Projected Lineups for Kraken vs Canucks – 01/02/26

The Seattle Kraken take on the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

KRAKEN (17-14-7) at CANUCKS (16-20-3)

10:30 p.m. ET; SNP, KONG, KING 5, KHN/Prime

Kraken projected lineup

Kaapo Kakko — Matty Beniers — Jordan Eberle
Eeli Tolvanen — Chandler Stephenson — Frederick Gaudreau
Berkly Catton — Shane Wright — Jared McCann
Ryan Winterton — Ben Meyers — Jacob Melanson

Vince Dunn — Adam Larsson
Ryan Lindgren — Cale Fleury
Ryker Evans — Jamie Oleksiak

Joey Daccord
Philipp Grubauer

Scratched: Josh Mahura, Tye Kartye

Injured: Matt Murray (lower body), Jaden Schwartz (lower body), Brandon Montour (upper body)

Status report

Seattle held an optional morning skate Friday but Daccord is expected to start after Grubauer made 24 saves in a 4-1 win against the Nashville Predators on Thursday; the Kraken goalie will alternate starts for the seventh straight game. … Oleksiak is expected to play; he missed more than 11 minutes in the third period against Nashville after blocking a shot off the inside of his knee and going to the locker room, but returned to finish the game.

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Canucks projected lineup

Jake DeBrusk — Elias Pettersson — Linus Karlsson
Evander Kane — Max Sasson — Brock Boeser
Drew O’Connor — David Kampf — Kiefer Sherwood
Liam Ohgren — Aatu Raty — Nils Hoglander

Marcus Pettersson — Filip Hronek
Zeev Buium — Tyler Myers
Elias Pettersson — Tom Willander

Thatcher Demko
Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: P.O Joseph, Arshdeep Bains

Injured: Conor Garland (upper body), Marco Rossi (lower body), Filip Chytil (concussion protocol), Teddy Blueger (lower body), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)

Status report

Forwards Garland and Rossi each is expected to miss at least a week with injuries sustained in a 6-3 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday. … Bains, a forward, was recalled from Abbotsford of the American Hockey League on Friday.

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