Several players were missing from practice this morning, as Brendan Gallagher took a therapy day, and Alexei Emelin along with Alex Radulov are fighting the flu. Nikita Nesterov and Brian Flynn are injured.
With Emelin out, the defence pairings looked similar to what we would expect. It remains to be seen whether these will be used Saturday against the Ottawa Senators. Nathan Beaulieu found himself back with Jamie Benn, while Brandon Davidson was moved up into the second pair.
Duos défense ce matin
(Sans Emelin)
Markov-Weber
Davidson-Petry
Beaulieu-Benn#CH #RDS— Patrick Friolet (@PFrioletRDS) March 16, 2017Up front, without a couple of players there were some different combinations.