and activate Peter Harrold. Sam Carchidi via Sulia: Flyers Steve Downie (concussion) is a possibility for Saturday night. Jim Matheson: Oilers Justin Schultz (groin) didn't practice yesterday and Matheson is…
Injury Notes: Hall to return … Skinner out a couple weeks … Glencross out six weeks
Lonnie Herman of NHL.com: Oilers Taylor Hall will return to the lineup tonight against the Lightning. He'll be wearing a knee brace for the remainder of the season. "When they told me I'd be out four weeks you always think…
Afternoon Hits: Giroux, Tootoo, Ness, Forsberg, Letourneau-Leblond, Thomas and Anderson
Frank Seravalli: Flyers Claude Giroux said that teammates don't believe that they are a good team. Darren Dreger: Red Wings Jordin Tootoo and Panthers Steve Pinizzotto have cleared waivers. Ansar Khan: Tootoo will remain in Detroit until they have to…
Injury Notes: Holland, Ward, Skinner, Downie, Greene, Vrbata and Wilson
Rich Chere: If the Devils activate Peter Holland, GM Lou Lamoriello said that Patrick Elias or Jon Merrill will go to the IR. Michael Smith: Hurricanes Cam Ward did some off ice work yesterday. Chip Alexander: Ward is a little ahead…