Current NHL Lines
courtesy of Bob Peck @ alt.sport.hockey.nhl.chat

 

Anaheim Mighty Ducks   (Monday 12/22 at San Jose)
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L1 - Vinnie Prospal / Sergei Fedorov / Mikael Holmqvist
L2 - Andy McDonald / Steve Rucchin / Petr Sykora
L3 - Stanislav Chistov / Jason Krog / Joffrey Lupul
L4 - Lance Ward / Sami Pahlsson / Dan Byslma

D1 - Kurt Sauer / Keith Carney
D2 - Todd Simpson / Niclas Havelid
D3 - Ruslan Salei / Vitaly Vishnevski

G - Martin Gerber / Jean-Sebastien Giguere

Scratches:
LW - Craig Johnson
LW - Garrett Burnett

Injured Reserve:
D - Sandis Ozolinsh  (hip/shoulder strain, 1 week)
LW - Mike Leclerc  (knee surgery, 3 weeks)
LW - Rob Niedermayer  (strained groin, indefinite)

Player Transactions:
(12/ 2)  Recalled C-Tony Martensson from AHL-Cincinnati
(12/ 7)  Assigned C-Tony Martensson to AHL-Cincinnati
(12/ 8)  Recalled C-Mikael Holmqvist from AHL-Cincinnati
(12/14)  Recalled D-Mark Popovic from AHL-Cincinnati
(12/17)  Assigned D-Mark Popovic to AHL-Cincinnati





Atlanta Thrashers  (Sunday 12/21 vs Philadelphia)
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L1 - Ilya Kovalchuk / Randy Robitaille / J.P. Vigier
L2 - Slava Kozlov / Marc Savard / Ronald Petrovicky
L3 - *Zdenek Blatny / Patrik Stefan / Shawn McEachern
L4 - Bill Lindsay / Ben Simon / Francis Lessard

D1 - Chris Tamer / Yannick Tremblay
D2 - Andy Sutton / Daniel Tjarnqvist
D3 - Garnet Exelby / Frantisek Kaberle

G - Byron Dafoe / Pasi Nurminen

Scratches:
D - Tomas Kloucek  (bruised shoulder, d/d)
LW - Jeff Cowan  (mild concussion, d/d)
LW - Serge Aubin  (sore neck/concussion, d/d)

Injured Reserve:
G - Jani Hurme  (herniated disc in back, indefinite)
D - Ivan Majesky  (strained knee, indefinite)
RW - Dany Heatley  (torn knee ligaments, likely playoff return)

Player Transactions:
(11/23)  Assigned LW-Derek MacKenzie to AHL-Chicago
(11/29)  Recalled D-Shawn Heins from AHL-Chicago
(12/ 2)  Traded minor league D-Kirill Safronov and minor league
 C-Simon Gamache to Nashville for D-Tomas Kloucek and
 C-Ben Simon
(12/ 3)  Assigned C-Tommi Santala to AHL-Chicago
(12/11)  Assigned D-Shawn Heins to AHL-Chicago
(12/21)  Recalled LW-Zdenek Blatny to AHL-Chicago
(12/22)  Assigned LW-*Zdenek Blatny to AHL-Chicago





Boston Bruins  (Tuesday 12/23 vs Tampa Bay)
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L1 - Mike Knuble / Joe Thornton / Patrice Bergeron
L2 - Martin Lapointe / Brian Rolston / Glen Murray
L3 - P.J. Axelsson / Travis Green / Rob Zamuner
L4 - Michal Grosek / Ted Donato / Sandy McCarthy

D1 - Sean O'Donnell / Jeff Jillson
D2 - Hal Gill / Nick Boynton
D3 - Dan McGillis / *Ian Moran

G - Andrew Raycroft / Felix Potvin

Scratches:
D - Zdenek Kutlak
LW - Sergei Samsonov  (sprained knee, indefinite)
LW - Doug Doull

Injured Reserve:
D - Jonathan Girard  (likely season-ending broken pelvis)

Player Transactions:
(12/ 5)  Assigned C-Sergei Zinovjev to AHL-Providence
(12/ 6)  Recalled C-Ted Donato and RW-Pat Leahy from
 AHL-Providence
(12/ 9)  Recalled LW-Doug Doull from AHL-Providence
(12/19)  Assigned RW-Pat Leahy to AHL-Providence

Notes:
D-*Ian Moran left Tuesday's game with a sprained ankle, indefinite





Buffalo Sabres   (Tuesday 12/23 vs Ottawa)
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L1 - Jochen Hecht / Daniel Briere / J.P. Dumont
L2 - Taylor Pyatt / Derek Roy / Miroslav Satan
L3 - Ales Kotalik / Curtis Brown / Maxim Afinogenov
L4 - Eric Boulton / Chris Taylor / Adam Mair

D1 - Alexei Zhitnik / Dmitri Kalinin
D2 - Jay McKee / James Patrick
D3 - Brian Campbell  Rory Fitzpatrick

G - Mika Noronen / Martin Biron

Scratches:
D - Henrik Tallinder
LW - Andrew Peters

Injured Reserve:
D - Andy Delmore  (strained groin, d/d)
C - Chris Drury  (separated shoulder, d/d)  
C - Tim Connolly  (likely season-ending post-concussion syndrome)

Player Transactions:
(11/19)  Assigned LW-Jason Botterill to AHL-Rochester
(12/ 8)  Recalled G-Ryan Miller from AHL-Rochester
(12/12)  Assigned G-Ryan Miller to AHL-Rochester
(12/14)  Recalled C-Derek Roy from AHL-Rochester





