Columbus Blue Jackets v Montreal Canadiens
Columbus Blue Jackets: Zach Werenski (76/11 d, doubtful), Ryan Murray (56/1 d)
Montreal Canadiens: Paul Byron (54/15 f, doubtful)
Carolina Hurricanes v Washington Capitals
Carolina Hurricanes: Scott Darling (8/88.4% saves goalkeeper, personal reasons)
Washington Capitals: Michal Kempný (71/6 d)
Winnipeg Jets v New York Islanders
Winnipeg Jets: Laurent Brossoit (21/92.5% saves goalkeeper), Dustin Byfuglien (37/4 d)(both doubtful), Josh Morrissey (59/6 d)
New York Islanders: Valtteri Filppula (71/15 f, doubtful), Andrew Ladd (26/3 f)
Vancouver Canucks v Los Angeles Kings
Vancouver Canucks: Tyler Motte (74/9 f), Guillaume Brisebois (8/0 d), Quinn Hughes (0/0 d), Ben Hutton (64/5 d), Ryan Spooner (6/0 f)(all doubtful), Chris Tanev (55/2 d), Antoine Roussel (65/9 f), Brandon Sutter (26/4 f)
Los Angeles Kings: Brendan Leipsic (45/5 f, doubtful)
San Jose Sharks v Chicago Blackhawks
San Jose Sharks: Joe Pavelski (72/37 f, top scorer, doubtful), Radim Simek (41/1 d), Erik Karlsson (51/3 d)
Chicago Blackhawks: Drake Caggiula (21/4 f, doubtful)
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Buffalo Sabres v Detroit Red Wings
Buffalo Sabres: Rasmus Ristolainen (75/5 d, illness), Zach Bogosian (65/3 d), Matt Hunwick (14/0 d)(both doubtful), Jake McCabe (55/4 d)
Detroit Red Wings: Thomas Vanek (64/16 f), Michael Rasmussen (62/8 f), Jacob De La Rose (60/3 f)(all doubtful), Justin Abdelkader (71/6 f), Mike Green (43/5 d), Henrik Zetterberg (0/0 f), Johan Franzen (0/0 f, retired), Evgeny Svechnikov (0/0 f), Trevor Daley (44/2 d)
Ottawa Senators v Florida Panthers
Ottawa Senators: Zack Smith (65/8 f), Chris Tierney (74/10 f), Cody Ceci (68/6 d), Rudolfs Balcers (19/3 f, illness)(all doubtful), Clarke MacArthur (0/0 f), Marian Gaborik (0/0 f)
Florida Panthers: Derek MacKenzie (1/0 f)
Edmonton Oilers v Dallas Stars
Edmonton Oilers: Jujhar Khaira (59/3 f, doubtful), Jesse Puljujarvi (46/4 f)
Dallas Stars: Ben Bishop (45/93.0% saves goalkeeper), Brett Ritchie (51/4 f), Mats Zuccarello (1/1 f)(all doubtful), Tyler Pitlick (43/6 f), Martin Hanzal (7/1 f), Marc Methot (9/0 d), Stephen Johns (0/0 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).
