Projected Lineups for the Blues vs Jets – 4/19/25

The St. Louis Blues take on the Winnipeg Jets at Scotiabank Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

BLUES (WC2) at JETS (C1)

Western Conference First Round, Game 1

6 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, TNT, truTV, MAX, FDSNMW

Blues projected lineup

Jake Neighbours — Robert Thomas — Pavel Buchnevich
Jimmy Snuggerud — Brayden Schenn — Jordan Kyrou
Mathieu Joseph — Oskar Sundqvist — Zack Bolduc
Alexey Toropchenko — Radek Faksa — Nathan Walker

Cam Fowler — Colton Parayko
Philip Broberg — Justin Faulk
Ryan Suter — Nick Leddy

Jordan Binnington
Joel Hofer

Scratched: Alexandre Texier, Tyler Tucker, Matthew Kessel

Injured: Dylan Holloway (lower body)

Status report

Neither the Jets nor Blues held a morning skate. St. Louis coach Jim Montgomery said he wasn’t sure if Holloway, a forward, would be available for Game 1.

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Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor — Mark Scheifele — Alex Iafallo
Nino Niederreiter — Vladislav Namestnikov — Cole Perfetti
Brandon Tanev — Adam Lowry — Mason Appleton
David Gustafsson — Morgan Barron — Jaret Anderson-Dolan

Josh Morrissey — Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg — Neal Pionk
Logan Stanley — Luke Schenn

Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie

Scratched: Dominic Toninato, Haydn Fleury, Colin Miller, Ville Heinola

Injured: Nikolaj Ehlers (lower body), Gabriel Vilardi (upper body), Rasmus Kupari (concussion)

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Status report

Vilardi, a forward, skated Friday and will skate again Saturday; he’s day to day.

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