Calgary Flames  (Tuesday 12/23 vs Edmonton)
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L1 - Oleg Saprykin / Matthew Lombardi / Jarome Iginla
L2 - Martin Gelinas / Dean McAmmond / Shean Donovan
L3 - Josh Green / Stephane Yelle / Chris Clark
L4 - Krzysztof Oliwa / Jason Morgan / Chuck Kobasew

D1 - Jordan Leopold / Robyn Regehr
D2 - Denis Gauthier / Rhett Warrener
D3 - Andrew Ference / Toni Lydman

G - Miika Kiprusoff / Jamie McLennan

Scratches:
D - Steve Montador
LW - Dave Lowry

Injured Reserve:
G - Roman Turek  (sprained knee ligaments, indefinite)
C - Craig Conroy  (sprained knee, 1 week)
C - Steven Reinprecht  (broken ankle, 1 week)
C - Blair Betts  (separated shoulder, d/d)

Player Transactions:
(12/ 2)  Recalled C-Jason Morgan from AHL-Lowell
(12/ 6)  Recalled LW-Josh Green from AHL-Lowell





Carolina Hurricanes  (Monday 12/22 vs Dallas)
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L1 - Eric Staal / Ron Francis / Jeff O'Neill
L2 - Marty Murray / Rod Brind'amour / Erik Cole
L3 - Josef Vasicek / Kevyn Adams / Radim Vrbata
L4 - Craig Adams / Jaroslav Svoboda / Jesse Boulerice

D1 - Bret Hedican / Danny Markov
D2 - Glen Wesley / Sean Hill
D3 - Aaron Ward / Bob Boughner

G - Kevin Weekes / Jamie Storr

Scratches:
D - Bruno St. Jacques
D - Niclas Wallin
LW - Ryan Bayda

Player Transactions:
(11/27)  Assigned D-Tomas Malec to AHL-Lowell

 

 

Chicago Blackhawks  (Tuesday 12/23 vs St. Louis)
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L1 - Ville Nieminen / Brett McLean / Steve Sullivan
L2 - Kyle Calder / Mikhail Yakubov / Tuomo Ruutu
L3 - Travis Moen / Scott Nichol / Mark Bell
L4 - Igor Radulov / Tyler Arnason / Ryan Vandenbussche

D1 - Steve Poapst / Deron Quint
D2 - Burke Henry / Stephane Robidas
D3 - Johnathan Dempsey / Nathan Dempsey

G - Michael Leighton / Steve Passmore

Scratches:
D - Bryan Berard  (strained groin, d/d)
C - Igor Korolev
LW - Jason Strudwick  (separated shoulder, d/d)

Injured Reserve:
G - Jocelyn Thibault  (hip surgery, 5-6 weeks)
D - Alexander Karpovtsev  (ankle surgery, 5-6 weeks)
D - Steve McCarthy  (strained groin, indefinite)
C - Alexei Zhamnov  (back surgery, d/d)
LW - Eric Daze  (back surgery, 7-8 weeks)

League Suspension:
RW - Theoren Fleury

Player Transactions:
(11/28)  Recalled C-Mikhail Yakubov from AHL-Norfolk
(12/ 3)  Assigned D-Johnathan Aitken to AHL-Norfolk
(12/ 8)  Assigned G-Craig Andersson to AHL-Norfolk
(12/ 9)  Recalled G-Steve Passmore from AHL-Norfolk
(12/12)  Recalled D-Burke Henry from AHL-Norfolk
(12/19)  Recalled D-Johnathan Aitken from AHL-Norfolk





Colorado Avalanche   (Saturday 12/20 at Los Angeles)
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L1 - Steve Konowalchuk / Joe Sakic / Milan Hejduk
L2 - Jordan Krestanovich / Andrei Nikolishin / Teemu Selanne
L3 - Peter Worrell / Cody McCormick / Dan Hinote
L4 - (7th Defenseman) / Steve Moore / Jim Cummins

D1 - Karlis Skrastinsh / Adam Foote
D2 - Derek Morris / Rob Blake
D5 - John-Michael Liles
D6 - Chris McAllister
D7 - Martin Skoula

G - Philippe Sauve / David Aebischer

Scratches:
LW - Alex Tanguay  (strained groin, d/d)
LW - Travis Brigley

Injured Reserve:
C - Riku Hahl  (shoulder surgery, 10-12 weeks)
C - Peter Forsberg  (abdominal strain, d/d)
LW - Paul Kariya  (sprained wrist, 1 week) 
LW - Sergei Klyazmine  (knee surgery, indefinite)
RW - Marek Svatos  (season-ending shoulder surgery)

Player Transactions:
(11/30)  Recalled D-Brett Clark and C-Charlie Stephens from 
  AHL-Hershey
(12/ 1)  Assigned D-Brett Clark, C/RW-Charlie Stephens and LW-Brad
  Larsen to AHL-Hershey
(12/ 9)  Assigned C-Steve Moore to AHL-Hershey
(12/19)  Recalled C-Steve Moore from AHL-Hershey






Columbus Blue Jackets   (Tuesday 12/23 vs Phoenix)
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L1 - Rick Nash / Andrew Cassels / Trevor Letowski
L2 - Nikolai Zherdev / Todd Marchant / David Vyborny
L3 - Geoff Sanderson / Manny Malhotra / Tyler Wright
L4 - David Ling / Lasse Pirjeta / Tim Jackman

D1 - Derrick Walser / Scott Lachance
D2 - Darryl Sydor / Todd Rohloff
D3 - Anders Eriksson / Jamie Pushor

