Short Shifts: Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Covering notable lineup changes from around the NHL. Click the team logo for lines.
Note: Some lines may not be changed until new lines are provided by the team.

Thrashers

Slava Kozlov, Chris Chelios, Eric Boulton and Evander Kane likely will be scratched.

Bruins

Andrew Ference will not play tonight.  He remains out with a hernia.

Blackhawks

Dustin Byfuglien could return to wing.  Looks like he is playing with Kris Versteeg and Patrick Kane.

Lines updated.


Blue Jackets

Jared Boll and Chris Clark will miss the rest of the season.

Tomas Kana recalled from the Syracuse Crunch.


Red Wings

Derek Meech in for Danny Cleary.

Oilers

Lines updated.

Kings

Anze Kopitar, Ryan Smyth and Justin Williams will play together on the top line.

Randy Jones in for Peter Harrold.


Predators

No lineup changes.

Devils

Jay Pandolfo, Rod Pelley, Mark Fraser and Anssi Salmela remain healthy scratches.

Andrew Peters still out with a scratched eyeball.


Islanders

Andrew MacDonald returns to the lineup tonight.

Rangers

Corey Locke recalled from the Hartford Wolfpack.

Sean Avery, Ryan Callahan, Brian Boyle and Matt Gilroy will remain scratched or unavailable.


Senators

Anton Volchenkov unlikely to play.  Brian Lee would be the likely recall.

Daniel Alfredsson and Alexei Kovalev did not practice bug will play tonight.

Filip Kuba hopes to return before the playoffs.

Milan Michalek continues to recover.


Coyotes

Paul Bissonnette re-signed to a two-year extension.

Blues

Patrik Berglund will return following a healthy scratch.

Brett Ponich signed a three-year, entry-level contract


Lightning

Kurtis Foster ready to return.

Ryan Malone began practicing and listed as day-to-day.  He will not play tonight.

Vladmir Mihalik and Brandon Bochenski will likely be scratched.


Maple Leafs

Carl Gunnarsson questionable for tonight’s contest.

Canucks

Steve Bernier could return next week.  He took part in skating drills today during practice.

Mikael Samuelsson could return on Thursday.

Shane O’Brien did not travel with the team and will miss the next three games as punishment for missing practice yesterday.


Capitals

Brooks Laich doubtful to return in tonight’s game.

Shaone Morrisonn will play.

Scott Walker, Boyd Gordon and Brendan Morrison remain out.

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