Injury Notes: Hall, Gagner, Cammalleri, Penner, Briere, Neal, Lacavalier and Hartnell
Joanne Ireland: Oilers Taylor Hall has flown back to Edmonton for further evaluation on his knee injury. Jonathan Willis: The Oilers haven't called anyone up yet as they are waiting to get a better handle on the timeline for the injury.…
Injury Notes: Panthers, Penguins, Lightning, Leafs, Hurricanes, Jets, Sharks, Flyers, Canadiens and Wings
George Richards: Panthers say that Ed Jovanovski has not been taken off the IR. Dave Molinari: Penguins coach Dan Bylsma on defenseman Kris Letang: "There’s not a timetable on Kris’ return at this point." Will DePaoli of Inside Pittsburgh Sports:…
Lines and Starters: Sens, Habs, Stars, Flyers, Isles, Lightning, Canes, Leafs, Hawks and Wings
Bruce Garrioch: Senators lines: Michalek-Spezza-Conacher; MacArthur-Turris-Ryan; Greening-Smith-Neil; Kassian-Pageau-Condra. John Lu: Canadiens lines: Galchenyuk/Eller/Gallagher;Moen/Plekanec/Gionta;Prust/Desharnais/Brière;Beaulieu* /Bournival/White. Defensive pairings: Markov - Subban Gorges - Diaz Tinordi - Bouillon. Mark Stepneski: Stars lines: Benn-Seguin-Peverley; Whitney-Eakin-Chiasson; Nichushkin-Horcoff-Cole; Roussel-Fiddler-Garbutt. Mike Heika: Defensive pairings: Goligoski-Gonchar, Dillon-Robidas, Daley-Benn. Frank Seravalli: Flyers: Jay Rosehill is out.…
Injury Notes: Boyle, St. Louis, Clowe, Drewiske, JVR, Rozsival, Soderberg, Hagelin, Kane and Pacioretty
David Pollak of the San Jose Mercury News: Sharks Dan Boyle flew back to San Jose yesterday and in a text: “I’m OK. That was scary. Hopefully the symptoms will be very minor, if any, going forward.” Blues Maxim Lapierre said…
Quick Hits: International play, Kaleta, Chimera and Scouting the Leafs-Wild
John Shannon: The NHL and NHLPA will meet today to talk about International hockey, with the World Cup and Premiere games the main topics. Bill Hope: Sabres Patrick Kaleta will forfeit $152,439 during his suspension. Katie Carrera: Capitals Jason Chimera…
Injury Notes: Pronger, Calvert, Neal, Lindholm, Helm, Pacioretty and JVR
James O'Brien of Pro Hockey Talk: (citing a Hockey News feature) Flyers GM Paul Holmgren has finally admitted that defenseman Chris Prongerwill never play in the NHL again. “I’ll say it, Chris is never going to play again,” Holmgren said.…
Injury Notes: Nash, Khudobin, Erskine, Letang, Lehtonen, Howard, Drewiske, Bjugstad, Thomas, Calvert and Noesen
Pat Leonard: The Rangers put Rick Nash on the IR. Chip Alexander: Hurricanes GM Jim Rutherford said that Anton Khudobin will be put on the IR. It may only be for the short term and called the injury a "best-case…
Line Combos: Leafs, Sabres, Islanders, Blackhawks, Canadiens, Stars and Kings
David Alter: Maple Leafs lines: Clarkson-Bozak-Kessel Broll-Kadri-Lupul Raymond-Bolland-Leivo Ashton-McClement-Orr McLaren-Bodie. John Vogl: Sabres lines: Vanek-Hodgson-Ott, Foligno-Ennis-Stafford, Girgensons-Grigorenko-Flynn, Porter-Larsson-McCormick. Arthur Staple: Islanders lines: Grabner-Tavares-Okposo, Nelson/Bouchard-Nielsen-Bailey, Moulson-Regin-Clutterbuck, Martin/Boulton-Cizikas-McDonald. Shelly Anderson: Penguins lines: Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis Jokinen-Malkin-Kobasew Glass-Sutter-Adams Jeffrey-Vitale. Scott Powers: Blackhawks lines: Bickell-Toews-Kane, Sharp-Handzus-Hossa, Saad-Shaw-Nordstrom, Bollig-Kruger-Smith. Marc Antoine Godin:…
VIDEO: Hockey Night in Canada Hotstove and Don Cherry’s Coach’s Corner
Hockey Night in Canada Hotstove: Contract talks with the Maple Leafs and Dion Phaneuf will begin soon. He could take a little less, but a longer term. The Rangers are not going to panic and feel they just need some…
Morning Rumors: Coaches on the hot seat, Elliott, Lundqvist, Canadiens, Sabres, Vanek, Boyle and the Oilers
Bruce Garrioch: Panthers coach Kevin Dineen, Wild's Mike Yeo and Jets Claude Noel could be on the hot seat. “When you see one team make a coaching change there can most definitely be a domino effect. No question about it, especially…
VIDEO: Canadiens Lars Ellar Scores a Beauty on Roberto Luongo
Canadiens Lars Ellar has his back to the play and isn't even in the Vancouver Canucks end when he get scores what would be the game winning goal.
Injury Notes: Parros, Belesky, Thomas, Backstrom and Potter
Dave Stubbs of Hockey Inside/Out: Canadiens George Parros, out with a concussion, is "almost symptom-free." “He is feeling good, doing a lot better,” Bergevin said, while cautioning that Parros shouldn’t be expected back on the ice imminently. “A concussion is a…