Quick Hits: Waivers, Injury Updates and Line Combos
- Mike Heika: Stars Travis Moen had to deal with some immigration paper work and likely won’t join the team until tomorrow.
- Chad Graff: Wild’s Jonas Brodin and Marco Scandella have the viral illness that had kept Christian Folin and Keith Ballard out.
- Lou Korac: Blues Ryan Reaves will be in the lineup tonight.
- Michael Smith: Hurricanes Eric Staal will play on right wing tonight with Victor Rask.
- Bryan Burns: Lightning’s Alex Killorn and Tyler Johnson are both probable for tonight.
- Bruce Garrioch: Canadiens Andrei Markov and Sergei Gonchar are paired together on the power play.
- Shawn Mitchell: Blue Jackets Sergei Bobrovsky and Artem Anismov (wearing contact jersey) are practicing today.
- Adam Vingan: Capitals Tom Wilson wearing a non-contact jersey at practice. Brooks Laich not practicing.
- Bryan Burns: Lightning’s Brett Connolly was on the ice before practice today. He’s missed the past eight games with a lower-body injury.
- Scott Powers: Blackhawks power play units: 1) Keith-Seabrook-Toews-Kane-Shaw, 2) Richards-Rundblad-Versteeg-Hossa-Saad.
- Ansar Khan: Red Wings lines: Nyquist-Zetterberg-Franzen Abdelkader-Datsyuk-Jurco Tatar-Sheahan-Helm Miller-Glendening-Andersson. Defensive pairings: Ericsson-Kronwall Quincey-DeKeyser Smith-Kindl and Lashoff
- Tampa Bay Lightning: Filppula-Killorn-Callahan, Johnson-Palat-Kucherov, Boyle-Brown-Morrow, Namestnikov-Paquette-Drouin.
- Rob Mixer; Blue Jackets lines: Hartnell-Jenner-Atkinson, Gibbons-Johansen-Foligno, Tropp-Wennberg-Cracknell, Tyrell-Chaput/Anisimov-Boll.
- Mike Heika: Stars lines: Benn-Spezza-Seguin Roussel-Eakin-Garbutt McKenzie-Fiddler-Eaves Cole-Horcoff-Sceviour