Chicago Blackhawks v Boston Bruins
Chicago Blackhawks: Artem Anisimov (64/22 f)
Boston Bruins: Jimmy Hayes (58/2 f), Frank Vatrano (42/10 f), Tim Schaller (59/7 f)(all doubtful), Brian Ferlin (0/0 f)
Buffalo Sabres v New York Islanders
Buffalo Sabres: Cody Franson (66/3 d), Taylor Fedun (27/0 d)(both doubtful), Kyle Okposo (65/18 f, illness), Johan Larsson (37/6 m)
New York Islanders: Travis Hamonic (49/3 d), Nikolay Kulemin (71/12 f)(both doubtful), John Tavares (77/28 f, 2nd top scorer), Mikhail Grabovski (0/0 f), Ryan Strome (69/13 f)
St. Louis Blues v Nashville Predators
St. Louis Blues: Robert Bortuzzo (38/1 d), Carl Gunnarsson (53/0 d), Jori Lehtera (61/6 f), Dmitrij Jaskin (47/1 f)(all doubtful), Paul Stastny (66/18 f), Robby Fabbri (51/11 f)
Nashville Predators: James Neal (68/22 f), Yannick Weber (73/1 d)(both doubtful), Miikka Salomaki (2/0 f)
Pittsburgh Penguins v Carolina Hurricanes
Pittsburgh Penguins: Chris Kunitz (71/9 f), Matt Cullen (68/12 f, illness), Tom Sestito (11/0 f), Evgeni Malkin (62/33 f, 2nd top scorer), Carl Hagelin (61/6 f)(all doubtful), Kris Letang (41/5 d), Trevor Daley (54/5 d), Olli Maatta (54/1 d)
Carolina Hurricanes: Ryan Murphy (27/0 d), Jay McClement (65/5 f)(both doubtful)
Columbus Blue Jackets v Washington Capitals
Columbus Blue Jackets: Lukas Sedlak (62/7 f), Oliver Bjorkstrand (23/6 f)(both doubtful), David Clarkson (0/0 f)
Washington Capitals: no absences
Tampa Bay Lightning v Dallas Stars
Tampa Bay Lightning: Jason Garrison (69/1 d), Tyler Johnson (64/19 f), Steven Stamkos (17/9 f)(all doubtful), Cedric Paquette (58/4 f), Ryan Callahan (18/2 f)
Dallas Stars: Ales Hemsky (15/4 f), Curtis McKenzie (53/6 f), Jiri Hudler (32/3 f)(all doubtful), Jamie Oleksiak (39/5 d), Patrick Sharp (48/8 f), Antoine Roussel (60/12 f), Mattias Janmark (0/0 f)
Minnesota Wild v Colorado Avalanche
Minnesota Wild: Jason Zucker (77/21 f, doubtful), Victor Bartley (0/0 d)
Colorado Avalanche: Nikita Zadorov (56/0 d), Semyon Varlamov (25/89.8% Saves, goalkeeper)
Vancouver Canucks v San Jose Sharks
Vancouver Canucks: Jack Skille (56/5 f), Jacob Markstrom (25/90.8% Saves, goalkeeper), Jayson Megna (53/4 f), Joseph Cramarossa (10/0 f), Markus Granlund (70/19 f), Brendan Gaunce (57/0 f), Anton Rodin (5/0 f), Erik Gudbranson (31/1 d), Derek Dorsett (14/1 f)
San Jose Sharks: Logan Couture (74/25 f, doubtful)
New York Rangers v Philadelphia Flyers
New York Rangers: Ryan McDonagh (76/6 d, doubtful)
Philadelphia Flyers: Michal Neuvirth (28/88.9% Saves, goalkeeper), Steve Mason (56/90.5% Saves, goalkeeper, illness), Nick Cousins (60/5 f)(all doubtful), Michael Raffl (53/8 f), Matt Read (63/10 f)
Calgary Flames v Anaheim Ducks
Calgary Flames: Ladislav Šmíd (0/0 d)
Anaheim Ducks: Ryan Garbutt (27/2 f), Simon Despres (1/0 d)
Los Angeles Kings v Arizona Coyotes
Los Angeles Kings: Matt Greene (26/1 d)
Arizona Coyotes: Mike Smith (52/91.3% Saves, goalkeeper), Jamie McGinn (69/9 f)(both doubtful), Kevin Connauton (20/0 d), Brad Richardson (17/5 f), Dave Bolland (0/0 f), Chris Pronger (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).
