Columbus Blue Jackets v Montreal Canadiens
Columbus Blue Jackets: Dalton Prout (8/0 d, doubtful), David Clarkson (0/0 f)
Montreal Canadiens: Alexei Emelin (33/1 d), Andrei Markov (32/2 d), Sven Andrighetto (9/0 f), Andrew Shaw (30/6 f)(all doubtful), Greg Pateryn (19/1 d), David Desharnais (26/3 f), Alex Galchenyuk (26/9 f)
Washington Capitals v Tampa Bay Lightning
Washington Capitals: no absences
Tampa Bay Lightning: Nikita Kucherov (28/13 f, top scorer), Ryan Callahan (15/2 f)(both doubtful), Ondrej Palat (30/4 f), Steven Stamkos (17/9 f), Ben Bishop (21/90.7% Saves, goalkeeper)
Pittsburgh Penguins v New Jersey Devils
Pittsburgh Penguins: Tom Kühnhackl (23/2 f), Trevor Daley (31/3 d), Kris Letang (25/2 d), Thomas Di Pauli (0/0 f)
New Jersey Devils: Jacob Josefson (14/1 f, doubtful), Marc Savard (0/0 f)
New York Rangers v Minnesota Wild
New York Rangers: Rick Nash (30/13 f, top scorer), Pavel Buchnevich (11/4 f)(both doubtful), Mika Zibanejad (20/5 f)
Minnesota Wild: Zach Parise (24/5 f, illness, doubtful), Erik Haula (23/5 f), Victor Bartley (0/0 d)
New York Islanders v Buffalo Sabres
New York Islanders: Casey Cizikas (29/4 f, doubtful), Adam Pelech (9/1 d), Ryan Pulock (1/0 d), Mikhail Grabovski (0/0 f)
Buffalo Sabres: Tyler Ennis (13/1 f)
Carolina Hurricanes v Boston Bruins
Carolina Hurricanes: Bryan Bickell (8/1 f)
Boston Bruins: Brian Ferlin (0/0 f, doubtful), John-Michael Liles (23/0 d), Matt Beleskey (25/2 f)
Florida Panthers v Detroit Red Wings
Florida Panthers: Alex Petrovic (16/1 d), Jonathan Huberdeau (0/0 f)
Detroit Red Wings: Mike Green (32/7 d, doubtful), Jimmy Howard (17/93.4% Saves, goalkeeper), Alexey Marchenko (22/0 d), Justin Abdelkader (22/4 f), Johan Franzén (0/0 f), Tyler Bertuzzi (7/0 f), Brendan Smith (20/2 d), Darren Helm (17/4 f), Joe Vitale (0/0 f)
Dallas Stars v Los Angeles Kings
Dallas Stars: Patrick Sharp (11/1 f, doubtful), Cody Eakin (14/0 f, suspended), Ales Hemsky (0/0 f), Mattias Janmark (0/0 f)
Los Angeles Kings: Tyler Toffoli (32/8 f), Dustin Brown (30/4 f), Brayden McNabb (8/2 d)(all doubtful), Jonathan Quick (1/93.3% Saves, goalkeeper)
Chicago Blackhawks v Colorado Avalanche
Chicago Blackhawks: Marian Hossa (34/16 f, top scorer, probably out), Artem Anisimov (32/14 f)
Colorado Avalanche: Erik Johnson (23/1 d)
Arizona Coyotes v Toronto Maple Leafs
Arizona Coyotes: Jakob Chychrun (27/1 d, doubtful), Max Domi (27/5 f), Brad Richardson (17/5 f), Dave Bolland (0/0 f), Chris Pronger (0/0 d)
Toronto Maple Leafs: Ben Smith (24/2 f), Tyler Bozak (31/6 f), Martin Marincin (17/1 d), Joffrey Lupul (0/0 f), Stephane Robidas (0/0 d), Nathan Horton (0/0 f)
Calgary Flames v Vancouver Canucks
Calgary Flames: Ladislav Šmíd (0/0 d)
Vancouver Canucks: Jannik Hansen (19/5 f), Philip Larsen (18/0 d)(both doubtful), Erik Gudbranson (31/1 d), Alexander Edler (22/1 d), Derek Dorsett (14/1 f)
San Jose Sharks v Edmonton Oilers
San Jose Sharks: Tomas Hertl (18/4 f)
Edmonton Oilers: Tyler Pitlick (32/8 f), Mark Fayne (4/0 d)(both doubtful), Darnell Nurse (25/3 d), Iiro Pakarinen (0/0 f), Andrew Ference (0/0 d)
Subscribe to see the most useful team news from each league.
Like this? Like us on FACEBOOK and follow us on TWITTER and INSTAGRAM!