Projected Lineups for Bruins vs Golden Knights – 10/16/25

The Boston Bruins take on the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

BRUINS (3-1-0) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (2-0-2)

10 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, NESN

Bruins projected lineup

Morgan Geekie — Elias Lindholm — David Pastrnak
Pavel Zacha — Casey Mittelstadt — Viktor Arvidsson
Tanner Jeannot — Fraser Minten — Michael Eyssimont
Jeffrey Viel — Sean Kuraly — Mark Kastelic

Mason Lohrei — Charlie McAvoy
Jordan Harris — Andrew Peeke
Nikita Zadorov — Henri Jokiharju

Jeremy Swayman
Joonas Korpisalo

Scratched: John Beecher, Marat Khusnutdinov

Injured: Hampus Lindholm (lower body)

Status report

Viel is set to step into the lineup on the fourth line, replacing Khusnutdinov, a forward.

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Golden Knights projected lineup

Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone
Brandon Saad — William Karlsson — Reilly Smith
Pavel Dorofeyev — Tomas Hertl — Mitch Marner
Cole Reinhardt — Colton Sissons — Keegan Kolesar

Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore
Ben Hutton — Zach Whitecloud
Jeremy Lauzon — Kaedan Korczak

Akira Schmid
Adin Hill

Scratched: Alexander Holtz

Injured: Noah Hanifin (undisclosed), Brett Howden (lower body)

Status report

Hill will back up Schmid, who will make a scheduled start; Hill left after the first period of a 4-2 win at the Calgary Flames on Tuesday because of a lower-body injury. … Howden, a center, will miss his fourth straight game and Hanifin, a defenseman, his second; each is day to day.

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