Projected Lineps for the Ducks vs Stars – 3/18/25

The Anaheim Ducks take on the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

DUCKS (29-31-7) at STARS (42-21-3)

8 p.m. ET; Victory+, KCOP-13

Ducks projected lineup

Frank Vatrano — Ryan Strome — Troy Terry
Trevor Zegras — Leo Carlsson — Alex Killorn
Cutter Gauthier — Mason McTavish — Nikita Nesterenko
Jansen Harkins — Isac Lundestrom – Brett Leason

Jackson LaCombe — Radko Gudas
Olen Zellweger — Jacob Trouba
Pavel Mintyukov — Drew Helleson

Lukas Dostal
Ville Husso

Scratched: Oliver Kylington

Injured: Robby Fabbri (upper body), Brock McGinn (torn ACL), John Gibson (lower body), Ross Johnston (upper body), Sam Colangelo (upper body)

Status Report:

The Ducks held an optional morning skate. 

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Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Mikko Rantanen
Mason Marchment — Matt Duchene — Mikael Granlund
Jamie Benn — Wyatt Johnston — Mavrik Bourque
Oskar Back — Sam Steel — Colin Blackwell

Thomas Harley — Ilya Lyubushkin
Esa Lindell — Cody Ceci
Lian Bichsel — Matt Dumba

Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Evgenii Dadonov, Brendan Smith

Injured: Miro Heiskanen (knee), Nils Lundkvist (shoulder), Tyler Seguin (hip)

Status report:

The Stars reassigned defenseman Kyle Capobianco to Texas of the American Hockey League on Monday.

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