Projected Lineups for the Predators vs Rangers - 3/2/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Nashville Predators take on the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

PREDATORS (21-31-7) at RANGERS (29-26-4)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, MSG 2, SNP, SNO, SNE, TVAS

Predators projected lineup

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

Brady Skjei — Nick Blankenburg
Marc Del Gaizo — Luke Schenn
Andreas Englund — Justin Barron

Justus Annunen
Juuse Saros

Scratched: Spencer Stastney

Injured: Zachary L’Heureux (upper body), Jeremy Lauzon (lower body), Adam Wilsby (upper body), Roman Josi (upper body)

Status report

Annunen is expected to start after Saros made 29 saves in a 7-4 loss at the New York Islanders on Saturday. … Smith, a forward, will not play for roster management purposes; he can become an unrestricted free agent July 1. … Parssinen and de Haan are expected to play after being acquired from the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday.

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Rangers projected lineup

Artemi Panarin — Vincent Trocheck — Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle — J.T. Miller — Mika Zibanejad
Brennan Othmann — Juuso Parssinen — Jonny Brodzinski
Brett Berard — Sam Carrick — Matt Rempe

K’Andre Miller — Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen — Braden Schneider
Zac Jones — Calvin de Haan

Jonathan Quick
Igor Shesterkin

Scratched: Matthew Robertson, Arthur Kaliyev, Reilly Smith

Injured: Adam Edstrom (lower body), Adam Fox (upper body), Chris Kreider (upper body)

Status report

Kreider, a forward, participated in the morning skate but is expected to miss his fourth straight game.