Projected Lineups for the Red Wings vs Devils – 4/16/25

The Detroit Red Wings take on the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

RED WINGS (38-35-7) at DEVILS (42-32-7)

7:30 p.m. ET; FDSNDET, MAX, truTV, TNT

Red Wings projected lineup

Jonatan Berggren — Dylan Larkin — Lucas Raymond
Patrick Kane — Marco Kasper — Alex DeBrincat
Vladimir Tarasenko — J.T. Compher – Michael Rasmussen
Austin Watson — Tyler Motte — Craig Smith

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

Cam Talbot
Alex Lyon

Scratched: William Lagesson

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

Status report:

Neither team conducted a morning skate. 

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Devils projected lineup

Stefan Noesen — Nico Hischier — Jesper Bratt
Erik Haula — Dawson Mercer — Timo Meier
Justin Dowling — Cody Glass — Tomas Tatar
Nolan Foote — Marc McLaughlin — Nathan Bastian

Luke Hughes — Brett Pesce
Brian Dumoulin — Jonathan Kovacevic
Brenden Dillon — Dougie Hamilton

Jacob Markstrom
Jake Allen

Scratched: Dennis Cholowski, Kurtis MacDermid, Curtis Lazar, Seamus Casey, Simon Nemec

Injured: Jonas Siegenthaler (lower body), Ondrej Palat (undisclosed)

Suspended: Paul Cotter

Status Report:

Hamilton could return after missing 18 games with a lower-body injury. … Palat, a forward, will not play after being injured blocking a shot in the first period of a 5-4 overtime win at the Boston Bruins on Tuesday. … Cotter will serve the second of a two-game suspension for an illegal check to the head of New York Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech during a 1-0 loss Sunday.

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