Pre-Game Report

Here are some news and notes heading into tonight’s games:

• Pavol Demitra (leg) is in the line up tonight for the Wild.
• Pierre-Marc Bouchard (flu) will return to the team’s line up tonight.
• Jean-Sebastien Gigure (head) is out tonight for the Ducks.
• Ryan Getzlaf (shoulder) is also out for Anaheim.
• Erik Ersberg will start in between the pipes tonight for Los Angeles.
• Scott Thornton (upper-body) is out tonight for the Kings.

For Illegal Curve, I’m Richard Pollock.