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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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Brian Finlayson

Brian Finlayson

Brian Finlayson is a lifelong hockey and overall sports fan who has spent the last several years contributing to The Hockey Writers as part of the Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose writing team.

Brian holds a Bachelor's Degree in Communications & Media from Canadian Mennonite University. He hopes to combine his loves of sports and storytelling to find a career in sports media. In the summer, Brian spends his time writing baseball for the Winnipeg Goldeyes and Winnipeg Sun.

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