On Waivers …
Renaud Lavoie: The Pittsburgh Penguins put Tom Sestito on waivers.
Renaud Lavoie: The Winnipeg Jets put Axel Blomqvist on unconditional waivers.
On the Philadelphia Flyers …
Frank Seravalli: Coach Dave Hakstol confirms that defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere will be a healthy scratch tonight.
On the Dallas Stars …
Mark Stepneski: Patrick Sharp won’t be in the Stars lineup tonight, but maybe he’s able to get in on Saturday.
On the Ottawa Senators …
Ken Warren: Mike Hoffman won’t be in the lineup tonight.
On the Vancouver Canucks …
Matthew Sekeres: Goaltender Ryan Miller is out with the flu and they’ve recalled Michael Garteig from the ECHL.
Lines and Defensive pairings …
Edmonton Oilers: Oilers lines: Maroon – McDavid – Eberle, Pouliot – Drai – Puljujärvi, Lucic – RNH – Slepy, Kassian – Letestu – Pitlick.
Michael Russo: Minnesota Wild lines: Niederreiter – Staal – Coyle; Parise/Zucker – Koivu – Granlund; Zucker/Parise – Haula – Pominville; Mitchell – Graovac – Stewart.
Tracey Myers: Chicago Blackhawks lines: Panik – Toews – Kane, Panarin – Anisimov – Hossa, Rasmussen – Kruger – Hartman, Desjardins – Schmaltz – Tootoo.
Ken Wiebe: Winnipeg Jets lines: Ehlers – Scheifele – Laine, Dano – Petan – Wheeler, Copp – Lowry – Tanev, Howden – Burmistrov – Thorburn. De Leo worked in on 4th LW.
Amy Moritz: Buffalo Sabres lines: Kane – Reinhart – Okposo, Foligno – Larsson – Gionta, Rodrigues – Girgensons – Moulson, Carrier – Grant – Baptiste.
Ansar Khan: Detroit Red Wings lines: Abdelkader – Zetterberg – Nyquist, Larkin – Nielsen – Glendening, Tatar – Sheahan – Mantha, Bertuzzi – Ott – Miller. Defensive pairings: DeKeyser – Green, Ericsson – Marchenko, Kronwall – Sproul, Smith/Ouellet (extras)
Ansar Khan: Red Wings power play units: Nyquist-Zetterberg-Abdelkader, Green-Sproul & Tatar-Nielsen-Larkin, Mantha, Kronwall.
John Lu: Montreal Canadiens defensive pairings: Emelin – Weber, Markov – Petry, Beaulieu – Pateryn, Hanley
On Starting Goalies …
Ken Warren: Mike Condon will start in net for the Senators.
Elliott Teaford: Peter Budaj will start in net for the Kings.
Adam Vingan: Pekka Rinne will start in net for the Predators.
Joe Smith: Ben Bishop will start in net for the Sabres.
Mark Stepneski: Kari Lehtonen will start in net for the Stars.