- Pat Leonard: Rangers Marc Staal, Rick Nash and Mats Zuccarello will be given the night off. Defenseman Kevin Klein skated, but remains out.
- Joe Smith: Lightning’s Victor Hedman was at the optional skate this morning, a good chance he returns tonight.
- Ken Wiebe: Jets Tobias Enstrom is skating with the main and with Dustin Byfuglien. A likely sign that he’ll miss his third straight game.
- Seth Rorabaugh: Penguins coach Mike Johnston said that Derrick Pouliot is day-to-day with an upper-body injury. Nic Spaling missed practice with a lower-body injury, but is expected to play tomorrow.
- Matthew Sekeres: Looking like Ryan Miller will at least back up after Jacob Markstrom’s bags are packed and he’s left Rogers arena.
- Mark Lazerus: Blackhawks Patrick Kane didn’t travel with the team to St. Louis.
- Darren Dreger: The Maple Leafs will recall Colton Orr. He’s in the last year of his contract and could be contemplating retirement.
- Stephen Whyno: The Predators sign Steve Moses to a one-year deal worth $1 million.
- Renaud Lavoie: Jimmy Howard will start in net for the Red Wings, Carey Price for the Canadiens.
- Adam Kimelman: Cam Ward will start in net for the Hurricanes.
- Wes Gilbertson: Jonas Hiller will start in net for the Flames.
- Tim Panaccio: Ray Emery will start in net for the Flyers.
- ESPN Chicago: Blackhawks lines: Versteeg-Toews-Hossa, Saad-Vermette-Baun, Bickell-Shaw-Sharp, Nordstrom-Desjardins-Teravainen.
- Wes Gilbertson: Flames lines: Gaudreau-Monahan-Hudler, Raymond-Backlund-Colborne, Bollig-Granlund-Jooris, Ferland-Stajan-Jones. Derek Willis: Defensive pairings: Russell-Wideman Brodie-Engelland Schlemko-Potter
- Jason Mackey: Penguins lines: Winnik-Crosby-Hornqvist Kunitz-Malkin-Perron Bennett-Sutter-Downie Adams-Lapierre-Comeau Defense, with five, rotating.
- New York Islanders: Islanders lines: Kulemin-Tavares-Strome Lee-Bailey-Okposo Grabner-Nelson-Grabovski-Clutterbuck Boulton-Cizikas-McDonald-Kennedy
- Man-Games Lost NHL: Top 10 man-games lost: Blue Jackets 503, Avalanche 478, Ducks 355, Buffalo 352, Penguins 333, Flyers 316, Devils 310, Wild 280, Senators 274 and Capitals 273.
- Man-Games Lost NHL: Bottom 10 man-games lost: Canadiens 84, Rangers 119, Kings 132, Blues 146, Blackhawks 150, Lightning 151, Coyotes 161, Bruins 163, Shark 163, Carolina 167.
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