Columbus Blue Jackets v Boston Bruins
Columbus Blue Jackets: Boone Jenner (64/12 f), Ryan Murray (56/1 d)(both doubtful)
Boston Bruins: Matthew Grzelcyk (61/2 d), Jake DeBrusk (57/22 f)(both doubtful), Marcus Johansson (4/0 f), Kevan Miller (36/0 d), David Pastrnak (56/31 f, top scorer)
Pittsburgh Penguins v Washington Capitals
Pittsburgh Penguins: Zach Aston-Reese (43/8 f), Bryan Rust (62/17), Kris Letang (60/15 f)(all doubtful), Chad Ruhwedel (18/1 d), Olli Maatta (55/1 d)
Washington Capitals: no absences
Buffalo Sabres v Dallas Stars
Buffalo Sabres: Jack Eichel (65/25 f, 2nd top scorer, suspended), Jake McCabe (55/4 d)
Dallas Stars: Mats Zuccarello (1/1 f, doubtful), Tyler Pitlick (43/6 f), Martin Hanzal (7/1 f), Marc Methot (9/0 d), Stephen Johns (0/0 d)
Montreal Canadiens v Detroit Red Wings
Montreal Canadiens: Tomas Tatar (67/22 f, illness, doubtful)
Detroit Red Wings: Dylan Larkin (65/27 f, top scorer, doubtful), Mike Green (43/5 d), Henrik Zetterberg (0/0 f), Johan Franzen (0/0 f, retired), Evgeny Svechnikov (0/0 f)
Winnipeg Jets v San Jose Sharks
Winnipeg Jets: Joe Morrow (39/1 d), Dustin Byfuglien (37/4 d)(both doubtful), Josh Morrissey (59/6 d)
San Jose Sharks: Evander Kane (64/27 f, doubtful), Erik Karlsson (51/3 d)
St. Louis Blues v Arizona Coyotes
St. Louis Blues: Vladimir Tarasenko (66/28 f, top scorer), Carl Gunnarsson (18/3 d), David Perron (45/17 f)(all doubtful)
Arizona Coyotes: Derek Stepan (64/13 f), Kyle Capobianco (2/0 d), Nick Schmaltz (17/5 f), Antti Raanta (12/90.6% saves goalkeeper), Marian Hossa (0/0 f), Dave Bolland (0/0 f)
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Calgary Flames v New Jersey Devils
Calgary Flames: James Neal (55/5 f)
New Jersey Devils: Kevin Rooney (28/4 f, illness), Sami Vatanen (48/4 d, illness), Nathan Bastian (4/1 f), Nico Hischier (62/17 f), Mirco Mueller (47/1 d), Miles Wood (56/8 f), John Quenneville (17/0 f)(all doubtful), Jesper Bratt (51/9 f), Pavel Zacha (53/12 f), Taylor Hall (33/11 f)
Anaheim Ducks v Nashville Predators
Anaheim Ducks: Ryan Kesler (60/5 f), Brendan Guhle (5/0 d)(both doubtful), Chad Johnson (9/87.2% saves goalkeeper), Ondrej Kaše (30/11 f)
Nashville Predators: Filip Forsberg (52/22 f, 2nd top scorer), Dan Hamhuis (53/0 d)(both doubtful), Zac Rinaldo (23/1 f), Miikka Salomaki (37/3 f), Austin Watson (34/7 f, suspended)
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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).
