The Nashville Predators welcome the Utah Hockey Club to Bridgestone Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
UTAH (37-30-13) at PREDATORS (29-43-8)
8 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, Utah16
Utah Projected Lineup
Clayton Keller — Logan Cooley — Dylan Guenther
Nick Schmaltz — Barrett Hayton — Josh Doan
Lawson Crouse — Jack McBain — Liam O’Brien
Alexander Kerfoot — Kevin Stenlund — Nick Bjugstad
Mikhail Sergachev — Sean Durzi
Ian Cole — Michael Kesselring
Olli Maatta — Nick DeSimone
Matt Villalta
Karel Vejmelka
Scratched: Robert Bortuzzo, Mattias Maccelli, Michael Carcone, Kailer Yamamoto
Injured: John Marino (upper body)
Status Report:
Villalta will make his first start of the season. … O’Brien will return after missing 14 games because of an upper-body injury.
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Predators Projected Lineup
Filip Forsberg — Ryan O’Reilly — Luke Evangelista
Michael Bunting — Steven Stamkos — Matthew Wood
Zachary L’Heureux — Fedor Svechkov — Jonathan Marchessault
Cole Smith — Michael McCarron — Jakub Vrana
Brady Skjei — Nick Blankenburg
Jordan Oesterle — Justin Barron
Andreas Englund — Marc Del Gaizo
Juuse Saros
Justus Annunen
Scratched: None
Injured: Adam Wilsby (upper body), Jeremy Lauzon (lower body), Roman Josi (upper body), Colton Sissons (lower body)
Status Report:
Wood took Marchessault’s place on Stamkos’ line at the morning skate; Forsberg switched lines with Bunting.
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