Projected Lineups for the Golden Knights vs Predators – 3/29/25

The Vegas Golden Knights take on the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (44-20-8) at PREDATORS (27-37-8)

6:30 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, SCRIPPS

Golden Knights projected lineup

Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone
Brandon Saad — Nicolas Roy — Pavel Dorofeyev
Victor Olofsson — William Karlsson — Reilly Smith
Tanner Pearson — Brett Howden — Keegan Kolesar

Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin — Zach Whitecloud
Nicolas Hague — Kaedan Korczak

Ilya Samsonov
Adin Hill

Scratched: Ben Hutton, Cole Schwindt

Injured: Raphael Lavoie (upper body), Tomas Hertl (shoulder), Alex Pietrangelo (lower body)

Status report:

Samsonov is expected to start after Hill made 18 saves in a 5-3 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday

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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 — Kieffer 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:

 Evangelista will likely play on the Predators’ top line for the fifth consecutive game.

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