Projected Lineups for the Blackhawks vs Predators - 3/8/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Chicago Blackhawks 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.

BLACKHAWKS (20-35-8) at PREDATORS (23-32-7)

8 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, CHSN

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 — Joe Veleno

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

Arvid Soderblom
Spencer Knight

Scratched: Philipp Kurashev, TJ Brodie

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

Status report

Soderblom could start after Knight made 36 saves in a 4-3 overtime win against the Utah Hockey Club on Friday. … Veleno is expected to make his Blackhawks debut after being acquired in a trade with the Detroit Red Wings on Friday.

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Predators projected lineup

Steven Stamkos — Ryan O’Reilly — Luke Evangelista
Filip Forsberg — Colton Sissons — Jonathan Marchessault
Jakub Vrana — Fedor Svechkov — Cole Smith
Kiefer Bellows — Michael McCarron — Ozzy Wiesblatt

Brady Skjei — Nick Blankenburg
Marc Del Gaizo — Spencer Stastney
Jordan Oesterle — Justin Barron

Justus Annunen
Juuse Saros

Scratched: Andreas Englund

Injured: Zachary L’Heureux (upper body), Jeremy Lauzon (lower body), Adam Wilsby (upper body), Roman Josi (upper body), Michael Bunting (appendix surgery)

Status report

Vrana, who was claimed by the Predators on waivers from the Washington Capitals on Thursday, was on a line with Svechkov and Smith during the morning skate.