- In a report from Stefen Rosner of The Hockey News, New York Islanders forward Matt Martin was not on the ice for practice, and rookie forward Ruslan Iskhakov has appeared to take his spot in the lineup. The change could be for a few reasons, as the Islanders may be looking to inject more offense into their lineup, after failing to score more than one goal in Game 1, and failing to close out Game 2 after holding a lead. Furthermore, Martin could be a tad banged up after Game 2, as he got into a fight with Carolina Hurricanes forward Stefan Noesen towards the end of the game.
- Not suiting up in any games for the Hurricanes so far this playoffs, Chip Alexander of the Raleigh News & Observer reports that Carolina forward Jesper Fast is once again not on the ice for practice. This rules him out for tomorrow night’s game, as head coach of the Hurricanes, Rod Brind’Amour relayed earlier that if Fast is unable to practice today, he would not be in the lineup for Game 3.