Columbus Blue Jackets v Detroit Red Wings
Columbus Blue Jackets: Markus Nutivaara (61/7 d), Nick Foligno (72/15 f)(both doubtful), Lukas Sedlak (53/4 f), Josh Anderson (61/18 f)
Detroit Red Wings: Johan Franzén (0/0 f), Mike Green (66/8 d)
New York Islanders v Philadelphia Flyers
New York Islanders: Cal Clutterbuck (73/8 f), Jaroslav Halak (53/90.4% Saves, goalkeeper, illness), Josh Bailey (73/18 f), Casey Cizikas (64/7 f), Alan Quine (21/0 f)(all doubtful), Shane Prince (11/1 f), Calvin de Haan (33/1 d), Nikolay Kulemin (13/1 f)
Philadelphia Flyers: Brian Elliott (40/90.5% Saves, goalkeeper), Michal Neuvirth (20/91.5% Saves, goalkeeper)(both doubtful)
New Jersey Devils v New York Rangers
New Jersey Devils: no absences
New York Rangers: Mats Zuccarello (78/16 f), Jesper Fast (71/13 f), David Desharnais (70/6 f), Tony DeAngelo (32/0 d)(all doubtful), Steven Kampfer (22/0 d), Kevin Shattenkirk (46/5 d)
Florida Panthers v Nashville Predators
Florida Panthers: no absences
Nashville Predators: Viktor Arvidsson (76/29 f, doubtful), Calle Järnkrok (68/16 f)
Tampa Bay Lightning v Boston Bruins
Tampa Bay Lightning: Adam Erne (23/3 f), Steven Stamkos (78/27 f)(both doubtful)
Boston Bruins: Riley Nash (76/14 f), Brandon Carlo (76/0 d), Sean Kuraly (75/6 f), Rick Nash (11/3 f)(all doubtful), Charlie McAvoy (60/7 d), Anders Bjork (30/4 f)
Montreal Canadiens v Winnipeg Jets
Montreal Canadiens: Charles Hudon (71/10 f), Andrew Shaw (51/10 f), Rinat Valiev (2/0 d), Phillip Danault (51/8 f)(all doubtful), Max Pacioretty (64/17 f), Victor Mete (49/0 d), Ales Hemsky (7/0 f), Shea Weber (26/6 d)
Winnipeg Jets: Toby Enström (43/1 d), Dmitry Kulikov (62/3 d), Steve Mason (1/0 g), Matt Hendricks (60/5 f)
Calgary Flames v Arizona Coyotes
Calgary Flames: Travis Hamonic (74/1 d), T.J. Brodie (73/4 d), Matthew Tkachuk (68/24 f)(all doubtful), Marek Hrivik (3/0 f), Sean Monahan (74/31 f, top scorer), Kris Versteeg (24/3 f)
Arizona Coyotes: Christian Dvorak (78/15 f, doubtful), Niklas Hjalmarsson (48/1 d), Jason Demers (68/6 d), Dave Bolland (0/0 f), Laurent Dauphin (2/0 f)
Vancouver Canucks v Vegas Golden Knights
Vancouver Canucks: Chris Tanev (42/2 d), Brendan Leipsic (11/2 f), Ben Hutton (59/0 d)(all doubtful), Brock Boeser (62/29 f, top scorer), Sven Baertschi (53/14 f), Loui Eriksson (50/10 f), Markus Granlund (53/8 f), Derek Dorsett (20/7 f), Erik Gudbranson (52/2 d), Reid Boucher (20/3 f)
Vegas Golden Knights: David Perron (70/16 f), Reilly Smith (66/22 f), William Carrier (34/1 f)(all doubtful), Luca Sbisa (30/2 d), Clayton Stoner (0/0 d), David Clarkson (0/0 f), Mikhail Grabovski (0/0 f)
San Jose Sharks v Dallas Stars
San Jose Sharks: Evander Kane (16/9 f), Eric Fehr (14/3 f), Joakim Ryan (62/3 d)(all doubtful), Joe Thornton (47/13 f)
Dallas Stars: Stephen Johns (75/8 d), Ben Bishop (53/91.3% Saves, goalkeeper)(both doubtful), Martin Hanzal (38/5 f)
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Explanation: player statistics (a/b c)
a - games played this season
b - goals scored
c - team position (d - defender, m - midfielder, f - forward, g - goalkeeper).
