- Jameson Olive: Panthers Roberto Luongo will miss the next two games. Al Montoya will be out for at least two weeks.
- Chuck Gormley: Alex Ovechkin has a lower-body injury and will be a game-time decision.
- George Richards: Panthers Willie Mitchell has been cleared to play.
- Matt Kalman: Claude Julien: Gregory “Campbell’s going to come back” but it’s not going to be tonight.
- Brian Costello: Top 10 prospects in The Hockey News Future Watch: 1. Reinhart, Buf; 2. Bennett, Cgy; 3. Draisaitl, Edm; 4. Ehlers, Wpg; 5. Domi, Ari. 6. Mantha, Det; 7. Nurse, Edm; 8. Vasilevskiy, TB; 9. Teravainen, Chi; 10. Larkin, Det.
- Brian Costello: Top 10 organizational prospect grades: 1. Wpg, 2. Ana, 3. Fla, 4. Buf, 5. TB, 6. Clb, 7. Nsh, 8. Cgy, 9. Det, 10. Edm.
- James Mirtle: Maple Leafs Richard Panik was fined $2,000 for diving/embellishing. Mark Masters: Panik said he “was kind of waiting for it.” … “The game’s played fast & hard. It wasn’t my intention to dive, but I did put my two feet in the air .”
- Capitals PR: The Capitals recall Andre Burakovsky.
- Ansar Khan: Red Wings lines: Jurco-Datsyuk-Tatar Abdelkader-Zetterberg-Cole Weiss-Sheahan-Nyquist Miller-Andersson-Glendening Cleary rotating in. Power-play units: Tatar-Datsyuk-Nyquist, Sheahan (net front), Zidlicky. Weiss-Zetterberg-Cole, Abdelkader (net front), Kronwall
- Scott Powers: Blackhawks lines: Versteeg-Toews-Hossa, Sharp-Richard-Saad, Bickell-Richards-Desjardins, Nordstrom-Kruger-Shaw.
- Jeremy Rutherford: Blues lines: Steen-Backes-Oshie Schwartz-Lehtera-Tarasenko Jaskin-Stastny-Berglund Ott-Goc-Reaves. Defensive pairing: Gunnarsson-Pietrangelo Lindbohm-Bouwmeester Jackman-Bortuzzo
- Derek Willis: Flames lines: Raymond-Monahan-Hudler Bouma-Backlund-Jones Gaudreau-Jooris-Colborne Bollig-Shore-Poirier. Defensive pairings: Russell-Wideman Brodie-Engelland Schlemko-Diaz/Potter Goaltenders: Ramo (Starter) Hiller
- Mike Heika: Stars lines: Benn-Spezza-Eaves Roussel-Eakin-Garbutt Sceviour-Fiddler-Hemsky McKenzie-Horcoff-Ritchie. Defensive pairings: Goligoski-Klingberg Benn-Demers Jokipakka-Nemeth
- Chad Graff: Wild lines: Bergenheim-Koivu-Stewart Parise-Granlund-Pominville Niederreiter-Coyle-Vanek Haula-Brodziak-Fontaine Schroeder out
- Michael Smith: Hurricanes lines: E. Staal-J. Staal-Nestrasil Skinner-Nash-Lindholm Gerbe-Rask-Semin Terry-McClement-Dwyer. Defensive pairings: Hainsey-Faulk Liles-Bellemore Rissanen-Hillen Murphy-Jordan.
- Mike Harrington: Sabres lines: Moulson-Varone-Ennis, Foligno-Grigo-Gionta, Hodgson-Larsson-Deslauriers, Ellis-Schaller-D’Amigo.