NHL Live will have reports from around the League on Friday, including visits from Eddie Olczyk in Chicago for the Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Blackhawks, and Anaheim Ducks rinkside reporter Kent French talking about the Ducks and the Minnesota Wild.

Also on the show will be Winnipeg Sun reporter Ken Wiebe to preview the Winnipeg Jets and Colorado Avalanche.

TORONTO -- The New Jersey Devils announced that right wing Jaromir Jagr and defenseman Adam Larsson will not play against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday because of the flu.

Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello also said forward Patrik Elias will not play Thursday after sustaining a groin injury in a loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday.

Lamoriello said Jagr did not sustain a concussion on a hit by the Penguins' Robert Bortuzzo with 2:03 remaining in the second period of the Devils' game in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. Jagr did not return after the hit; Bortuzzo was suspended for two games by the NHL Department of Player Safety on Wednesday.

"Jagr was sick before the game the other night [in Pittsburgh]," Lamoriello said, according to NJ.com. "He does not have a concussion. We went through all the tests after the game, last night and this morning. He just can't go. He's completely dehydrated so we sent him back to the hotel."

Boston University freshman Jack Eichel, a possible top-two pick at the 2015 NHL Draft, Wednesday was named the Hockey East Warrior Player of the Month for November.

Eichel led all Hockey East players in points (13), assists (nine) and plus/minus rating (plus-7) in November on the way to helping the Terriers (9-3-1) climb to the No. 1 ranking last week in both national polls for the first time in more than four years.

He had at least one point in each of the Terriers' first six games of November and had a point in seven of nine games in the month. He scored in overtime and had an assist in a 3-2 victory against the University of Maine on Nov. 21. It was one of five multipoint games in November.

London Knights center Mitchell Marner, an A-rated skater on NHL Central Scouting's players to watch list for the 2015 NHL Draft, was named the Ontario Hockey League's player of the month for November on Wednesday.

Marner had 18 goals and 32 points in 12 games during the month, recording at least one point in every game. Marner is currently riding a 16-game point streak for the Knights, during which he has 21 goals and 43 points.

St. Louis Blues general manager Doug Armstrong joined NHL Live to discuss the signing of goalie Martin Brodeur. The NHL's all-time leader in wins (688) and shutouts (124) signed a one-year contract with the Blues on Tuesday.

Armstrong began talking with Brodeur's agent, Pat Brisson, in the summer, when he told him he was comfortable with Jake Allen and Brian Elliott as his goaltenders. Brisson called Armstrong back in October stating that Brodeur still wanted to play and to contact him if anything changed.

After Elliott sustained a lower-body injury Nov. 25, Armstrong called Brisson to inquire if Brodeur still wanted to play. Talks picked up in the next 24 hours before Brodeur was brought in on a tryout and eventually signed.

The Russian Ice Hockey Federation on Tuesday revealed its 37-man preliminary camp roster for the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship.

The camp will help determine the 23-man roster for Russia at the 2015 WJC, which begins Dec. 26 in Montreal and Toronto.

Russia's camp roster includes two first-round NHL draft picks: forward Nikolay Goldobin, who was chosen No. 27 in the 2014 NHL Draft by the San Jose Sharks, and defenseman Nikita Zadorov, selected No. 16 in the 2013 draft by the Buffalo Sabres.

Goalie Jaroslav Halak will tie a New York Islanders record with a win Tuesday against the Ottawa Senators at Nassau Coliseum.

Halak, who was the NHL's First Star of the Week for last week, has won nine consecutive decisions, a personal best. He can tie the team record of 10 straight wins set by Hockey Hall of Fame goalie Billy Smith in 1982.

Halak went 9-1-0 with a 1.37 goals-against average and .950 save percentage in 10 November games. He was 3-0 with one shutout, a 0.95 GAA and .964 save percentage in games against Metropolitan Division opponents the Philadelphia Flyers, Washington Capitals and New Jersey Devils last week.

"It's a reflection of everybody, not only myself," Halak told the Islanders website Monday. "You need your teammates to perform well and everybody needs to do their job on the ice. We just need to work hard every day and try to do our best every game we play. Because if you don't play well the next game, it doesn't mean anything what we did in the last game."

NHL Live with Steve Mears and E.J. Hradek, at 5 p.m. ET on NHL Network, will have coverage of USA Hockey's selection of their camp roster for the 2015 World Junior Championship. Jim Johannson, their assistant director of hockey operations, will call into the show at 6:15 p.m. to discuss the team.

Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman Scott Stevens will be part of the show for the first hour and NHL.com senior writer Dan Rosen joins us at 6 p.m.

Connor McDavid, expected to be one of the top picks at the 2015 NHL Draft, was among the players invited to Hockey Canada's Canadian National Junior Team selection camp that begins Dec. 11 in Toronto.

The camp will help determine the final roster Canada will use at the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship, which will be held Dec. 26 to Jan. 5 in Montreal and Toronto.

McDavid, a center with the Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League, has missed the past eight games because of a fracture in his right hand sustained Nov. 11. He still is second in the OHL with 51 points (16 goals, 35 assists) in 18 games.

He said he's hopeful his hand heals in time that he can play in the tournament.

Besides McDavid, left wing Lawson Crouse of the Kingston Frontenacs of the OHL is the only other 2015 NHL Draft-eligible player invited to the camp. McDavid and Crouse are A-rated skaters on NHL Central Scouting's November players to watch list.

NHL Live with Steve Mears and Butch Goring, at 5 p.m. ET on NHL Network, welcomes Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman Scott Stevens to the studio.

New York Islanders goaltender Jaroslav Halak, the NHL's First Star of the Week, has won his past nine decisions and will call into the show.

The New York Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning face off at 7 p.m. on NHL Network, and we'll go out to Madison Square Garden and talk to MSG Network's Dave Maloney via Arena Cam for a preview of this matchup.