Washington Capitals v Columbus Blue Jackets
Washington Capitals: no absences
Columbus Blue Jackets: David Clarkson (0/0 f)
Boston Bruins v Edmonton Oilers
Boston Bruins: David Backes (33/8 f, doubtful), Brian Ferlin (0/0 f), John-Michael Liles (23/0 d), Matt Beleskey (25/2 f)
Edmonton Oilers: Tyler Pitlick (32/8 f), Mark Fayne (4/0 d), Darnell Nurse (25/3 d), Iiro Pakarinen (0/0 f), Andrew Ference (0/0 d)
Tampa Bay Lightning v Nashville Predators
Tampa Bay Lightning: Brian Boyle (36/10 f), Cedric Paquette (31/3 f)(both doubtful), Brayden Point (36/3 f), Steven Stamkos (17/9 f), Ben Bishop (21/90.7% Saves, goalkeeper)
Nashville Predators: P.K. Subban (29/7 d), Miikka Salomaki (2/0 f)
St. Louis Blues v Carolina Hurricanes
St. Louis Blues: Carl Gunnarsson (29/0 d, doubtful), Robert Bortuzzo (11/1 d)
Carolina Hurricanes: Eddie Läck (85.6% Saves, goalkeeper), Elias Lindholm (31/4 f)(both doubtful), Bryan Bickell (8/1 f), Justin Faulk (31/7 d)
Chicago Blackhawks v Buffalo Sabres
Chicago Blackhawks: Marian Hossa (34/16 f, top scorer, doubtful), Marcus Krüger (39/2 f)
Buffalo Sabres: Josh Gorges (34/0 d), Dmitry Kulikov (20/0 d)(both doubtful), Johan Larsson (37/6 m), Ryan O’Reilly (27/7 f), Tyler Ennis (13/1 f)
San Jose Sharks v Minnesota Wild
San Jose Sharks: David Schlemko (31/1 d, doubtful), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (36/3 d), Tomas Hertl (18/4 f)
Minnesota Wild: Victor Bartley (0/0 d)
Los Angeles Kings v Detroit Red Wings
Los Angeles Kings: Tyler Toffoli (32/8 f), Jonathan Quick (1/93.3% Saves, goalkeeper)
Detroit Red Wings: Mike Green (32/7 d), Alexey Marchenko (22/0 d)(both doubtful), Jimmy Howard (17/93.4% Saves, goalkeeper), Justin Abdelkader (22/4 f), Johan Franzén (0/0 f), Darren Helm (17/4 f), Joe Vitale (0/0 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).
