Reid had a wonderful playoffs, scoring a personal best 10 points while skating on a line with Jamie Langenbrunner and Joe Nieuwendyk.

Mogilny skated on a line with Holik and Sergei Nemchinov.

Poddubny has no problems when he just skates on a straight line, or twists and turns.

Today Messier skated on a line with Fleury and Graves.

So did Jaromir Jagr, who skates on a line with Lemieux and Stevens.

In practice today at the Playland Ice Casino, they skated on a line with right wing Mike Keane.

But Messier was around, skating on a makeshift line with Tony Amonte and Joe Kocur for most of the night.

On Tuesday night, Crosby, a natural center, skated left wing on a line with Lemieux and Recchi.

For 3 of the 14 games, Lindros skated on a line with Messier, not Holik.

Ortmeyer, who graduated from Michigan last summer, skated on a line with Lindros for the second consecutive game.