Projected Lineups for the Islanders vs Predators– 04/08/25

The Nashville Predators host the New York Islanders at Bridgestone Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. 

ISLANDERS (34-32-10) at PREDATORS (27-42-8)

8 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, MSGSN

Islanders Projected Lineup

Anders Lee — Bo Horvat — Kyle Palmieri
Maxim Tsyplakov — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Simon Holmstrom
Pierre Engvall — Casey Cizikas — Hudson Fasching
Matt Martin — Kyle MacLean — Marc Gatcomb

Alexander Romanov — Tony DeAngelo
Adam Pelech — Ryan Pulock
Noah Dobson — Scott Mayfield

Ilya Sorokin
Marcus Hogberg

Scratched: Scott Perunovich, Adam Boqvist, Mike Reilly, Anthony Duclair

Injured: Mathew Barzal (lower body), Semyon Varlamov (lower body)

Status Report: 

Duclair remains on a leave of absence and will be away from the Islanders for a third consecutive game.

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Predators Projected Lineup

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

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

Justus Annunen
Juuse Saros

Scratched: Kieffer Bellows, Spencer Stastney

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

Status Report: 

Marchessault will return after missing four games because of a lower-body injury.

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