Projected Lineups for the Stars vs Wild - 4/6/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Dallas Stars take on the Minnesota Wild at the Xcel Energy Center this afternoon. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

STARS (50-21-4) at WILD (41-29-7)

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Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Mikko Rantanen
Mason Marchment — Matt Duchene — Mikael Granlund
Sam Steel — Wyatt Johnston — Mavrik Bourque
Evgenii Dadonov — Oscar Back — Colin Blackwell

Thomas Harley — Ilya Lyubushkin
Esa Lindell — Cody Ceci
Lian Bichsel — Matt Dumba

Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Brendan Smith

Injured: Jamie Benn (lower body), Miro Heiskanen (knee), Nils Lundkvist (shoulder), Tyler Seguin (hip)

Status report:

Neither team will skate before the game. … Oettinger is expected to start after DeSmith made 35 saves in a 5-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday. … Benn, a forward, traveled with the team and is possible to play after missing two straight games.

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Wild projected lineup

Matt Boldy — Marco Rossi — Vinnie Hinostroza
Marcus Johansson — Frederick Gaudreau — Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Foligno — Ryan Hartman — Gustav Nyquist
Yakov Trenin — Devin Shore — Justin Brazeau

Jonas Brodin — Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm — Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill — Zach Bogosian

Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury

Scratched: Brendan Gaunce, Cameron Crotty

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Injured: Kirill Kaprizov (lower body), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body), Jacob Middleton (upper body)

Status report:

Middleton, a defenseman sustained an upper-body injury in a 3-1 loss at the New York Islanders on Friday and is doubtful to play. … Crotty, a defenseman, was recalled from Iowa of the American Hockey League on Saturday.

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