Quick Hits: Injuries, Lines, Pairings and Goalies
- Erik Erlendsson: Ryan Callahan not on ice, so not expecting to play Friday or Saturday.
- Joe Smith: Lightning lines: Drouin-Filppula-Stamkos/Palat-Johnson-Connolly/Kucherov-Namestnikov-Brown/Morrow-Boyle-Blunden.
- Randy Sportak: Flames lines: Colborne-Monahan-Hudler, Glencross-Stajan-Byron, Raymond-Backlund-Gaudreau, Bollig-Jooris-Bouma. Defensive pairings: Giordano-Brodie; Russell-Wideman; Smid-Engelland.
- Columbus Blue Jackets: Projected Blue Jackets lineup: Hartnell-Johansen-Foligno, Letestu-Anisimov-Skille, Calvert-Wennberg-Atkinson
, Cracknell-Chaput-Boll. Defensive pairings: Johnson-Savard
, Erixon-Wisniewki
, Tyutin-Prout
- Tom Gulitti: Devils lines: Zubrus-Zajac-Jagr; Cammalleri-Elias-Brunner; Clowe-Henrique-Ryder; Ruutu-Josefson-Gionta/Gomez.
- Ansar Khan: Red Wings lines: Abdelkader-Zetterberg-Datysuk, Tatar-Sheahan-Nyquist, Nestrasil-Helm-Jurco, Miller-Glendening-Andersson. Weiss. Cleary extras. Defensive pairings: Kronwall-Ericsson, Quincey-DeKeyser, Smith-Kindl (Lashoff rotating in).
- Boston Bruins: Lines: Lucic-Krejci-Griffith Marchand-Bergeron-Smith Kelly-Soderberg-Eriksson Paille-Campbell-Gagne/Fraser. Defensive pairings: Chara-Hamilton Seidenberg-Krug Bartkowski-McQuaid
- Lou Korac: Ryan Miller will start in net for the Canucks.
- Ansar Khan: Jimmy Howard will start in net for the Red Wings.
- Mark Divver: Niklas Svedberg will be in net for the Bruins.
- Jeremy Rutherford: Jake Allen will start in net for the Blues tonight. Brian Elliott will start on Saturday.
- Kevin Kurz: Antti Niemi will start in net for the Sharks.