- Sam Carchidi via twitter: Flyers Wayne Simmonds should play on Saturday.
- Aaron Portzline via twitter: Blue Jackets James Wisniewski hopes to play on Sunday.
- Stars PR via twitter: Alex Goligoski will be back in the Stars lineup and will be paired with Jamie Oleksiak.
- Jim Matheson via twitter: Oilers Anton Lander has a broken foot and will be out for a month.
- David Alter via twitter: There is still no timetable on when Maple Leafs Carl Gunnarsson will return to the lineup. He has a hip issue, some days are better than others.
- Lou Korac via twitter: Blue Jaroslav Halak has skated the last two days and plans to stop pucks tomorrow. The earliest he would play is Monday.
- Boston Bruins via twitter: Brad Marchand is “day-to-day” and Claude Julien said “he felt really good today, to the point where we have to consider him being a possibility for tomorrow.”
- Pittsburgh Penguins via twitter: Penguins defenseman Kris Letang did not travel with the team and is day-to-day with a lower-body injury.
- Kevin Kurz via twitter: Sharks defenseman Brent Burns was paired with Brad Stuart today in practice. Coach McLellan confirmed that Burns will play “very soon.” The Sharks will have to make a roster move before Burns is able to return.
- Andrew Gross via twitter: Rangers lines: Hagelin-Stepan-Nash, Gaborik-Richards-Pyatt, Kreider-Miller-Callahan, Boyle/Powe-Halpern-Asham.
- Eric Stephens via twitter: Jonas Hiller will start in net for the Ducks tonight against the Stars. Viktor Fasth will likely start tomorrow against the Blues.
