Projected Lineups for the Predators vs Golden Knights - 4/12/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

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

PREDATORS (29-42-8) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (48-22-9)

10 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, SCRIPPS

Predators projected lineup

Michael Bunting — Ryan O’Reilly — Luke Evangelista
Filip Forsberg — Steven Stamkos — Zachary L’Heureux
Jakub Vrana — Fedor Svechkov — Jonathan Marchessault
Cole Smith — Michael McCarron — Matthew Wood

Brady Skjei — Nick Blankenburg
Marc Del Gaizo — Justin Barron
Andreas Englund — Jordan Oesterle

Justus Annunen
Juuse Saros

Scratched: None

Injured: Adam Wilsby (upper body), Jeremy Lauzon (lower body), Roman Josi (upper body), Colton Sissons (lower body)

Status report

The Predators will dress the same 18 skaters they used in a did in a 4-3 shootout win at the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday.

Latest for THW:

Golden Knights projected lineup

Ivan Barbashev — Brett Howden — Mark Stone
Brandon Saad –Tomas Hertl — Pavel Dorofeyev
Reilly Smith — William Karlsson — Alexander Holtz
Tanner Pearson — Nicolas Roy — Keegan Kolesar

Brayden McNabb – Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin — Zach Whitecloud
Ben Hutton — Kaedan Korczak

Adin Hill
Akira Schmid

Scratched: Cole Schwindt

Injured: Jack Eichel (upper body), Nicolas Hague (illness), Victor Olofsson (illness), Alex Pietrangelo (illness) Ilya Samsonov (lower body)

Status report

The Golden Knights are not expected to make any lineup changes from their 2-1 win against the Seattle Kraken on Thursday. … Eichel skated with Vegas but the center will miss his third straight game. … Defensemen Hague and Pietrangelo each will also miss his third game in a row. .. Olofsson, a forward, is expected to miss his second consecutive game.