Projected Lineups for the Hurricanes vs Canadiens – 4/16/25

The Carolina Hurricanes take on the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

HURRICANES (47-28-5) at CANADIENS (39-31-11)

7 p.m. ET; RDS, SN1, SNE, SNO, FDSNSO

Hurricanes projected lineup

Andrei Svechnikov — Jesperi Kotkaniemi — Taylor Hall
Eric Robinson — Mark Jankowski — Jack Roslovic
William Carrier — Skyler Brind’Amour — Logan Stankoven
Tyson Jost — Bradly Nadeau

Dmitry Orlov — Brent Burns
Shayne Gostisbehere — Sean Walker
Riley Stillman — Scott Morrow
Domenick Fensore

Pyotr Kochetkov
Frederik Andersen

Scratched: Jalen Chatfield, Jordan Staal, Sebastian Aho, Seth Jarvis, Jordan Martinook, Jackson Blake, Jaccob Slavin

Injured: None

Status report:

None of the Hurricanes scratches were on the ice for their morning skate. … Carolina will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen. … Brind’Amour, the son of Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour, and Fensore each will make his NHL debut after being recalled from Chicago of the AHL on Tuesday along with Nadeau and Stillman, who also will play.

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Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Patrik Laine– Alex Newhook — Ivan Demidov
Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman — Jake Evans — Joel Armia

Mike Matheson — Alexandre Carrier
Kaiden Guhle — Lane Hutson
Jayden Struble — David Savard

Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes

Scratched: Joshua Roy, Arber Xhekaj, Michael Pezzetta, Oliver Kapanen

Injured: None

Status report:

Heineman returns after missing five games with an upper-body injury. … Laine returns to the second line, and Armia moves back to the fourth line.

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