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Projected Lineups for the Predators vs Stars – 4/3/25

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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