Projected Lineups for the Kraken vs Lightning – 2/23/25

The Seattle Kraken take on the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

KRAKEN (24-29-4) at LIGHTNING (31-20-4)

6 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, KHN, KONG

Kraken projected lineup

Jaden Schwartz — Matty Beniers — Kaapo Kakko
Eeli Tolvanen — Chandler Stephenson — Oliver Bjorkstrand
Jared McCann — Shane Wright — Andre Burakovsky
Mitchell Stephens — Jordan Eberle — Brandon Tanev

Vince Dunn — Adam Larsson
Ryker Evans — Brandon Montour
Jamie Oleksiak — Joshua Mahura

Ales Stezka
Joey Daccord

Scratched: Cale Fleury, Tye Kartye

Injured: Yanni Gourde (lower body)

Status report

The Kraken did not hold a morning skate after a 2-1 victory at the Florida Panthers on Saturday. … Stezka, 28, could make his NHL debut.

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Lightning projected lineup

Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Gage Goncalves
Mitchell Chaffee — Nick Paul — Cam Atkinson
Zemgus Girgensons — Luke Glendening — Michael Eyssimont

Victor Hedman — J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Darren Raddysh

Andrei Vasilevskiy
Matt Tomkins

Scratched: Nick Perbix

Injured: Jonas Johansson (lower body)

Status report

Moser is expected to play for the first time since Dec. 12 (lower body). … Point, Cirelli, Hagel and Guentzel did not practice Saturday after playing in the 4 Nations Face-Off final Thursday. They are all expected to be in the lineup.

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