Projected Lineups for the Blues vs Predators – 3/27/25

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

BLUES (38-28-7) at PREDATORS (27-36-8)

8 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, FDSNSO

Blues projected lineup

Jake Neighbours — Robert Thomas — Zack Bolduc
Dylan Holloway — Brayden Schenn — Jordan Kyrou
Alexandre Texier — Oskar Sundqvist — Mathieu Joseph
Alexey Toropchenko — Radek Faksa — Nathan Walker

Cam Fowler — Nick Leddy
Philip Broberg — Justin Faulk
Ryan Suter — Tyler Tucker

Joel Hofer
Jordan Binnington

Scratched: Matthew Kessel, Dalibor Dvorsky

Injured: Colton Parayko (knee), Pavel Buchnevich (illness)

Status report:

Parayko participated in the Blues morning skate but the defenseman will miss his 11th straight game. … Buchnevich will miss his fourth game in a row; the forward could return at the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday.

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Predators projected lineup

Filip Forsberg — Ryan O’Reilly — Luke Evangelista
Michael Bunting — Steven Stamkos — Jonathan Marchessault
Cole Smith — Fedor Svechkov — Colton Sissons
Zachary L’Heureux — Michael McCarron — Kiefer Bellows

Brady Skjei — Nick Blankenburg
Marc Del Gaizo — Justin Barron
Andreas Englund — Spencer Stastney

Juuse Saros
Justus Annunen

Scratched: Jordan Oesterle, Jakub Vrana

Injured: Jeremy Lauzon (lower body), Adam Wilsby (upper body), Roman Josi (upper body)

Status report:

Englund replaced Oesterle on the third defense pair during the Predators morning skate.

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