Projected Lineups for the Golden Knights vs Flames – 4/15/25

The Vegas Golden Knights take on the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (49-22-9) at FLAMES (39-27-14)

9 p.m. ET; TVAS, SNW, SCRIPPS

Golden Knights projected lineup

Brandon Saad –Tomas Hertl — Pavel Dorofeyev
Reilly Smith — William Karlsson — Victor Olofsson
Ivan Barbashev — Nicolas Roy — Keegan Kolesar
Tanner Pearson — Brett Howden — Alexander Holtz

Brayden McNabb – Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague — Zach Whitecloud
Ben Hutton — Kaedan Korczak

Ilya Samsonov
Akira Schmid

Scratched: Jack Eichel, Mark Stone, Cole Schwindt, Jonas Rondbjerg, Alex Pietrangelo, Noah Hanifin, Adin Hill

Injured: None

Status report:

Eichel, a center, Stone, a forward, and defensemen Hanifin and Pietrangelo will not play for the Golden Knights, who have clinched first place in the Pacific Division. … Samsonov, who hasn’t played since March 23 because of a lower-body injury, will start with Schmid backing him up; Hill, a goalie, will not dress.

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Flames projected lineup

Jonathan Huberdeau — Nazem Kadri — Adam Klapka
Blake Coleman — Mikael Backlund — Matt Coronato
Yegor Sharangovich — Morgan Frost — Martin Pospisil
Ryan Lomberg — Kevin Rooney — Joel Farabee

Joel Hanley — MacKenzie Weegar
Kevin Bahl — Rasmus Andersson
Jake Bean — Brayden Pachal

Dustin Wolf
Dan Vladar

Scratched: Dryden Hunt, Aydar Suniev, Zayne Parekh, Daniil Miromanov

Injured: Connor Zary (lower body)

Status Report:

The Flames will dress the same lineup they used in a 5-2 win against the San Jose Sharks on Sunday.

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