Projected Lineups for the Panthers vs Red Wings – 4/6/25

The Florida Panthers take on the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

PANTHERS (44-28-4) at RED WINGS (35-33-7)

5:30 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, SN360, SN

Panthers projected lineup

Jesper Boqvist — Sam Bennett — Sam Reinhart
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Brad Marchand
Carter Verhaeghe — Evan Rodrigues — Mackie Samoskevich
A.J. Greer — Tomas Nosek — Jonah Gadjovich

Gustav Forsling — Nate Schmidt
Niko Mikkola — Seth Jones
Jaycob Megna — Uvis Balinskis

Vitek Vanecek
Sergei Bobrovsky

Scratched: None

Injured: Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Dmitry Kulikov (upper body), Nico Sturm (upper body), Aleksander Barkov (upper body)

Suspended: Aaron Ekblad

Status report:

Vanecek could start after Bobrovsky made 19 saves in a 3-0 loss at the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.

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Red Wings projected lineup

Patrick Kane — Dylan Larkin — Alex DeBrincat
Marco Kasper — Michael Rasmussen — Lucas Raymond
Vladimir Tarasenko — J.T. Compher – Jonatan Berggren
Elmer Soderblom — Tyler Motte — Craig Smith

Ben Chiarot — Moritz Seider
Simon Edvinsson — Jeff Petry
Justin Holl — Albert Johansson

Cam Talbot
Alex Lyon

Scratched: William Lagesson

Injured: Andrew Copp (upper body), Erik Gustafsson (undisclosed), Petr Mrazek (upper body)

Status report:

Talbot will make his third straight start.

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