Quick Hits: Waivers, Injury Updates and Line Combos
There are at least 10 teams heading into Christmas that are over the salary. They have until the start of the season become cap compliant.
  • Mike Heika: Stars Travis Moen had to deal with some immigration paper work and likely won’t join the team until tomorrow.
  • Chad Graff: Wild’s Jonas Brodin and Marco Scandella have the viral illness that had kept Christian Folin and Keith Ballard out.
  • Lou Korac: Blues Ryan Reaves will be in the lineup tonight.
  • Michael Smith: Hurricanes Eric Staal will play on right wing tonight with Victor Rask.
  • Bryan Burns: Lightning’s Alex Killorn and Tyler Johnson are both probable for tonight.
  • Bruce Garrioch: Canadiens Andrei Markov and Sergei Gonchar are paired together  on the power play.
  • Shawn Mitchell: Blue Jackets Sergei Bobrovsky and Artem Anismov (wearing contact jersey) are practicing today.
  • Adam Vingan: Capitals Tom Wilson wearing a non-contact jersey at practice. Brooks Laich not practicing.
  • Bryan Burns: Lightning’s Brett Connolly was on the ice before practice today. He’s missed the past eight games with a lower-body injury.
  • Scott Powers: Blackhawks power play units: 1) Keith-Seabrook-Toews-Kane-Shaw, 2) Richards-Rundblad-Versteeg-Hossa-Saad.
  • Ansar Khan: Red Wings lines: Nyquist-Zetterberg-Franzen Abdelkader-Datsyuk-Jurco Tatar-Sheahan-Helm Miller-Glendening-Andersson. Defensive pairings: Ericsson-Kronwall Quincey-DeKeyser Smith-Kindl and Lashoff
  • Tampa Bay Lightning:  Filppula-Killorn-Callahan, Johnson-Palat-Kucherov, Boyle-Brown-Morrow, Namestnikov-Paquette-Drouin.
  • Rob Mixer; Blue Jackets lines: Hartnell-Jenner-Atkinson, Gibbons-Johansen-Foligno, Tropp-Wennberg-Cracknell, Tyrell-Chaput/Anisimov-Boll.
  • Mike Heika: Stars lines: Benn-Spezza-Seguin Roussel-Eakin-Garbutt McKenzie-Fiddler-Eaves Cole-Horcoff-Sceviour