New York Islanders v Columbus Blue Jackets
New York Islanders: Johnny Boychuk (59/6 d, doubtful), Shane Prince (47/5 f), Mikhail Grabovski (0/0 f)
Columbus Blue Jackets: Ryan Murray (60/2 d), David Clarkson (0/0 f)
Detroit Red Wings v Colorado Avalanche
Detroit Red Wings: Ryan Sproul (28/2 d), Jonathan Ericsson (51/1 d), Johan Franzén (0/0 f), Joe Vitale (0/0 f)
Colorado Avalanche: Nikita Zadorov (56/0 d), Semyon Varlamov (25/89.8% Saves, goalkeeper)
Carolina Hurricanes v Nashville Predators
Carolina Hurricanes: Jay McClement (65/5 f), Valentin Zykov (2/1 f), Phil Di Giuseppe (27/1 f)(all doubtful)
Nashville Predators: Colin Wilson (60/12 f, doubtful), Miikka Salomaki (2/0 f)
Tampa Bay Lightning v Washington Capitals
Tampa Bay Lightning: Jake Dotchin (23/0 d), Ondrej Palat (63/14 f), Vladislav Namestnikov (63/9 f), Cedric Paquette (58/4 f), Tyler Johnson (64/19 f)(all doubtful), Ryan Callahan (18/2 f), Steven Stamkos (17/9 f)
Washington Capitals: no absences
Ottawa Senators v Montreal Canadiens
Ottawa Senators: Mark Borowiecki (58/1 d, doubtful), Mark Stone (64/22 f, top scorer), Chris Neil (53/1 f), Clarke MacArthur (0/0 f)
Montreal Canadiens: Alexei Emelin (68/2 d, illness), Alexander Radulov (66/15 f, illness), Nikita Nesterov (9/1 d), Brian Flynn (49/6 f)(all doubtful)
Toronto Maple Leafs v Chicago Blackhawks
Toronto Maple Leafs: Connor Carrick (56/2 d), Joffrey Lupul (0/0 f), Stephane Robidas (0/0 d), Nathan Horton (0/0 f)
Chicago Blackhawks: Artem Anisimov (64/22 f)
Minnesota Wild v New York Rangers
Minnesota Wild: Martin Hanzal (7/0 f, doubtful), Gustav Olofsson (10/0 d), Christian Folin (44/2 d), Victor Bartley (0/0 d)
New York Rangers: Kevin Klein (55/3 d), Dan Girardi (57/4 d)(both doubtful), Henrik Lundqvist (51/91.2% Saves, goalkeeper)
Arizona Coyotes v St. Louis Blues
Arizona Coyotes: Shane Doan (71/6 f, doubtful), Alexander Burmistrov (18/1 f), Kevin Connauton (20/0 d), Brad Richardson (17/5 f), Dave Bolland (0/0 f), Chris Pronger (0/0 d)
St. Louis Blues: Jori Lehtera (61/6 f, doubtful), Dmitrij Jaskin (47/1 f), Robby Fabbri (51/11 f)
Edmonton Oilers v Vancouver Canucks
Edmonton Oilers: Tyler Pitlick (32/8 f), Andrew Ference (0/0 d)
Vancouver Canucks: Chris Tanev (42/1 d, illness), Jacob Markstrom (25/90.8% Saves, goalkeeper), Nikolay Goldobin (3/1 f, illness)(all doubtful), Brendan Gaunce (57/0 f), Loui Eriksson (66/11 f), Anton Rodin (5/0 f), Erik Gudbranson (31/1 d), Derek Dorsett (14/1 f)
San Jose Sharks v Anaheim Ducks
San Jose Sharks: Melker Karlsson (61/9 f), David Schlemko (52/2 d)(both doubtful)
Anaheim Ducks: John Gibson (49/92.0% Saves, doubtful), Ryan Garbutt (27/2 f), Clayton Stoner (14/1 d), Simon Despres (1/0 d)
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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).
