Projected Lineups for Predators vs Blues – 12/27/25

The Nashville Predators take on the St. Louis Blues at the Enterprise Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. 

PREDATORS (16-16-4) at BLUES (14-16-8)

8 p.m. ET; KMOV-TV, Matrix-MW, FDSNMW, FDSNSO

Predators projected lineup

Filip Forsberg — Ryan O’Reilly — Luke Evangelista
Michael Bunting — Erik Haula — Steven Stamkos
Tyson Jost — Fedor Svechkov — Matthew Wood
Reid Schaefer — Michael McCarron — Cole Smith

Roman Josi — Nick Perbix
Brady Skjei — Adam Wilsby
Nicolas Hague — Nick Blankenburg

Juuse Saros
Justus Annunen

Scratched: None

Injured: Ozzy Wiesblatt (upper body), Justin Barron (lower body), Jonathan Marchessault (lower body)

Status report

Marchessault took part in the morning skate but is expected to miss his fourth straight game.

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Blues projected lineup

Jake Neighbours — Robert Thomas — Pavel Buchnevich
Jonatan Berggren — Brayden Schenn — Jordan Kyrou
Pius Suter — Dalibor Dvorsky — Jimmy Snuggerud
Alexey Toropchenko — Oskar Sundqvist — Otto Stenberg

Philip Broberg — Colton Parayko
Tyler Tucker — Justin Faulk
Cam Fowler — Logan Mailloux

Joel Hofer
Jordan Binnington

Scratched: Mathieu Joseph, Robby Fabbri, Matthew Kessel

Injured: Dylan Holloway (high ankle sprain), Nathan Walker (upper body), Nick Bjugstad (upper body)

Status report

Snuggerud will return after missing 12 games following left wrist surgery. … Kyrou returns after missing nine games with a lower-body injury.

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