G - Fred Brathwaite / Marc Denis

Scratches:
LW - Jody Shelley

Injured Reserve:
D - Luke Richardson  (broken finger, 2-3 weeks)
D - Jaroslav Spacek  (strained groin, 1 week)
D - Rostislav Klesla  (sprained knee ligaments, 1 week)
D - Duvie Westcott  (re-injured sprained ankle, indefinite)

Player Transactions:
(12/ 1)  Activated amateur draft pick RW-Nikolai Zherdev from
  Russia-Central Army
(12/ 2)  Recalled D-Aaron Johnson from AHL-Syracuse
(12/ 4)  Assigned D/RW-Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre and C/LW-Espen
  Knutsen to AHL-Syracuse
(12/ 9)  Assigned D-Aaron Johnson to AHL-Syracuse
(12/10)  Signed and activated free agent D-Jamie Pushor
(12/13)  Assigned RW-Kent McDonell to AHL-Syracuse
(12/14)  Assigned C-Dan Fritsche to USA National Junior Team
(12/15)  Released minor league C-Espen Knutsen
(12/16)  Recalled D/RW-Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre
(12/18)  Assigned C-Andrej Nedorost to Russia-Metallurg Magnitogursk
(12/20)  Recalled RW-Tim Jackman from AHL-Syracuse





Dallas Stars  (Monday 12/22 at Carolina)
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L1 - Brenden Morrow / Mike Modano / Jere Lehtinen
L3 - Pierre Turgeon / Jason Arnott / Bill Guerin
L2 - Rob Dimaio / Stu Barnes / Scott Young
L4 - Blake Sloan / Niko Kapanen / Aaron Downey

D1 - Don Sweeney / Sergei Zubov
D2 - Richard Matvichuk / Philippe Boucher
D3 - Teppo Numminen / Jon Klemm

G - Marty Turco / Jason Bacashihua

Scratches:
D - John Erskine
D - Trevor Daley
LW - Mikael Tjarnqvist

Injured Reserve:
G - Ron Tugnutt  (sprained knee, d/d)
C - Steve Ott  (back strain, indefinite)

Player Transactions:
(11/21)  Waived C-Manny Malhotra  (claimed by Columbus)
(12/ 1)  Recalled D-Jeff MacMillan from AHL-Utah
(12/ 2)  Recalled C-Gavin Morgan from AHL-Utah
(12/ 3)  Assigned LW-Steve Gainey to AHL-Utah
(12/ 4)  Claimed RW-Blake Sloan off waivers from Detroit
(12/ 5)  Assigned RW-Rob Valicevic to AHL-Utah
(12/15)  Assigned D-Jeff MacMillan and C-Gavin Morgan to AHL-Utah
(12/16)  Recalled G-Jason Bacashihua from AHL-Utah





Detroit Red Wings  (Monday 12/22 vs St. Louis)
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L1 - Brendan Shanahan / Henrik Zetterberg / Mark Mowers
L2 - Kris Draper / Pavol Datsyuk / Brett Hull
L3 - Kirk Maltby / Steve Yzerman / Ray Whitney
L4 - Jamie Rivers / Jason Williams / Boyd Devereaux

D1 - Nicklas Lidstrom / Mathieu Schneider
D2 - Jason Woolley / Jiri Fischer
D3 - Niklas Kronwall / Mathieu Dandenault

G - Curtis Joseph / Manny Legace

Scratches:
C - Jiri Hudler
RW - Darryl Bootland

Injured Reserve:
G - Dominik Hasek  (strained groin, 1-2 weeks)
D - Chris Chelios  (knee
D - Derian Hatcher (torn knee ligaments, 3-4 months)
RW - Steve Thomas  (knee surgery, 5-6 weeks)
RW - Darren McCarty  (strained back, indefinite)
RW - Tomas Holmstrom  (strained shoulder, 1 week)

Player Transactions:
(11/28)  Recalled LW-Nathan Robinson from AHL-Grand Rapids
(12/ 1)  Signed and activated free agent RW-Blake Sloan from AHL-
  Grand Rapids
(12/ 2)  Assigned LW-Nathan Robinson to AHL-Grand Rapids
(12/ 3)  Recalled LW-Nathan Robinson from AHL-Grand Rapids
(12/ 3)  Assigned G-Curtis Joseph to AHL-Grand Rapids and waived 
  RW-Blake Sloan  (claimed by Dallas)
(12/ 8)  Assigned LW-Nathan Robinson to AHL-Grand Rapids
(12/ 9)  Recalled G-Curtis Joseph, G-Joey MacDonald, D-Niklas Kronwall,
  C-Jiri Hudler and RW-Kevin Miller from AHL-Grand Rapids
(12/15)  Recalled LW-Ryan Barnes from AHL-Grand Rapids
(12/16)  Assigned G-Joey MacDonald and LW-Ryan Barnes to AHL-
  Grand Rapids
(12/20)  Assigned RW-Kevin Miller to AHL-Grand Rapids





Edmonton Oilers  (Tuesday 12/23 at Calgary)
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L1 - Ryan Smyth / Adam Oates / Brad Isbister
L2 - Radek Dvorak / Shawn Horcoff / Fernando Pisani
L3 - Raffi Torres / Mike York / Ales Hemsky 
L4 - Jason Chimera / Jarret Stoll / Georges Laraque 

D1 - Eric Brewer / Jason Smith   
D2 - Marc-Andre Bergeron / Steve Staios  
D3 - Alexei Semenov / Cory Cross   

G - Tommy Salo / Ty Conklin

Scratches:
D - Scott Ferguson
LW - Ethan Moreau

Injured Reserve:
C - Marty Reasoner  (broken ankle/torn knee cartilage, d/d)

