Projected Lineups for the Blues vs Predators – 3/18/25

The St. Louis Blues 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.

BLUES (33-28-7) at PREDATORS (25-33-8)

8 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, FDSNSO

Blues projected lineup

Jake Neighbours — Robert Thomas — Pavel Buchnevich
Dylan Holloway — Brayden Schenn — Jordan Kyrou
Mathieu Joseph — Oskar Sundqvist — Zack Bolduc
Alexey Toropchenko — Radek Faksa — Nathan Walker

Cam Fowler — Nick Leddy
Philip Broberg — Justin Faulk
Ryan Suter — Tyler Tucker

Joel Hofer
Jordan Binnington

Scratched: Alexandre Texier, Matthew Kessel

Injured: Colton Parayko (knee)

Status report

Hofer is expected to make his second start in the past three games. 

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Predators projected lineup

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

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

Juuse Saros
Justus Annunen

Scratched: Spencer Stastney, Kiefer Bellows

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

Status report

Evangelista will return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for a 1-0 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.

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