Projected Lineups for the Utah Hockey Club vs Canucks – 3/16/25

Tonight, the Utah Hockey Club head north of the border to take on the Vancouver Canucks in Vancouver at Rogers Arena. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

UTAH (29-26-11) at CANUCKS (31-24-11)

8 p.m. ET; SNP, Utah16

Utah projected lineup

Clayton Keller — Logan Cooley — Nick Schmaltz
Alexander Kerfoot — Barrett Hayton — Dylan Guenther
Lawson Crouse — Jack McBain — Josh Doan
Nick Bjugstad — Kevin Stenlund — Michael Carcone

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

Karel Vejmelka
Jaxson Stauber

Scratched: Mattias Maccelli, Nick DeSimone

Injured: Liam O’Brien (lower body), Robert Bortuzzo (lower body)

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate. … O’Brien, a forward, returned to Utah on Saturday for further evaluation after sustaining a lower-body injury in the third period of a 4-2 loss at the Seattle Kraken on Friday. … Bjugstad, who was activated from injured reserve Friday after missing four games but was scratched against Seattle, is expected to take O’Brien’s spot in the lineup.

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Canucks projected lineup

Nils Hoglander — Elias Pettersson — Jake DeBrusk
Dakota Joshua — Pius Suter — Conor Garland
Drew O’Connor — Teddy Blueger — Kiefer Sherwood
Brock Boeser — Nils Aman — Jonathan Lekkerimaki

Quinn Hughes — Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson — Tyler Myers
Derek Forbort — Victor Mancini

Kevin Lankinen
Arturs Silovs

Scratched: Elias Nils Pettersson

Injured: Filip Chytl (undisclosed), Thatcher Demko (lower body), Noah Juulsen (lower body)

Status report

Chytil, a center, left in the third period of a 6-2 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday after getting hit from behind into the boards; there was no update after the game. … Lankinen will start after Silovs made 17 saves Saturday.

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