Player Transactions:
(11/27)  Recalled D-Bobby Allen from AHL-Toronto
(11/28)  Assigned G-Stephen Valiquette, C-Peter Sarno and LW-
  Tony Salmalainen to AHL-Toronto
(12/16)  Traded the rights to unsigned restricted free agent C-Mike
Comrie
  to Philadelphia for D-Jeff Woywitka (assigned to AHL-Toronto), 
  a 2004-1st round draft pick and a 2005-3rd round draft pick
(12/17)  Assigned D-Bobby Allen to AHL-Toronto

 

 

Florida Panthers  (Tuesday 12/23 at Toronto)
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L1 - Niklas Hagman / Olli Jokinen / Viktor Kozlov
L2 - Kristian Huselius / Matt Cullen / Valeri Bure
L3 - Juraj Kolnik / Stephen Weiss / Nathan Horton
L4 - Byron Ritchie / Craig MacDonald / Marcus Nilson

D1 - Jay Bouwmeester / Mike Van Ryn
D2 - Andreas Lilja / Mathieu Biron
D3 - Pavel Trnka / Lyle Odelein

G - Roberto Luongo / Steve Shields  (played)

Scratches:
D - Filip Novak
D - Lukas Krajicek
RW - Ivan Novoseltsev

Injured Reserve:
D - Branislav Mezei  (fractured bone near eye, 4-6 weeks)
D - Kristian Kudroc  (ankle surgery re-hab, indefinite)
LW - Darcy Hordichuk  (broken foot, d/d)
LW - Eric Messier  (dislocated wrist, 2 weeks)
RW - Mikael Samuelsson  (broken jaw, 1 week)
RW - David Morisset  (shoulder and ankle re-hab, indefinite)

Player Transactions:
(11/22)  Recalled D-Grant McNeill and RW-Juraj Kolnik from AHL-San 
  Antonio
(12/ 1)  Assigned D-Grant McNeill to AHL-San Antonio
(12/ 2)  Released RW-Jaroslav Bednar
(12/11)  Recalled D-Lukas Krajicek from AHL-San Antonio
(12/17)  Assigned C-Vaclav Nedorost to AHL-San Antonio





Los Angeles Kings  (Monday 12/22 at Vancouver)
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L1 - Luc Robitaille / Josef Stumpel / Zigmund Palffy
L2 - Alexander Frolov / Eric Belanger / Trent Klatt
L3 - Jon Sim / Sean Avery / Brad Chartrand
L4 - Kip Brennan / Mike Cammalleri / John Tripp

D1 - Maxim Kuznetsov / Jaroslav Modry
D2 - Mattias Norstrom / Joe Corvo
D3 - Tim Gleason / Jason Holland

G - Cristobal Huet / Milan Hnilicka

Scratches:
G - Roman Cechmanek  (re-injured hip, d/d)
LW - Martin Straka  (childbirth absence, d/d)
LW - Noah Clarke

Injured Reserve:
D - Lubomir Visnovsky  (concussion, indefinite)
D - Aaron Miller  (pinched nerve in neck, d/d)
D - Brad Norton  (hand surgery, d/d)
C - Jason Allison  (whiplash/post-concussion syndrome, indefinite)
C - Esa Pirnes  (concussion, indefinite)
C - Jared Aulin  (shoulder surgery, 3-4 months)
C - Derek Armstrong  (broken finger, 2 weeks)
LW - Adam Deadmarsh  (concussion/strained groin, indefinite)
RW - Dustin Brown  (sprained ankle, indefinite)
RW - Ian Laperriere  (concussion, indefinite)

Player Transactions:
(11/26)  Recalled C-Steve Kelly from AHL-Manchester
(11/27)  Assigned D-Tim Gleason to AHL-Manchester
(11/28)  Recalled C-Jerrod Smithson and RW-John Tripp from
  AHL-Manchester
(11/30)  Traded minor league D-Martin Strbak and European LW-
  Sergei Anshakov to Pittsburgh for LW-Martin Straka
(12/ 2)  Assigned C-Steve Kelly to AHL-Manchester
(12/12)  Recalled G-Milan Hnilicka from AHL-Manchester
(12/14)  Assigned C-Jerrod Smithson to AHL-Manchester
(12/15)  Recalled D-Tim Gleason and LW-Noah Clarke from
  AHL-Manchester
(12/18)  Assigned G-Milan Hnilicka and RW-John Tripp  to AHL-
  Manchester
(12/21)  Recalled G-Milan Hnilicka and RW-John Tripp from AHL-
  Manchester





Minnesota Wild  (Tuesday 12/23 vs Nashville)
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L1 - Alexandre Daigle / Sergei Zholtok / Marian Gaborik
L2 - Antti Laaksonen / Wes Walz / Richard Park
L3 - Matt Johnson / Jim Dowd / Andrew Brunette
L4 - Pierre-Marc Bouchard / Jason Wiemer / Christoph Brandner  

D1 - Filip Kuba / Andrei Zyuzin
D2 - Brad Bombardir / Nick Schultz
D3 - Alex Henry / Willie Mitchell

G - Manny Fernandez / Dwayne Roloson

Scratches:
C/LW - Eric Chouinard
LW - Pascal Dupuis  (childbirth absence, d/d)

Injured:
D - Brad Brown  (broken wrist, 7-8 weeks)
C - Marc Chouinard  (broken jaw, 1 week) 

