Injury Notes: Duchene, Nash, Ryan, Bogosian, Lightning, Merrill, Hossa, Leafs and Semin
Adrian Dater of the Denver Post: Avalanche's Matt Duchene suffered an oblique injury in the third period. More will be known today. Andrew Gross: Rangers Rick Nash is hoping to play either Tuesday against the Bruins or Thursday against the…
Injury Notes: Quick, Emelin, McQuaid, Green, Vanek, Volchenkov, Dvorak, Skinner and Glencross
Jon Rosen: Kings Jonathan Quick has a grade 2 groin strain. John Lu: Canadiens Alexei Emelin said he'll return to the lineup on Saturday against the Rangers. Joe McDonald: Bruins Adam McQuaid was able to ride a stationary bike. Chuck…
Injury Notes: Rinne, McQuaid and Getzlaf
Nashville Predators: Predators statement on Pekka Rinne. Pekka Rinne underwent a MRI earlier this week and he continues to progress in his recovery from a bacterial infection in his hip which was initially identified and addressed with arthroscopic hip surgery…
Morning Rumors: Subban, MacDonald, Bruins, Heatley, Fiddler, Niskanen, Bryzgalov, Prospal, Flyers and Markstrom
Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Talks between the Canadiens and P.K. Subbanare expected to start in about three weeks.The Islanders will have decisions regarding Andy MacDonald. He's a pending UFA and will get interest from teams. Expect him to…
Morning Hits: Dubinsky, Rielly, Miele, Giguere and Winchester to have hearing
Larry Brooks: Blue Jackets Brandon Dubinsky: "My relationship with Torts fell apart last yr I was there. I felt his relationship with other players could have been same thing." Dubinsky said he wasn't surprised that John Tortorella was fired. Marian…
Afternoon Notes: Erikson, Versteeg, Desharnais, Calvert, Schlemko, Kunitz, Neal, Olesz and Mazanec
Mike Halford: Bruins Loui Eriksson will be back in the lineup tonight against the Stars. George Richards: Looking like Kris Versteeg will be back in the Panthers lineup on a line with Goc and Kopecky. Gomez and Barch will be…
Injury Notes: Bolland, Bozak, Morrow, Lecavalier, Ovechkin, Eriksson, Callahan, Franzen and Kane
Stephen Whyno: Maple Leafs David Bolland is out indefinitely after having surgery to repair a tendon on the outside of his left ankle. Tony Ambrogio: Maple Leafs Tyler Bozak was put on the LTIR retroactive to Oct. 25th with a…
Injury Notes: Downie, Lecavalier, Eriksson, Carter, Stuart, Helm, Franzen, Stempniak, Burns and Condra
Sarah Baicker: Flyers Steve Downie has a concussion and Vincent Lecavalier will be out today with a facial injury. Sam Carchidi: GM Paul Holmgren said that Downie was rushed to the hospital after the game. Joe Haggerty: Sounding like Bruins forward…
Injury Notes: Canucks, Hawks, Sens, Devils, Ducks, Bruins, Oilers, Leafs, Pens and Blues
Dan Murphy: Canucks injuries: Jordan Schroeder (ankle) out two months, Jannik Hansen (upper-body) out for three-four weeks, Dale Weise (lower-body) out three-four weeks and David Booth (lower-body) out one-two weeks. Chris Kuc: Blackhawks Michal Handzus (upper-body) is not skating and…
Line Combos: Islanders, Hurricanes, Bruins, Devils, Stars, Penguins and Blackhawks
NY Islanders: Islanders lines: Vanek-Tavares-Okposo; Bouchard-Nielsen-Bailey; Grabner-Nelson-Regin-Clutterbuck; Martin-Cizikas-McDonald-Boulton. Michael Smith: Hurricanes lines: Gerbe-E. Staal-Semin, Tlusty-J. Staal-Dwyer, Ruutu-Nash-Lindholm, Bowman-Sutter-Westgarth. Joe McDonald: Bruins lines: Lucic-Krejci-Iginla, Smith-Bergeron-Marchand, Soderberg-Kelly-Caron, Paille-Campbell-Thornton. Tom Gulitti: Devils lines: Elias-Loktionov-Jagr; Zubrus-Zajac-Brunner; Olesz-Henrique-Ryder; Carter-Gionta-Bernier; Tedenby-Josefson. Defensive pairings and goalies: Greene-Fayne; Volchenkov-Zidlicky; Gelinas-Larsson; Harrold. Goalies: Brodeur, Terreri.…
Morning Rumors: Weber, Hurricanes goalie situation, Stastny and Brodeur
Dave Isaac: "You know why Nashville won’t trade Weber? Because as of July 1, they’ll have paid him 38% of a contract that he’s only completed 14% of." The Fourth Period: The Hurricanes could look to the free agent market…
Afternoon Hits: Waivers, Gustafsson, McGinn, Lupul, Letang, Isles, Khudobin, Klesla and Murray
Renaud Lavoie: Clearing waivers: Bobby Robins (Bos) and Kevin Porter (Buf). Michael Russo: The Wild have recalled goalie Johan Gustafsson with Josh Harding injured. Mike Halford: The Flyers send their leading goal scorer, Tye McGinn, to the AHL. Terry Koshan:…