Projected Lineups for Golden Knights vs Jets – 1/6/26

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

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (17-11-12) at JETS (15-21-4)

8 p.m. ET; TSN3, SCRIPPS

Golden Knights projected lineup

Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone
Mitch Marner — Tomas Hertl — Pavel Dorofeyev
Brandon Saad — Brett Howden — Alexander Holtz
Cole Reinhardt — Colton Sissons — Keegan Kolesar

Noah Hanifin — Ben Hutton
Jeremy Lauzon — Kaedan Korczak
Jaycob Megna — Zach Whitecloud

Carter Hart
Akira Schmid

Scratched: Brayden McNabb, Braeden Bowman, Reilly Smith

Injured: Adin Hill (lower body), William Karlsson (lower body), Shea Theodore (upper body)

Status report

The Golden Knights are expected to dress the same 18 skaters from a 3-2 overtime loss at the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday.

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Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor — Mark Scheifele — Alex Iafallo
Cole Perfetti — Jonathan Toews — Gabriel Vilardi
Morgan Barron — Adam Lowry — Nino Niederreiter
Tanner Pearson — Vladislav Namestnikov — Gustav Nyquist

Josh Morrissey — Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg — Neal Pionk
Haydn Fleury — Luke Schenn

Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie

Scratched: Colin Miller, Cole Koepke

Injured: None

Suspended: Logan Stanley

Status report

The Jets held an optional morning skate. Stanley, a defenseman, was suspended one game for roughing Ottawa Senators forward Brady Tkackuk on Saturday. Fleury, a defenseman, will replace him.

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