- Renaud Lavoie: NHLPA leader Don Fehr told The Hockey News last week that he expects another lockout at the end of this CBA. Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly to Lavoie on Fehr’s prediction: “Its a fairly naive and uneducated view of the situation particularly as it relates to this League’s collective bargaining history and the reasons why we have have endured work stoppages in the past. Don’s musings are also entirely inconsistent with his own collective bargaining history, which is highlighted by his own precipitation of repeated work stoppages and unprecedented labor strife in a “uncapped” sports league.”
- Allan Walsh: “Probably the most uninformed, misleading and intellectually dishonest statement from Bill Daly in the history of sports pro sports. Looks like Bill Daly is in search of another hill for the next NHL lockout to be announced by the NHL on Sept. 15, 2020. Write it down.”
- Tom Gulitti: Devils Mike Cammalleri said he’ll be playing tonight. Adam Larsson thinks he’s in.
- Rich Chere: Test results for Patrik Elias and Martin Havlat are not in yet. They won’t play tonight.
- Pat Leonard of the NY Daily News: Rangers lines: Forwards: Rick Nash-Derick Brassard-Mats Zuccarello, Chris Kreider-Derek Stepan-Martin St. Louis, Carl Hagelin-Kevin Hayes-J.T. Miller, Tanner Glass-Dominic Moore-Jesper Fast. Defensive pairings: Ryan McDonagh-Dan Girardi, Marc Staal-Dan Boyle, Matt Hunwick-Kevin Klein …. Capitals projected lines: Alex Ovechkin-Nicklas Backstrom-Tom Wilson, Brooks Laich-Eric Fehr-Joel Ward, Marcus Johansson-Evgeny Kuznetsov-Troy Brouwer, Jason Chimera-Michael Latta-Jay Beagle. Projected defensive pairings: Brooks Orpik-John Carlson, Karl Alzner-Matt Niskanen, Nate Schmidt-Mike Green.
- Jonas Siegel: New Leafs lines: van Riemsdyk-Kadri-Santorelli. Lupul-Bozak-Kessel.
- Ken Wiebe: Jets lines: Ladd-Little-Wheeler, Perreault-Scheifele-Frolik, Kane-Lowry-Halischuk, Thorburn-Slater-Peluso. Defensive pairings: Chiarot-Byfuglien, Harrison-Clitsome and Pardy-Postma.
- Bryan Burns: Lightning lines: Drouin-Stamkos-Connolly, Palat-Johnson-Kucherov, Killorn-Filppula-Callahan, Morrow-Boyle-Brown
- Mark Stpeneski: Stars lines: Benn-Seguin-Hemsky; Roussel-Spezza-Cole; Eakin-Morin-Garbutt; Horcoff-Fiddler-Sceviour. Defensive pairings: Goligoski-Klingberg; Jokipakka-Daley; Benn-Demers.
- Detroit Red Wings: lines: Z-Pav-Abby Tatar-Sheahan-Jurco Mule-Nyquist-Helm Weiss-Glendening-Miller. Defensive pairings: Kronwall-Ericsson DeKeyser-Quincey Smith-Kindl.
- Boston Bruins: lines: Lucic-Krejci-Cunningham Marchand-Bergeron-Smith Kelly-Soderberg-Eriksson Paille-Campbell-Griffith/Fraser. Defensive pairings: Chara-Hamilton Bartkowski-Seidenberg Krug-Miller
- Ken Wiebe: Michael Hutchinson will start in net for the Jets.
- Mike Chambers: Semyon Varlamov will start in net for the Avs.
- Mark Lazerus: Corey Crawford will start in net for the Blackhawks.
- Mike Morreale: Antoine Khudobin will start in net for the Hurricanes.
- Tim Panaccio: Ray Emery will start in net for the Flyers.
- Jack Michaels: Ben Scrivens will start in net for the Oilers.
- Jonas Siegel: Jonathan Bernier will start in net for the Maple Leafs.
- Bryan Burns: Andrei Vasilevskiy will start in net for the Lightning.
- Ansar Khan: Petr Mrazek will start in net for the Red Wings.
- Mark Stepneski: Kari Lehtonen will start in net for the Stars.
- NY Islanders: Chad Johnson will be in net for the Islanders.
- New Jersey Devils: Cory Schneider will start in net for the Devils.
- Michael Russo: Niklas Backstrom will be in net for the Wild.