NHL player safety: Blue Jackets Jared Boll will have a hearing for his illegal check to the head of Ducks Patrick Maroon. Aaron Portzline: There was no penalty called on the play and Maroon remained in the game, but there was contact to the head.
Andrew Gross: Rangers Henrik Lundqvist confirms that he’ll backup Cam Talbot tomorrow.
Josh Yohe: Penguins coach Mike Johnston wouldn’t comment on the possible severity of Christian Ehrhoff’s injury. Report is expected tomorrow.
Seth Rorabaugh: Penguins Evgeni Malkin and Patric Hornqvist won’t be traveling with the team to Carolina.
Terry Koshan: Maple Leafs coach Peter Horachek said there is a good chance that Casey Bailey plays tomorrow. Michael Traikos: Leafs saying that Bailey is not eligible to play for the Marlies for this season or the playoffs.
Aaron Vickers: Stars Jamie Benn will be in the lineup against the Flames.
Tom Gulitti: Devils lines: Henrique-Elias-Gionta; Boucher-Gomez-Bernier; Cammalleri-Zajac-Tootoo; Ruutu-Josefson-Zubrus; Matteau-Ryder-Havlat.
Chris Kuc: Blackhawks lines: Saad-Toews-Teravainen, Sharp-Vermette-Hossa, Bickell-Richards-Versteeg, Nordstrom-Kruger-Shaw.
Boston Bruins: lins: Marchand-Bergeron-Krejci-Paille Lucic-Spooner-Pastrnak Smith-Soderberg-Eriksson Talbot-Kelly-Campbell-Ferlin.
Paul Hendrick: Maple Leafs lines: JVR-Bozak-Kessel, Booth-Kadri-Lupul, Panik-Komarov-Kozun, Bailey-Carrick-Lindstrom.
Adam Kimelman: Flyers lines: Raffl-Giroux-Voracek, Read-Couturier-Simmonds, Rinaldo-Cousins-White, BSchenn-Bellemare-VandeVelde. Defensive pairing: Del Zotto-Streit, Grossmann-MacDonald, Schultz-Colaiacovo could be it. Luke Schenn will be out again.
