Projected Lineups for the Blackhawks vs Predators – 10/25/24

The Nashville Predators face the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

PREDATORS (1-5-0) at BLACKHAWKS (2-4-1)

8:30 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+

Predators projected lineup

Filip Forsberg — Ryan O’Reilly — Gustav Nyquist
Steven Stamkos — Colton Sissons — Jonathan Marchessault
Mark Jankowski — Tommy Novak — Luke Evangelista
Zachary L’Heureux — Michael McCarron — Cole Smith

Brady Skjei — Roman Josi
Jeremy Lauzon — Alexandre Carrier
Marc Del Gaizo — Luke Schenn

Juuse Saros
Scott Wedgewood

Scratched: Juuso Parssinen, Philip Tomasino, Dante Fabbro

Injured: None

Status report

• The Predators did not hold a morning skate Friday
• With a home game against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday, each Nashville goalie is expected start one of the two games.

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Blackhawks projected lineup

Nick Foligno — Connor Bedard — Teuvo Teravainen
Taylor Hall — Philipp Kurashev — Tyler Bertuzzi
Ilya Mikheyev — Jason Dickinson – Ryan Donato
Patrick Maroon — Lukas Reichel — Craig Smith

Alex Vlasic — Seth Jones
Wyatt Kaiser — Connor Murphy
Nolan Allan — T.J. Brodie

Petr Mrazek
Arvid Soderblom

Scratched: Isaak Phillips, Andreas Athansiou, Joey Anderson

Injured: Alec Martinez (lower body)

Status report

• The Blackhawks held an optional morning skate Friday.
• Kurashev returns after being a healthy scratch in a 6-3 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday
• Soderblom likely will start at the Dallas Stars on Saturday.

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