Projected Lineups for the Stars vs Predators - 4/16/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Dallas Stars take on the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

STARS (50-25-6) at PREDATORS (29-44-8)

8 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, Victory+

Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Mikko Rantanen
Evgenii Dadonov — Matt Duchene — Mikael Granlund
Jamie Benn — Wyatt Johnston — Mavrik Bourque
Oscar Back — Sam Steel – Colin Blackwell

Matt Dumba — Ilya Lyubushkin
Brendan Smith — Cody Ceci
Lian Bichsel — Alexander Petrovic

Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Mason Marchment, Esa Lindell, Thomas Harley

Injured: Miro Heiskanen (knee), Nils Lundkvist (shoulder), Tyler Seguin (hip)

Status report:

Stars coach Pete DeBoer said Dallas is working through several game-time lineup decisions. … Seguin, who has been out since Dec. 1, could play, DeBoer said; the center had hip surgery Dec. 5 and was expected to need 4-6 months to recover.

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Predators projected lineup

Filip Forsberg — Ryan O’Reilly — Luke Evangelista
Michael Bunting — Steven Stamkos — Matthew Wood
Zachary L’Heureux — Fedor Svechkov — Jonathan Marchessault
Cole Smith — Michael McCarron — Jakub Vrana

Brady Skjei — Nick Blankenburg
Jordan Oesterle — Justin Barron
Andreas Englund — Marc Del Gaizo

Juuse Saros
Justus Annunen

Scratched: Ryan Ufko

Injured: Adam Wilsby (upper body), Jeremy Lauzon (lower body), Roman Josi (upper body), Colton Sissons (lower body)

Status Report:

Predators coach Andrew Brunette said there will be lineup decisions to be made involving their defensemen.

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