Devils goalie Cory Schneider is hoping to play at the Panthers on Thursday. It would be Schneider's first game since he sustained a grade 1 MCL sprain of his right knee against the Stars on March 4.

New Jersey is seven points out of a Stanley Cup Playoff spot with six games to play.

"We're going to play it by ear," Schneider said. "I'm not going to make any promises, but [Thursday] is probably the earliest and hopefully at least for sure by Saturday."

Lightning defenseman Anton Stralman will miss the rest of the regular season after suffering a non-displaced fracture of his left fibula Friday night.

Stralman left in the first period of the Lightning's win over the Islanders with the injury after getting checked by Anders Lee.

Coach Jon Cooper didn't rule out a return at some point in the playoffs. 

Stars forward Tyler Seguin will miss three to four weeks with a cut Achilles tendon, the team announced Friday.

According to the team, it's a 15 percent cut of the tendon. With that timeline, Dallas GM Jim Nill said Seguin would return in time for the playoffs. Seguin underwent surgery Friday morning.

Evengi Malkin will be sidelined six to eight weeks with an upper-body injury, the Penguins announced Saturday.

Malkin is second on the Penguins with 27 goals and 31 assists in 57 games. He missed 10 games earlier this season with an undisclosed injury. The team went 5-4-1 without him.