Projected Lineups for Golden Knights vs Ducks – 12/4/24 - The Hockey Writers - NHL News

The Vegas Golden Knights take on the Anaheim Ducks tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (16-7-3) at DUCKS (10-10-3)

10 p.m. ET; Victory+, SCRIPPS, KCOP-13, TVAS2

Golden Knights projected lineup

Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel – Pavel Dorofeyev
Tomas Hertl — Nicolas Roy — Keegan Kolesar
Brett Howden — William Karlsson — Victor Olofsson
Tanner Pearson — Cole Schwindt — Alexander Holtz

Noah Hanifin — Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague — Kaedan Korczak

Ilya Samsonov
Adin Hill

Scratched: None

Injured: Ben Hutton (upper body), Mark Stone (lower body), Zach Whitecloud (undisclosed)

Status report

The Golden Knights did not hold a morning skate Wednesday following a 1-0 win against the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday.
Samsonov is expected to start after Hill made 28 saves against Edmonton.
Stone, who has missed the past 12 games, participated in Vegas’ morning skate Tuesday in a non-contact jersey for the first time since the injury, but coach Bruce Cassidy wants the forward to go through a full practice before re-inserting him into the lineup.

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Ducks projected lineup

Trevor Zegras — Mason McTavish — Alex Killorn
Frank Vatrano — Ryan Strome — Troy Terry
Cutter Gauthier — Isac Lundestrom — Brett Leason
Ross Johnston — Jansen Harkins — Sam Colangelo

Cam Fowler — Radko Gudas
Jackson Lacombe — Olen Zellweger
Brian Dumoulin — Drew Helleson

John Gibson
Lukas Dostal

Scratched: Pavel Mintyukov

Injured: Robby Fabbri (lower body), Urho Vaakanainen (upper body), Brock McGinn (lower body), Leo Carlsson (upper body)

Status report

Fowler will return after missing 11 games with an upper-body injury; Mintukov, a defenseman, will be scratched.
The Ducks held an optional morning skate Wednesday with eight skaters and Dostal.
Carlsson, a forward, has been skating on his own and remains day to day.