- Shelly Anderson via twitter: Brooks Orpik, Sidney Crosby and Dustin Jeffrey are on the ice at Penguins morning practice. James Neal, Evgeni Malkin, Tyler Kennedy, and Brian Strait are not on the ice. Josh Yohe via twitter: Brooks Orpik will be in the Penguins lineup tonight. Jeffrey said he’s close to getting in the lineup, Yohe guesses in the next week or 2. Shelly Anderson via twitter: Evgeni Malkin is still day-to-day but out for tonight. Josh Yole via twitter: James Neal is expected to play tonight. Kennedy has officially been diagnosed with a concussion.
- Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: Taylor Hall missed Tuesday’s game with the flu, but should be ready for tonight. Jordan Eberle was seen with a walking boot on, but will be in the lineup tonight. Sam Gagner, who has been out with a sprained ankle, might be ready for tonight but Saturday against the Rangers is more likely.
- Sylvain St-Laurent via twitter: Senators lines: Foligno-Regin-Alfredsson, Greening-Spezza-Michalek, Smith-Zibanejad-Neil, Konopka-Da Costa-Condra. Defensive pairings: Phillips-Rundblad, Kuba-Karlsson, Gonchar-Cowen. Bruce Garrioch via twitter: Senators Jesse Winchester will return from his shoulder injury tonight against the Jets.
- Tom Gulitti via twitter: Devils lines: Parise-Elias-Zubrus; Kovalchuk-Josefson-Palmieri; Tedenby-Sykora-Clarkson; Boulton/Pelley-Mills-Janssen. Defensive pairings and goalies: Greene-Larsson; Tallinder-Fayne; Salvador-Volchenkov; Fraser. Goalies: Hedberg, Kinkaid.
- Jeremy Rutherford via twitter: Blues forward David Perron is practicing today in a no-contact jersey.
- Renaud Lavoie via twitter: Marc-Andre Fleury will start in net for the Penguins tonight against the Canadiens.
- Arthur Staple via twitter: Al Montoya will start in net for the Islanders. Mathieu Garon will start in net for the Lightning. NY Islanders via twitter: Evgeni Nabokov will backup Montoya.
- James Gordon via twitter: Craig Anderson will be in net for the Senators. Ondrej Pavelec will be in net for the Jets.
- Lance Hornby via twitter: Tim Thomas will likely be starting for the Bruins tonight.
- Ted Kulfan of the Detroit Red Wings: Jimmy Howard will start for the Red Wings against the Blue Jackets on Friday. Ty Conklin will start on Saturday against the Capitals.
