The Nashville Predators take on the Minnesota Wild at the Xcel Energy Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
PREDATORS (7-12-5) at WILD (15-4-4)
8 p.m. ET; FDSNWIX, FDSNNO, FDSNSO
Predators projected lineup
Filip Forsberg — Ryan O’Reilly — Gustav Nyquist
Steven Stamkos — Tommy Novak — Jonathan Marchessault
Mark Jankowski — Fedor Svechkov — Luke Evangelista
Zachary L’Heureux — Colton Sissons — Cole Smith
Roman Josi – Alexandre Carrier
Brady Skjei — Nick Blankenburg
Adam Wilsby — Luke Schenn
Juuse Saros
Justus Annunen
Scratched: Juuso Parssinen, Marc Del Gaizo
Injured: Michael McCarron (upper body), Jeremy Lauzon (lower body)
Status report
- Annunen could back up Saros after he was acquired from the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday along with a sixth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft for goalie Scott Wedgewood.
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- Checking in on Former Lightning Players With New Teams
- Predators & Avalanche Swap Backup Goalies Wedgewood & Annunen in Trade
- Lightning Beat Predators Yet Again in OT to Sweep Season Series
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov — Marco Rossi — Marcus Johansson
Marcus Foligno — Joel Eriksson Ek — — Matt Boldy
Devin Shore — Frederick Gaudreau — Ryan Hartman
Ben Jones — Marat Khusnutdinov — Yakov Trenin
Jake Middleton — Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm — Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill — Zach Bogosian
Filip Gustavsson
Marc Andre-Fleury
Scratched: Travis Boyd
Injured: Jakob Lauko (lower body), Mats Zuccarello (lower body), Jonas Brodin (upper body)
More from THW:
- Wild Acquire David Jiricek From Blue Jackets for Hunt, Draft Picks
- 5 Takeaways From Blackhawks’ Tough Loss to Wild
- 3 Takeaways from the Wild’s 3-2 Win Over the Blackhawks
