On Waivers …
Elliotte Friendman: The Rangers put Dylan McIlrath on waivers and the Blues put Magnus Paajarvi on waivers.
Brett Cyrgalis: McIlrath on being put on waivers: “I’m never going to blame this on the coaches. This was all about my play and not earning a spot in the lineup.”
Brian Compton: “Would be stunned if McIlrath clears. Have to think some team will give him a shot.”
On Craig Anderson …
Steve Lloyd: The Senators have given goalie Craig Anderson a personal leave of absence and recalled Chris Driedger.
“With the support of the entire organization, we’ve provided Craig with a leave of absence so that he can attend to a personal matter at home,” said Senators general manager, Pierre Dorion. “While we are uncertain of how long Craig may be away, he will continue to have our support for as much time as is needed. We will respect his privacy and will have no further comment at this time.”
Lines and Defensive Pairings …
Mark Masters: Maple Leafs defensive pairings: Rielly-Zaitsev Gardiner-Carrick Marincin-Polak Scratch: Corrado
Ted Wyman: Jets lines: Laine-Scheifele-Wheeler, Ehlers-Perreault-Connor, Matthias-Lowry-Armia, Tanev-Burmistrov-Thorburn
Adam Kimelman: Coyotes lines: Domi-Hanzal-Vrbata McGinn-Martinook-Duclair Rieder-Richardson-Doan Dauphin-Dvorak-White … with Strome and Crouse scratched
Adam Kimelman: Coyotes defensive pairings: Ekman-Larsson – Murphy Goligoski-Stone Chychrun-Schenn … with Connauton scratched
Derek Willis: Flames lines: Gaudreau-Monahan-Chiasson Versteeg-Bennett-Brouwer Tkachuk-Backlund-Frolik Bouma-Stajan-Ferland
Jeremy Rutherford: Blues lines: Fabbri-Stastny-Steen Lehtera-Schwartz-Tarasenko Perron-Berglund-Yakupov Jaskin-Brodziak-Reaves
Mark Lazerous: Blackhawks lines: Panik-Toews-KANE Panarin-Anisimov-Hossa Motte-Schmaltz-Hartman Rasmussen-Kruger-Tootoo
Starting Goalies …
Sam Carchidi: Steve Mason will start net tonight and on Saturday for the Flyers.
Bill Hoppe: Anders Nilsson will start in net for the Sabres.
Renaud Lavoie: Ben Bishop will start in net for the Lightning.
Adam Kimelman: Louis Domingue will start in net for the Coyotes.
Lou Korac: Jake Allen will start in net for the Blues.
Renaud Lavoie: Carey Price will start in net for the Canadiens.
Ted Wyman: Connor Hellebuyck will start in net for the Jets.
Elliott Teaford: Peter Budaj will start in net for the Kings.