Projected Lineups for the Canadiens vs Predators - 4/6/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Montreal Canadiens take on the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

CANADIENS (37-30-9) at PREDATORS (27-41-8)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, TSN2, RDS

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Emil Heineman — Alex Newhook — Patrik Laine
Christian Dvorak — Jake Evans — Brendan Gallagher
Michael Pezzetta – Oliver Kapanen — Joel Armia

Mike Matheson — Alexandre Carrier
Kaiden Guhle — Lane Hutson
Jayden Struble — David Savard

Jakub Dobes
Sam Montembeault

Scratched: Joshua Roy, Arber Xhekaj, Josh Anderso

Injured: None

Status report

Anderson, a forward, did not play in a 3-2 win for the Canadiens against the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday because of family reasons. … Dobes will likely start after Montembeault made 21 saves on Saturday.

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Predators projected lineup

Michael Bunting — Ryan O’Reilly — Luke Evangelista
Filip Forsberg — Steven Stamkos — Zachary L’Heureux
Cole Smith — Michael McCarron — Matthew Wood
Kieffer Bellows — Fedor Svechkov

Brady Skjei — Nick Blankenburg
Marc Del Gaizo — Justin Barron
Andreas Englund — Jordan Oesterle

Spencer Stastney
Juuse Saros
Justus Annunen

Scratched: Jakub Vrana

Injured: Jeremy Lauzon (lower body), Adam Wilsby (upper body), Roman Josi (upper body), Colton Sissons (lower body), Jonathan Marchessault (lower body)

Status report

The Predators held an optional morning skate; they could play 11 forwards and seven defensemen, with Stastney returning from an upper-body injury. … Wood will make his NHL debut; he signed an entry-level contract with Nashville on March 29 after completing his college season at the University of Minnesota.

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