Projected Lineups for the Blues vs Kings – 3/8/25

The St. Louis Blues take on the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

BLUES (31-27-6) at KINGS (31-20-9)

8 p.m. ET; KMOV-TV, Matrix-MW, FDSNW, Victory+

Blues projected lineup

Jake Neighbours — Robert Thomas — Pavel Buchnevich
Dylan Holloway — Brayden Schenn — Jordan Kyrou
Mathieu Joseph — Oskar Sundqvist — Zack Bolduc
Alexey Toropchenko — Radek Faksa — Nathan Walker

Cam Fowler — Nick Leddy
Philip Broberg — Justin Faulk
Ryan Suter — Tyler Tucker

Joel Hofer
Jordan Binnington

Scratched: Alexandre Texier, Matthew Kessel

Injured: Colton Parayko (knee)

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate. … Hofer is expected to start after Binnington made 20 saves in a 4-3 win at the Anaheim Ducks on Friday.

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Kings projected lineup

Alex Laferriere — Anze Kopitar — Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala — Quinton Byfield — Andrei Kuzmenko
Warren Foegele — Phillip Danault — Trevor Moore
Tanner Jeannot — Alex Turcotte — Trevor Lewis

Mikey Anderson — Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke
Vladislav Gavrikov — Jordan Spence

Darcy Kuemper
David Rittich

Scratched: Kyle Burroughs, Akil Thomas, Jacob Moverare, Samuel Helenius

Injured: None

Status report

Kuzmenko could make his Kings debut after being acquired in a trade with the Philadelphia Flyers for a third-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft on Friday.

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