Player Transactions:
(11/28)  Assigned D/RW-Jason Marshall to AHL-Houston
(12/ 9)  Traded minor league D-Chris Dyment to Phoenix for
  D-Michael Schutte  (assigned to AHL-Houston)
(12/10)  Assigned RW-Brett Burns to Canadian National Junior Team
(12/16)  Assigned C-Darby Hendrickson to AHL-Houston
(12/17)  Traded a 2004-5th round draft pick to Philadelphia for
  C/LW-Eric Chouinard
(12/18)  Recalled D-Erik Reitz and RW-Kyle Wanvig from AHL-Houston
(12/21)  Assigned D-Erik Reitz and RW-Kyle Wanvig to AHL-Houston





Montreal Canadiens   (Tuesday 12/23 at Washington)
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L1 - Jan Bulis / Saku Koivu / Michael Ryder
L2 - Niklas Sundstrom / Joey Juneau / Andreas Dackell
L3 - Pierre Dagenais / Mike Ribeiro / Richard Zednik
L4 - Chad Kilger / Benoit Gratton / Darren Langdon

D1 - Francis Bouillon / Craig Rivet
D2 - Sheldon Souray / Stephane Quintal
D3 - Andrei Markov / Mike Komisarek

G - Mathieu Garon / Jose Theodore

Scratches:
C - Yanic Perreault  (strained groin, d/d)
RW - Donald Audette

Injured Reserve:
D - Patrice Brisebois  (strained groin, 1 week)
C/LW - Steve Begin  (shoulder surgery, 8-10 weeks)

Player Transactions:
(11/23)  Assigned D-Ron Hainsey and LW-Marcel Hossa to 
  AHL-Hamilton
(11/24)  Recalled D-Mike Komisarek and LW-Pierre Dagenais
  from AHL-Hamilton
(12/16)  Assigned RW-Jason Ward to AHL-Hamilton
(12/19)  Recalled C-Benoit Gratton from AHL-Hamilton





Nashville Predators  (Tuesday 12/23 at Minnesota)
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L1 - Jeremy Stevnson / David Legwand / Scott Walker
L2 - Timofei Shishkanov / Greg Johnson / Adam Hall
L3 - Martin Erat / Denis Arkhipov / Vladimir Orzsagh
L4 - Jim McKenzie / Rem Murray / Jordin Tootoo

D1 - Dan Hamhuis / Jason York
D2 - Kimmo Timonen / Mark Eaton
D3 - Robert Schnabel / Marek Zidlicky

G - Tomas Vokoun / Chris Mason

Scratched:
D - Andrew Hutchinson

Injured Reserve:
D - Stan Neckar  (strained groin, indefinite)
D - Jamie Allison  (strained groin, d/d)
LW - Scott Hartnell  (ankle, 2 weeks)
LW - Andreas Johansson  (concussion, indefinite)
RW - Scottie Upshall  (sprained knee, 3-4 weeks)

Player Transactions:
(11/26)  Signed free agent D-Stan Neckar from Tampa Bay
  (to be activated)
(12/ 2)  Traded D-Tomas Kloucek and minor league C-Ben Simon
  to Atlanta for D-Kirill Safronov and LW-Simon Gamche (both
  assigned to AHL-Milwaukee)
(12/11)  Recalled D-Andrew Hutchinson from AHL-Milwaukee
(12/17)  Traded D-Wade Brookbank to Vancouver for future
  considerations
(12/16)  Assigned D-Robert Schnabel and C-Vernon Fiddler to
  AHL-Milwaukee
(12/17)  Recalled D-Ray Schultz and RW-Scottie Upshall from
  AHL-Milwaukee
(12/21)  Recalled D-Robert Schnabel and LW-Timofei Shishkanov
  from AHL-Milwaukee
(12/23)  Assigned D-Ray Schultz to AHL-Milwaukee





New Jersey Devils  (Sunday 12/21 at Chicago)
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L1 - Jeff Friesen /Erik Rasmussen / Patrik Elias
L2 - Sergei Brylin / Scott Gomez / Grant Marshall
L3 - Jay Pandolfo / John Madden / Brian Gionta
L4 - Jiri Bicek / Igor Larionov / Michael Rupp

D1 - Scott Stevens / Paul Martin
D2 - Colin White / Scott Niedermayer
D3 - Tommy Albelin / Brian Rafalski

G - Martin Brodeur / Corey Schwab

Scratches:
D - David Hale  (flu, d/d)
LW - Rob Skrlac
LW - Christian Berglund  (hip strain, d/d)

Injured Reserve:
RW - Turner Stevenson  (strained groin, indefinite)
RW - Jamie Langenbrunner  (knee surgery, 1 week)

Player Transactions:
(12/ 4)  Assigned G-Scott Clemmensen to AHL-Albany
(12/ 5)  Recalled D-Sean Brown from AHL-Albany
(12/ 8)  Assigned D-Sean Brown to AHL-Albany
(12/10)  Recalled G-Ari Ahonen and LW-Jiri Bicek from AHL-Albany
(12/14)  Recalled LW-Rob Skrlac from AHL-Albany
(12/17)  Assigned G-Ari Ahonen to AHL-Albany

 

 

New York Islanders  (Friday 12/26 at New Jersey)
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L1 - Arron Asham / Oleg Kvasha / Mariusz Czerkawski
L2 - Shawn Bates / Mike Peca / Trent Hunter
L3 - Jason Blake / Dave Scatchard / Mark Parrish
L4 - Justin Papineau / Justin Mapletoft / Mattias Weinhandl

D1 - Roman Hamrlik / Radek Martinek
D2 - Kenny Jonsson / Adrian Aucoin
D3 - Eric Cairns / Janne Niinimaa

G - Garth Snow / Rick DiPietro

Scratches:
D - Mattias Timander
RW - Eric Godard  (flu, d/d)

