Projected Lineups for the Wild vs Devils – 03/31/25

The New Jersey Devils battle the Minnesota Wild at the Prudential Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. 

WILD (41-28-5) at DEVILS (39-29-7)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNWIX, FDSNNO, MSGSN, NHLN

Wild Projected Lineup

Matt Boldy — Marco Rossi — Vinnie Hinostroza
Marcus Johansson — Frederick Gaudreau — Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Foligno — Ryan Hartman — Gustav Nyquist
Yakov Trenin — Devin Shore — Justin Brazeau

Jacob Middleton — Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin — Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill — Zach Bogosian

Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury

Scratched: Brendan Gaunce

Injured: Kirill Kaprizov (lower body), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body), Declan Chisholm (lower body)

Status Report: 

Kaprizov and Eriksson Ek each participated in an optional morning after practicing Sunday, but the forwards will not play. … Chisholm practiced Sunday, but the defenseman will likely miss his fourth straight game. 

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Devils Projected Lineup

Stefan Noesen — Nico Hischier — Jesper Bratt
Erik Haula — Dawson Mercer — Timo Meier
Ondrej Palat — Justin Dowling — Tomas Tatar
Paul Cotter — Curtis Lazar — Daniel Sprong

Luke Hughes — Brett Pesce
Brian Dumoulin — Jonathan Kovacevic
Brenden Dillon – Simon Nemec

Jacob Markstrom
Jake Allen

Scratched: Nathan Bastian, Dennis Cholowski, Kurtis MacDermid, Nolan Foote

Injured: Dougie Hamilton (lower body), Cody Glass (lower body)

Status report:

Luke Hughes did not participate in the morning skate for maintenance but is expected to play. … Lazar will play after serving as a healthy scratch in a 5-2 win at Minnesota on Saturday. … Glass, a forward, and Hamilton, a defenseman, each skated on his own Monday and are progressing, per Devils coach Sheldon Keefe.

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• 3 Takeaways From the Devils’ 5-2 Victory Over the Wild
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