Projected Lineups for Red Wings vs Canadiens – 4/8/25

The Detroit Red Wings take on the Montreal Canadiens today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

RED WINGS (36-33-7) at CANADIENS (38-30-9)

7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, FDSNDETX

Red Wings projected lineup

Alex Debrincat — Dylan Larkin — Patrick Kane
Elmer Soderblom — Marco Kasper — Lucas Raymond
Jonatan Berggren — J.T. Compher — Vladimir Tarasenko
Michael Rasmussen — Tyler Motte — Craig Smith

Ben Chiarot — Moritz Seider
Simon Edvinsson — Jeff Petry
Albert Johansson — Justin Holl

Cam Talbot
Alex Lyon

Scratched: William Lageson, Austin Watson

Injured: Andrew Copp (upper body), Erik Gustafsson (undisclosed), Petr Mrazek (upper body)

Status report:

Mrazek took part in the Red Wings optional morning skate but the goalie will not dress. 

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Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Oliver Kapanen — Alex Newhook — Patrik Laine
Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher
Michael Pezzetta — Jake Evans — Joel Armia

Mike Matheson — Alexandre Carrier
Kaiden Guhle — Lane Hutson
Jayden Struble — David Savard

Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes

Scratched: Joshua Roy, Arber Xhekaj

Injured: Emil Heineman (undisclosed)

Status Report:

Heineman, a forward, will miss his second straight game. … Savard did not take part in the Canadiens optional morning skate and is questionable to return after not playing in a 2-1 win at the Nashville Predators on Sunday because of an upper-body injury.

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