Injured Reserve:
D - Sven Butenschon  (flu, d/d)
C - Alexei Yashin  (severed tendons in wrist, 10-12 weeks)

Player Transactions:
(11/26)  Assigned D-Mattias Timander to AHL-Bridgeport
(12/ 1)  Recalled C-Jeff Hamilton and RW-Mattias Weinhandl from
  AHL-Bridgeport
(12/ 5)  Assigned LW-Sean Bergenheim to Finland National Junior Team
(12/ 6)  Assigned C-Jeff Hamilton to AHL-Bridgeport
(12/21)  Recalled D-Mattias Timander from AHL-Bridgeport





New York Rangers   (Friday 12/26 vs Toronto)
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L1 - Jan Hlavac / Petr Nedved / Pascal Rheaume
L2 - Martin Rucinsky / Bobby Holik / Aleksei Kovalev
L3 - Chris Simon / Eric Lindros / Matthew Barnaby
L4 - Dan Lacouture / Mark Messier / Jed Ortmeyer

D1 - Vladimir Malakhov / Boris Mironov
D2 - Brian Leetch / Tom Poti
D3 - Greg DeVries / Darius Kasparaitis

G - Mike Dunham / Jussi Markkanen

Scratches:
D - Dale Purinton
D - Joel Bouchard
RW - Anson Carter  (sore ribs, d/d)

Injured Reserve:
G - Dan Blackburn  (shoulder, possible February return)
LW - Richard Scott  (concussion, indefinite)
RW - Pavel Bure (knee surgery rehab/failed physical, likely 
        season-ending)
RW - Jamie Lundmark  (sprained knee ligaments, 4 weeks)

Player Transactions:
(11/24)  Recalled LW-Richard Scott from AHL-Hartford
(12/12)  Recalled RW-Jason MacDonald from AHL-Hartford
(12/19)  Assigned RW-Jason MacDonald to AHL-Hartford





Ottawa Senators  (Friday 12/26 vs Pittsburgh)
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L1 - Peter Schaefer / Todd White / Daniel Alfredsson
L2 - Bryan Smolinski / Jason Spezza / Marian Hossa
L1 - Petr Schastlivy / Mike Fisher / Martin Havlat
L4 - Antoine Vermette / Shaun Van Allen / Chris Neil

D1 - Zdeno Chara / Chris Phillips
D2 - Wade Redden / Karel Rachunek
D3 - Curtis Leschyshyn / Shane Hnidy

G - Patrick Lalime / Martin Prusek

Scratches:
D - Brian Pothier  (concussion, d/d)
C - Radek Bonk  (flu, d/d)

Injured Reserve:
D - Anton Volchenkov  (shoulder surgery, 3-4 months)
LW - Vaclav Varada  (knee, 3 weeks)

Player Transactions:
(11/29)  Assigned RW-Josh Langfeld to AHL-Binghamton
(11/30)  Recalled C/LW-Antoine Vermette from AHL-Binghamton
(12/ 2)  Recalled G-Ray Emery from AHL-Binghamton
(12/ 5)  Assigned G-Ray Emery to AHL-Binghamton
(12/ 9)  Recalled G-Ray Emery from AHL-Binghamton
(12/18)  Claimed D-Wade Brookbank off waivers from Vancouver
  (assigned to AHL-Binghamton)
(12/19)  Assigned G-Ray Emery to AHL-Binghamton





Philadelphia Flyers   (Tuesday 12/23 at NY Islanders)
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L1 - Simon Gagne / Jeremy Roenick / Mark Recchi
L2 - John Leclair / Michal Handzus / Tony Amonte
L3 - Sami Kapanen / Keith Primeau / Justin Williams
L4 - Todd Fedoruk / Radovan Somik / Donald Brashear

D1 - Chris Therien / Eric Desjardins
D2 - Eric Weinrich / Kim Johnsson
D3 - Jim Vandermeer / Marcus Ragnarsson

G - Jeff Hackett / Antero Niittymaki

Scratches:
G - Robert Esche  (strained groin, d/d)
D - Joni Pitkanen  (flu, d/d)
C - Mike Comrie  (just signed, to be activated)
C/RW - Patrick Sharp

Injured Reserve:
C - Claude Lapointe  (substance abuse program, indefinite)

Player Transactions:          
(11/29)  Recalleded D-Jim Vandermeer and LW-Todd Fedoruk from 
  AHL-Philadelphia
(12/ 8)  Recalled G-Antero Niittymaki from AHL-Philadelphia
(12/15)  Assigned G-Antero Niittymaki from AHL-Philadelphia
(12/16)  Traded minor league D-Jeff Woywitka, a 2004-1st round 
  draft pick and a 2005-3rd round draft pick to Edmonton for
  C-Mike Comrie
(12/17)  Traded C/LW-Eric Chouinard to Minnesota for a 2004-5th 
  round draft pick
(12/18)  Recalled C/RW-Patrick Sharp from AHL-Philadelphia
(12/23)  Recalled G-Antero Niittymaki from AHL-Philadelphia





Phoenix Coyotes  (Tuesday 12/23 at Columbus)
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L1 - Jeff Taffe / Daymond Langkow / Shane Doan
L2 - Ladislav Nagy / Jan Hrdina / Branko Radivojevic
L3 - Fredrik Sjostrom / Mike Sillinger / Landon Wilson
L4 - Tyson Nash / Chris Gratton / Andrei Nazarov

D1 - Ossi Vaananen / David Tanabe
D2 - Paul Mara / Cale Hulse
D3 - Radoslav Suchy / Brad Ference

