Projected Lineups for Blues vs Stars – 1/25/25

The St. Louis Blues take on the Dallas Stars tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

STARS (30-17-1) at BLUES (23-22-4)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, Victory+

Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson — Wyatt Johnston — Evgenii Dadonov
Jamie Benn — Matt Duchene — Mavrik Bourque
Sam Steel — Roope Hintz — Logan Stankoven
Matej Blumel — Oskar Back — Colin Blackwell

Esa Lindell — Miro Heiskanen
Thomas Harley — Ilya Lyubushkin
Lian Bichsel — Mathew Dumba

Casey DeSmith
Jake Oettinger

Scratched: Nils Lundkvist, Brendan Smith

Injured: Mason Marchment (face), Tyler Seguin (hip)

Status report

The Stars did not hold a morning skate Saturday following a 4-3 win against the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday. … DeSmith could start after Oettinger made 19 saves Friday. … Blumel could replace Smith, a defenseman, on the fourth line, and Lundkvist, a defenseman, could replace Dumba.

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Blues projected lineup

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

Cam Fowler — Colton Parayko
Ryan Suter — Philip Broberg
Tyler Tucker — Justin Faulk

Jordan Binnington
Joel Hofer

Scratched: Scott Perunovich, Nathan Walker, Alexandre Texier

Injured: Nick Leddy (lower body)

Status report

Bolduc will play after being a healthy scratch the past two games and replace Walker, a forward.

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