On the New Jersey Devils …
Sean Shapiro: Devils forward Taylor Hall won’t play tonight due to a lower-body injury.
On the Dallas Stars …
Sean Shapiro: Center Jason Spezza will return to the Stars lineup tonight.
On the Montreal Canadiens …
Amanada Stein: Winger Alex Radulov will miss tonight’s game due to an illness.
On the Carolina Hurricanes …
Chip Alexander: Coach Bill Peters said that Justin Faulk will play tonight.
Lines and Defensive Pairings …
Mark Lazerus: Chicago Blackhawks lines: Hinostroza – Toews – Kane, Panarin – Anisimov – Hossa, Desjardins – Kruger – Panik, Hartman – Rasmussen – Schmaltz – Tootoo.
Pens Inside Scoop: Pittsburgh Penguins lines: Kunitz – Malkin – Rust, Hagelin – Bonino – Kessel, Sheary – Crosby – Hornqvist, Kuhnhackl – Cullen – Fehr. Penguins defensive pairings: Dumoulin – Letang, Maatta – Daley, Cole – Schultz, Pouliot – Oleksy
Ken Wiebe: Winnipeg Jets lines: Dano – Scheifele – Laine, Ehlers – Petan – Wheeler, Howden – Lowry – Tanev, Burmistrov – Copp – Thorburn.
Mark Stepneski: Dallas Stars lines: Benn-Faksa-Korpikoski Roussel-Seguin-Dowling Smith-Shore-Spezza McKenzie-Cracknell-Ritchie.
Sean Shapiro: New Jersey Devils lines: Parenteau-Zajac-Bennett Zacha-Henrique-Palmieri Boucher-Josefson-Smith-Pelly Kalinin-Fiddler-Lappin.
Boston Bruins: Boston Bruins lines: Marchand – Bergeron – Nash, Spooner – Krejci – Backes, Beleskey – Kuraly – C. Miller, Schaller – Moore – Hayes. Defensive pairings: Chara – Carlo, Krug – McQuaid, Morrow – Liles, K. Miller
Lou Korac: St. Louis Blues lines: Schwartz – Stastny – Steen, Fabbri – Lehtera – Tarasenko, Jaskin – Berglund – Perron, Upshall – Brodziak – Reaves.
John Lu: Montreal Canadiens lines: Pacioretty – Shaw – Gallagher, Danault – Galchenyuk – Byron, Carr – Plekanec – Terry, Andrighetto-Desharnais-Mitchell. Canadiens defensive pairings: Emelin – Weber, Markov – Petry, Beaulieu – Hanley.
Roger Millions: Calgary Flames defensive pairings: Giordano – Hamilton, Kulak – Engelland, Brodie – Wideman
Starting Goalies …
Roger Millions: Chad Johnson will start in net for the Flames.
Thomas Willis: Marek Mazanec will start in net for the Predators.
Chip Alexander: Aaron Dell will start in net for the Sharks.
JJ Regan: Philipp Grubauer will start in net for the Capitals. Braden Holtby will start in net for the Capitals tomorrow.
Ken Wiebe: Connor Hellebuyck will start in net for the Jets.
Mark Stepneski: Antti Niemi will start in net for the Stars.
John Lu: Carey Price will start in net for the Canadiens.
Jon Abbott: Jacob Markstrom will start in net for the Canucks.
Dane Mizutani: Devan Dubnyk will start in net for the Wild.