Projected Lineups for the Kraken vs Utah – 04/08/25

The Utah Hockey Club welcomes the Seattle Kraken to the Delta Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. 

KRAKEN (34-38-6) at UTAH (35-30-12)

9 p.m. ET; Utah16, KHN, KONG

Kraken Projected Lineup

Eeli Tolvanen — Matty Beniers — Kaapo Kakko
Jaden Schwartz — Chandler Stephenson — Jordan Eberle
Jared McCann — Shane Wright — Andre Burakovsky
Tye Kartye — John Hayden — Mikey Eyssimont

Vince Dunn — Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak — Brandon Montour
Josh Mahura — Cale Fleury

Philipp Grubauer
Joey Daccord

Scratched: Ryan Winterton, Victor Ostman

Injured: Ryker Evans (illness)

Status Report: 

The Kraken did not conduct a morning skate following a 2-1 win at the Los Angeles Kings on Monday. … Grubauer is expected to start after Daccord made 28 saves Monday. … Seattle recalled Winterton, a forward, and Ostman, a goalie from Coachella Valley of the American Hockey League on Tuesday and reassigned forward Jani Nyman to Coachella Valley on Monday.

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Utah Projected Lineup

Clayton Keller — Logan Cooley — Dylan Guenther
Nick Schmaltz — Barrett Hayton — Kailer Yamamoto
Lawson Crouse — Jack McBain — Josh Doan
Alexander Kerfoot — Kevin Stenlund — Nick Bjugstad

Mikhail Sergachev — Sean Durzi
Ian Cole — Michael Kesselring
Olli Maatta — Nick DeSimone

Karel Vejmelka
Matt Villalta

Scratched: Robert Bortuzzo, Mattias Maccelli, Michael Carcone

Injured: John Marino (upper body), Liam O’Brien (lower body)

Status Report: 

Utah held an optional morning skate. … Marino, a defenseman, is day-to-day. … Yamamoto was recalled from Tucson of the American Hockey League on Monday.

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