- Edmonton Oilers via twitter: Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins will be out 3 to 4 weeks with a left shoulder injury.
- Sam Carchidi via twitter: Kimmo Timonen suffered an upper-body injury, more will be known today.
- Aaron Portzline via twitter: Blue Jackets center Mark Letestu broke his right hand last night and will likely be out for weeks.
- Mike Harrington via twitter: Sabres forward Tyler Ennis had a setback with with his ankle injury and is off the ‘day-to-day’ roll according to coach Lindy Ruff.
- Jim Matheson via twitter: Oilers defenseman Ryan Whitney will be flying to Charlotte to see a foot doctor. Defenseman Tom Gilbert skated briefly yesterday.
- Lance Hornby of the Toronto Sun: Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf took a puck in the face last night.
“His mouth is swollen, but he didn’t lose any teeth,” coach Ron Wilson reported after the game. “We’ll see what the X-rays show.”
Defenseman Mike Komisarek should be back early next week.
- Fan 590: Panthers forward Krys Barch was suspended for 1 game for insensitive remarks towards PK Subban. Greg Wyshynski via twitter: Sources have said Barch’s comment towards Subban was along the lines of “did you slip on a banana peel?”
- Tom Gulitti via twitter: Johan Hedberg will start in net for the Devils against the Panthers tonight.
