Pittsburgh Penguins v Columbus Blue Jackets
Pittsburgh Penguins: Bryan Rust (62/17), Kris Letang (60/15 f)(both doubtful), Chad Ruhwedel (18/1 d), Olli Maatta (55/1 d)
Columbus Blue Jackets: Ryan Murray (56/1 d, doubtful)
Boston Bruins v Florida Panthers
Boston Bruins: Sean Kuraly (63/6 f, doubtful), Marcus Johansson (4/0 f), Kevan Miller (36/0 d), David Pastrnak (56/31 f, top scorer)
Florida Panthers: James Reimer (35/90.2% saves goalkeeper), Denis Malgin (46/7 f)(both doubtful), Derek MacKenzie (1/0 f), Colton Sceviour (49/5 f)
Tampa Bay Lightning v Minnesota Wild
Tampa Bay Lightning: no absences
Minnesota Wild: Victor Rask (10/1 f, doubtful), Mikko Koivu (48/8 f, captain), Matt Dumba (32/12 d)
Ottawa Senators v New York Islanders
Ottawa Senators: Rudolfs Balcers (19/3 f, illness, doubtful), Clarke MacArthur (0/0 f), Marian Gaborik (0/0 f)
New York Islanders: Robin Lehner (38/92.6% saves goalkeeper), Cal Clutterbuck (59/8 f), Matt Martin (52/5 f)(all doubtful)
Chicago Blackhawks v Buffalo Sabres
Chicago Blackhawks: Cam Ward (30/89.3% saves goalkeeper), Drake Caggiula (21/4 f)(both doubtful), David Kampf (50/3 f)
Buffalo Sabres: Zach Bogosian (58/2 d), Vladimir Sobotka (60/4 f)(both doubtful), Jake McCabe (55/4 d)
Arizona Coyotes v Calgary Flames
Arizona Coyotes: Jordan Oesterle (56/6 d, doubtful), Derek Stepan (64/13 f), Kyle Capobianco (2/0 d), Nick Schmaltz (17/5 f), Michael Grabner (25/7 f), Antti Raanta (12/90.6% saves goalkeeper), Marian Hossa (0/0 f), Dave Bolland (0/0 f)
Calgary Flames: James Neal (55/5 f)
San Jose Sharks v Montreal Canadiens
San Jose Sharks: Evander Kane (64/27 f), Erik Karlsson (51/3 d)(both doubtful)
Montreal Canadiens: no absences
Los Angeles Kings v St. Louis Blues
Los Angeles Kings: Austin Wagner (49/9 f, doubtful)
St. Louis Blues: Carl Gunnarsson (18/3 d), David Perron (45/17 f)(both doubtful)
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Edmonton Oilers v Vancouver Canucks
Edmonton Oilers: Jesse Puljujarvi (46/4 f, doubtful), Jujhar Khaira (53/3 f)
Vancouver Canucks: Ben Hutton (64/5 d), Ryan Spooner (6/0 f), Sven Baertschi (22/8 f)(all doubtful), Jake Virtanen (58/12 f), Chris Tanev (53/2 d), Brandon Sutter (26/4 f)
Dallas Stars v Colorado Avalanche
Dallas Stars: Radek Faksa (66/12 f), Mats Zuccarello (1/1 f)(both doubtful), Tyler Pitlick (43/6 f), Martin Hanzal (7/1 f), Marc Methot (9/0 d), Stephen Johns (0/0 d)
Colorado Avalanche: Nikita Zadorov (56/7 d, doubtful), Matt Nieto (58/3 f), Vladislav Kamenev (24/2 f)
Detroit Red Wings v New York Rangers
Detroit Red Wings: Mike Green (43/5 d, illness, doubtful), Henrik Zetterberg (0/0 f), Johan Franzen (0/0 f, retired), Evgeny Svechnikov (0/0 f)
New York Rangers: Marc Staal (66/3 d, illness, doubtful)
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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).
