Projected Lineups for the Utah HC vs Blackhawks – 3/7/25

The Utah Hockey Club takes on the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. 

UTAH (28-25-9) at BLACKHAWKS (19-35-8)

8:30 p.m. ET; Utah16, CHSN

Utah projected lineup

Clayton Keller — Logan Cooley — Nick Schmaltz
Alexander Kerfoot — Barrett Hayton — Dylan Guenther
Lawson Crouse — Jack McBain — Josh Doan
Liam O’Brien — Kevin Stenlund — Nick Bjugstad

Mikhail Sergachev — John Marino
Olli Maatta — Sean Durzi
Ian Cole — Michael Kesselring

Karel Vejmelka
Connor Ingram

Scratched: Mattias Maccelli, Nick DeSimone

Injured: Michael Carcone (upper body), Robert Bortuzzo (lower body)

Status Report:

Utah did not hold a morning skate following a 4-2 victory at the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday. … Vejmelka will start after making 38 saves Thursday. … Coach Andre Tourigny said there will be some game-time lineup decisions before puck drop.

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Blackhawks projected lineup

Colton Dach — Connor Bedard — Frank Nazar
Teuvo Teravainen — Ryan Donato — Ilya Mikheyev
Landon Slaggert — Nick Foligno — Tyler Bertuzzi
Patrick Maroon — Lukas Reichel

Alex Vlasic — Louis Crevier
Ethan Del Mastro — Connor Murphy
Wyatt Kaiser — Alec Martinez
TJ Brodie

Spencer Knight
Arvid Soderblom

Scratched: Joe Veleno

Injured: Laurent Brossoit (knee), Jason Dickinson (high ankle sprain), Philipp Kurashev (hand)

Status report:

The Blackhawks acquired Veleno, a forward, in a trade with the Red Wings on Friday for goalie Petr Mrazek and forward Craig Smith; it is not known whether Veleno will arrive in Chicago by game time, so the Blackhawks could dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen. … Foligno will return after missing three games because of a back injury. … Chicago assigned forward Andreas Athanasiou to Rockford of the American Hockey League on Thursday.

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