G - Sean Burke / Brian Boucher

Scratches:
D - Matthew Spiller
LW - Brian Savage

Injured Reserve:
G - Zac Bierk  (hip flexor, indefinite)
D - Bryan Helmer  (shoulder surgery, 10-12 weeks)
LW - Dan Cleary  (separated shoulder, 2-3 weeks)
RW - Mike Johnson  (shoulder surgery, possible playoff return)

Player Transactions:
(11/26)  Recalled RW-Fredrik Sjostrom from AHL-Springfield
(11/29)  Assigned C/LW-Krys Kolanos to AHL-Springfield
(12/14)  Traded minor league D-Michael Schutte to Minnesota for
  D-Chris Dyment  (assigned to AHL-Springfield)





Pittsburgh Penguins  (Friday 12/26 at Ottawa)
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L1 - Ryan Malone / Rico Fata / Alexei Morozov
L2 - Tomas Surovy / Brian Holzinger / Tom Kostopoulos
L3 - Konstantin Koltsov / Milan Kraft / Matt Bradley
L4 - Steve McKenna / Mike Eastwood / Kelly Buchberger

D1 - Dick Tarnstrom / Dan Focht
D2 - Brooks Orpik / Drake Berehowsky
D3 - Josef Melichar / Martin Strbak

G - Sebastien Caron / Jean-Sebastien Aubin

Scratches:
D - Marc Bergevin
D - Patrick Boileau

Injured Reserve:
D - Michal Rozsival  (re-injured knee cartilage, indefinite)
C - Mario Lemieux  (strained hip, indefinite)
LW - Ramzi Abid  (torn knee ligaments, indefinite)

Player Transactions:
(11/30)  Traded LW-Martin Straka to Los Angeles for D-Martin Strbak
  and RW-Sergei Anshakov  (remains with Russia-CSKA Moscow)
(12/ 2)  Assigned RW-Tom Kostopoulos to AHL-Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
(12/ 3)  Recalled C-Kris Beech and LW-Matt Murley from AHL-Wilkes-
  Barre/Scranton
(12/10)  Assigned G-Marc-Andre Fleury to Canadian National Junior Team
(12/11)  Recalled G-Jean-Sebastien Aubin from AHL-Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
(12/14)  Assigned C-Kris Beech to AHL-Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
(12/16)  Recalled RW-Tom Kostopoulos from AHL-Wilkes-
  Barre/Scranton
(12/18)  Assigned D-Michal Rozsival and LW-Matt Murley to
  AHL-Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
(12/21)  Recalled D-Michal Rozsival from AHL-Wilkes-Barre/Scranton

 

 

St. Louis Blues   (Friday 12/26 vs Colorado)
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L1 - Keith Tkachuk / Pavol Demitra / Scott Mellanby
L2 - Dallas Drake / Doug Weight / Eric Nickulas
L3 - Mike Danton / Ryan Johnson / Mark Rycroft
L4 - Steve McLaren / Steve Martins / Jamal Mayers

D1 - Murray Baron / Chris Pronger
D2 - Bryce Salvador / Jeff Finley
D3 - Christian Backman / Alexander Khavanaov

G -  Chris Osgood / Brent Johnson

Scratches:
D - Christian Laflamme
RW - Jeff Heerema

Injured Reserve: 
D - Al MacInnis  (possible season-ending eye surgery)
D - Barret Jackman  (strained shoulder, indefinite)
D - Matt Walker  (re-aggrevated strained groin, indefinite)
C - Petr Cajanek  (strained neck/headaches, 1 week)
RW - Reed Low  (strained ribs, 3-4 weeks)
RW - Eric Boguniecki  (re-aggravated strained shoulder, indefinite)

Player Transactions:
(11/26)  Recalled D-Christian Backman from AHL-Worcester
(11/29)  Recalled D-Aris Brimanis and RW-Eric Boguniecki from
  AHL-Worcester
(12/ 3)  Assigned D-Aris Brimanis to AHL-Worcester
(12/ 4)  Recalled D-Christian Laflamme from AHL-Worcester
(12/ 9)  Assigned RW-Jeff Heerema to AHL-Worcester
(12/11)  Recalled RW-Jeff Heerema from AHL-Worcester
(12/13)  Recalled LW-Steve McLaren from AHL-Worcester
(12/17)  Recalled C-Steve Martins from AHL-Worcester
(12/22)  Signed and activated free agent LW-Scott Pellerin from
  AHL-Worcester
(12/27)  Assigned LW-Scott Pellerin to AHL-Worcester





San Jose Sharks  (Saturday 12/27 at Los Angeles)
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L1 - Vincent Damphousse / Patrick Marleau / Niko Dimitrakos
L2 - Nils Ekman / Alyn McCauley / Marco Sturm
L3 - Scott Thornton / Wayne Primeau / Jonathan Cheechoo
L4 - Mark Smith / Mike Ricci / Todd Harvey

D1 - Scott Hannan / Brad Stuart
D2 - Rob Davison / Kyle McLaren
D3 - Mike Rathje / Tom Preissing

G - Vesa Toskala / Seamus Kotyk

Scratches:
D - Christian Ehrhoff
RW - Alexander Korolyuk
RW - Scott Parker

Injured Reserve:
RW - Milan Michalek  (knee surgery, 8-10 weeks)

Player Transactions:
(12/ 3)  Assigned D-Jim Fahey to AHL-Cleveland
(12/ 8)  Assigned G-Seamus Kotyk to AHL-Cleveland
(12/11)  Recalled C-Pat Rissmiller from AHL-Cleveland
(12/13)  Assigned C-Pat Rissmiller to AHL-Cleveland





