- John Vogl: The Sabres will make Cody Hodgson a healthy scratch.
- Adam Kimelman: Flyers scratches tonight: Michael Del Zotto, Carlo Colaiacovo and Vinny Lecavalier.
- Brent Wallace: Senators Marc Methot said he’s still being bothered by his injury and won’t play tonight. Patrick Wiercioch will be a healthy scratch.
- Ken Warren: Senators Clarke MacArthur is a game-time decision, but will likely be out.
- Alex Prewitt: Mike Green will return to the Capitals lineup.
- Ansar Khan: Red Wings Danny DeKeyser will be out this weekend with an upper-body injury. Xavier Ouellet was recalled.
- Joe Haggerty: Bruins Zdeno Chara will likely be in the lineup.
- Amalie Benjamin: Bruins David Krejci remained on the ice after practice while most of the team was off. Doesn’t look like he’ll be playing.
- Dave Molinari: Penguins Kris Letang practiced today.
- Lou Korac: Blues David Backes practiced with a full cage on today.
- Michael Smtih: Hurricanes Alex Semin (lower-body) didn’t skate today. Andrej Nestrasil only skated briefly. Chip Alexander: Semin was bellemorput on the IR and Brett Bellemore was activated.
- Chuck Gormley: The Capitals put Aaron Volpatti on the “long-term injury/illness exception conditioning loan.