Notes for the Sheet

It hasn't been a very productive start to the year for Joni Pitkanen of the Hurricanes, who sat out of Wednesday's game with a cold. Pitkanen has been battling through a lower-body injury, which caused him to miss time and now illness has kept him out of the line-up. He's only got 5 points in the 11 games he's managed to figure into, which is surprisingly the second best among Carolina defenders.

Brian Rolston was held out of the Devils game against the Ducks on Wednesday night with an undisclosed injury. The injury is not said to be serious, as he is making the trip with the team for their next game in Pittsburgh tonight. By the sounds of things, it does look like he'll figure into the line-up, but I suppose that won't be confirmed until closer to game time.