Projected Lineups for the Kraken vs Canucks – 4/2/25

The Seattle Kraken are set to take on the Vancouver Canucks tonight at Rogers Arena in Vancouver. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

KRAKEN (31-38-6) at CANUCKS (34-27-13)

10:30 p.m. ET; SNP, TVAS2, KONG, KING 5, KHN

Kraken projected lineup

Tye Kartye — Matty Beniers — Kaapo Kakko
Jani Nyman — Chandler Stephenson — Jordan Eberle
Jared McCann — Shane Wright — Andre Burakovsky
Ryan Winterton — John Hayden — Mikey Eyssimont

Vince Dunn — Adam Larsson
Ryker Evans — Brandon Montour
Jamie Oleksiak — Cale Fleury

Joey Daccord
Philipp Grubauer

Scratched: Josh Mahura

Injured: Eeli Tolvanen (undisclosed), Jaden Schwartz (undisclosed)

Status report:

Schwartz and Tolvanen, both forwards, will each miss their first game of the season and are day-to-day, according to coach Dan Bylsma. … Kartye comes in for Schwartz after being a healthy scratch last game. … Winterton plays in Tolvanen’s spot after being called up from Coachella Valley of the American Hockey League on an emergency basis on Tuesday.

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Canucks projected lineup

Jake DeBrusk — Pius Suter — Brock Boeser
Drew O’Connor — Teddy Bleuger — Conor Garland
Linus Karlsson — Nils Aman — Jonathan Lekkerimaki
Dakota Joshua — Aatu Raty — Kiefer Sherwood

Quinn Hughes — Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson — Tyler Myers
Derek Forbort — Elias Nils Pettersson

Thatcher Demko
Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: Victor Mancini

Injured: Filip Chytil (concussion), Noah Juulsen (lower body), Elias Pettersson (upper body), Nils Hoglander (undisclosed)

Status report:

 Hoglander, a forward, skated in a non-contact jersey but will miss a fifth straight game.

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