The Nashville Predators take on the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
PREDATORS (27-40-8) at STARS (49-21-4)
8 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, Victory+
Predators projected lineup
Filip Forsberg — Ryan O’Reilly — Luke Evangelista
Michael Bunting — Steven Stamkos — Jakub Vrana
Cole Smith – Michael McCarron — Zachary L’Heureux
Ozzy Wiesblatt — Fedor Svechkov — Kieffer Bellows
Brady Skjei — Nick Blankenburg
Marc Del Gaizo — Justin Barron
Andreas Englund — Spencer Stastney
Juuse Saros
Justus Annunen
Scratched: Matthew Wood, Jordan Oesterle
Injured: Jeremy Lauzon (lower body), Adam Wilsby (upper body), Roman Josi (upper body), Colton Sissons (lower body), Jonathan Marchessault (lower body)
Status report:
Wiesblatt was recalled from Milwaukee of the American Hockey League on Thursday.
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Stars projected lineup
Mason Marchment — Roope Hintz — Mikko Rantanen
Jason Robertson — Matt Duchene — Mikael Granlund
Jamie Benn — Wyatt Johnston — Evgenii Dadonov
Oscar Back — Colin Blackwell — Mavrik Bourque
Thomas Harley — Ilya Lyubushkin
Esa Lindell — Cody Ceci
Lian Bichsel — Matt Dumba
Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Brendan Smith
Injured: Miro Heiskanen (knee), Nils Lundkvist (shoulder), Tyler Seguin (hip), Sam Steel (undisclosed)
Status report:
Seguin participated in practice Wednesday but will not play; the center, who had hip surgery Dec. 5, remains on long-term
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