Tampa Bay Lightning  (Saturday 12/27 vs Boston)
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L1 - Fredrik Modin / Brad Richards / Martin St. Louis
L2 - Dimitri Afanasenkov / Vincent Lecavalier / Shane Willis
L3 - Cory Stillman / Tim Taylor / Dave Andreychuk
L4 - Ruslan Fedotenko / Martin Cibak / Andre Roy

D1 - Jassen Cullimore / Cory Sarich
D2 - Brad Lukowich / Dan Boyle
D3 - Nolan Pratt / Pavel Kubina

G - John Grahame / Nikolai Khabibulin

Scratches:
D - Darren Rumble
LW - Chris Dingman
RW - Ben Clymer

Injured Reserve:
None

Player Transactions:
(11/30)  Recalled RW-Shane Willis from AHL-Hershey
(12/ 1)  Assigned C-Martin Cibak to AHL-Hershey
(12/ 3)  Assigned C-Alexander Svitov to AHL-Hamilton
(12/ 5)  Recalled C-Martin Cibak from AHL-Hershey





Toronto Maple Leafs  (Saturday 12/27 at NY Islanders)
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L1 - Gary Roberts / Mats Sundin / Tom Fitzgerald
L2 - Darcy Tucker / Nik Antropov / Tie Domi
L3 - Alexei Ponikarovsky / Joe Nieuwendyk / Owen Nolan
L4 - Wade Belak / Matt Stajan / Nathan Perrott

D1 - Bryan McCabe / Karel Pilar
D2 - Aki Berg / Ken Klee                             
D3 - Bryan Marchment / Richard Jackman

G - Ed Belfour / *Mikael Tellqvist  (emergency status)

Scratches:
G - Trevor Kidd  (strained groin, d/d)
C - Robert Reichel  (separated shoulder, d/d)
C - Clark Wilm
RW - Mikael Renberg  (personal absence, 1 week)

Injured Reserve:
D - Tomas Kaberle  (sore shoulder, 1 week)
RW - Alexander Mogilny  (hip surgery, 8-10 weeks)

Player Transactions:
(12/ 2)  Recalled G-Trevor Kidd from AHL-St. John's
(12/ 3)  Assigned G-Mikael Tellqvist to AHL-St. John's
(12/ 6)  Assigned C-Harold Druken to AHL-St. John’s
(12/ 9)  Assigned D-Richard Jackman to AHL-St. John’s
(12/11)  Recalled G-Mikael Tellqvist and D-Richard Jackman 
  from AHL-St. John’s
(12/22)  Assigned G-Mikael Tellqvist to AHL-St. John’s
(12/27)  Recalled G-Mikael Tellqvist and C-Clark Wilm 
  from AHL-St. John’s
(12/28)  Assigned G-*Mikael Tellqvist to AHL-St. John's





Vancouver Canucks  (Saturday 12/27 vs Edmonton)
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L1 - Markus Naslund / Brendan Morrison / Todd Bertuzzi
L2 - Daniel Sedin / Henrik Sedin / Jason King
L3 - Magnus Arvedson / Trevor Linden / Brad May
L4 - Jarkko Ruutu / Artem Chubarov / Matt Cooke

D1 - Marek Malik / Ed Jovanovski
D2 - Mattius Ohlund / Brent Sopel
D3 - Bryan Allen / Jiri Slegr

G - Alex Auld / Dan Cloutier

Scratches:
D - Sami Salo  (strained knee, d/d)
RW - Mike Keane

Injured Reserve:
G - Johan Hedberg  (broken wrist, d/d)
C - Mats Lindgren  (back surgery, 4 weeks)

Player Transactions:
(12/ 9)  Signed and activated free agent G-Chris Levesque from
  CIS-U. of British Columbia
(12/10)  Recalled G-Alexander Auld from AHL-Manitoba
(12/11)  Released G-Chris Levesque
(12/12)  Assigned C-Ryan Kesler to AHL-Manitoba
(12/15)  Recalled C-Fedor Fedorov from AHL-Manitoba
(12/16)  Traded future considerations to Nashville for D-Wade Brookbank
(12/17)  Waived D-Wade Brookbank  (claimed by Ottawa)
(12/18)  Assigned C-Fedor Fedorov to AHL-Manitoba





Washington Capitals  (Saturday 12/27 vs Buffalo)
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L1 - Kip Miller / Robert Lang / Jaromir Jagr            
L2 - Mike Grier / Dainius Zubrus / Petr Bondra
L3 - Matt Pettinger / Jeff Halpern / Trent Whitfield
L4 - Colin Forbes / Boyd Gordon / Bates Battaglia

D1 - Brendan Witt / Sergei Gonchar
D2 - Joel Kwiatkowski / Jason Doig
D3 - Rick Berry / Steve Eminger

G - Olaf Kolzig / Maxime Ouellet

Scratches:
D - Dwayne Zinger
RW - Stephen Peat
RW - Brian Willsie

Inured Reserve:
G - Sebastien Charpentier  (strained hip, indefinite)
D - John Gruden  (concussion, indefinite)
C - Michael Nylander  (broken leg, indefinite)

Player Transactions:
(12/10)  Recalled D-Dwayne Zinger from AHL-Portland
(12/11)  Assigned LW-Alexander Semin to Russian National Junior Team
(12/12)  Assigned LW-Ivan Ciernik to AHL-Portland
(12/13)  Recalled C-Trent Whitfield from AHL-Portland
(12/14)  Assigned G-Rastislav Stana to AHL-Portland
(12/15)  Recalled G-Maxime Ouellet from AHL-Portland
(12/19)  Assigned C-Brian Sutherby to AHL-Portland
(12/20)  Signed and activated free agent  C/LW-Colin Forbes from 
  AHL-Portland