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Projected Lineups for Panthers vs Predators – 2/25/25

The Florida Panthers take on the Nashville Predators tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

PANTHERS (34-21-3) at PREDATORS (20-29-7)

8 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, SCRIPPS

Panthers projected lineup

Carter Verhaeghe — Aleksander Barkov — Sam Reinhart
Mackie Samoskevich — Sam Bennett — Evan Rodrigues
Justin Sourdif — Anton Lundell — Jesper Boqvist
A.J. Greer — Tomas Nosek — Jonah Gadjovich

Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Dmitry Kulikov
Uvis Balinskis — Nate Schmidt

Spencer Knight
Sergei Bobrovsky

Scratched: Eetu Luostarinen

Injured: Matthew Tkachuk (lower body)

Status report

Tkachuk, a forward, will miss his second straight game. … Luostarinen, a forward, did not make the trip; he and his wife are expecting their first child. 

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Predators projected lineup

Filip Forsberg — Ryan O’Reilly — Jonathan Marchessault
Steven Stamkos – Fedor Svechkov – Gustav Nyquist
Kiefer Bellows — Tommy Novak — Luke Evangelista
Cole Smith — Michael McCarron — Colton Sissons

Roman Josi — Luke Schenn
Brady Skjei – Nick Blankenburg
Andreas Englund — Justin Barron

Juuse Saros
Justus Annunen

Scratched: Jake Livingstone

Injured: Zachary L’Heureux (upper body), Jeremy Lauzon (lower body), Adam Wilsby (upper body), Mark Jankowski (undisclosed)

Status report

Jankowski, a forward, did not participate in the Predators morning skate Tuesday; Bellows took his place on Novak’s line.

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Jesse Courville-Lynch

Jesse Courville-Lynch

Jesse has been a writer for over four years, starting with The Hockey Writers back in January of 2023. While previously holding credentials for the WHL's Edmonton Oil Kings, he primarily covers his hometown Edmonton Oilers, while also being an at-large writer. Away from writing, he is a hockey coach, currently serving as the Assistant Coach of the PAC U17AAA Saints. Jesse has obtained a freelance and sports writing diploma with distinction from the London School of Journalism, while also pursuing a business administration diploma from NAIT.

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