Projected Lineups for Stars vs Blue Jackets - 2/25/25 - The Hockey Writers - Dallas Stars

The Dallas Stars take on the Columbus Blue Jackets tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

STARS (37-18-2) at BLUE JACKETS (27-22-8)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, Victory+

Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Mavrik Bourque
Mason Marchment — Matt Duchene — Mikael Granlund
Jamie Benn — Wyatt Johnston — Evgenii Dadonov
Logan Stankoven — Sam Steel — Colin Blackwell

Thomas Harley — Cody Ceci
Esa Lindell — Ilya Lyubushkin
Brendan Smith — Matt Dumba

Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Oskar Back

Injured: Miro Heiskanen (knee), Tyler Seguin (hip), Lian Bichsel (concussion)

Status report:

Stankoven returns after being a healthy scratch for a 4-3 win at the New York Islanders on Sunday; he will replace Back, a forward. … Smith replaces Bischel, a defenseman, who was injured on a hit by Islanders forward Casey Cizikas on Sunday.

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Blue Jackets projected lineup

Dmitri Voronkov — Adam Fantilli — Kirill Marchenko
Boone Jenner — Cole Sillinger — Kent Johnson
Zach Aston-Reese — Justin Danforth — Mathieu Olivier
James van Riemsdyk — Sean Kuraly — Joseph LaBate

Zach Werenski — Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk — Ivan Provorov
Jake Christiansen — Damon Severson

Elvis Merzlikins
Daniil Tarasov

Scratched: Jordan Harris, Jack Johnson

Injured: Erik Gudbranson (upper body), Yegor Chinakhov (upper body), Sean Monahan (wrist)

Status report:

The Blue Jackets will dress the same lineup they used in a 5-1 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday. … Gudbranson, a defenseman who has missed 54 games, and Chinakhov, a forward who has missed 36, each was on the ice during Columbus’ optional morning skate Tuesday; Monahan, a center who has missed 16 games, skated in the adjacent practice rink.