Projected Lineups for Golden Knights vs Canucks – 4/6/25

The Vegas Golden Knights take on the Vancouver Canucks today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (46-22-8) at CANUCKS (35-28-13)

10 p.m. ET; SNP, ESPN

Golden Knights projected lineup

Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone
Brandon Saad — Nicolas Roy — Pavel Dorofeyev
Victor Olofsson — William Karlsson – Reilly Smith
Tanner Pearson — Brett Howden — Keegan Kolesar

Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin — Alex Pietrangelo
Nicolas Hague — Zach Whitecloud

Adin Hill
Akira Schmid

Scratched: Cole Schwindt, Ben Hutton, Kaedan Korczak

Injured: Tomas Hertl (upper body), Ilya Samsonov (upper body)

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate after each played Saturday. … Hill is expected to start after Schmid made 21 saves in a 3-2 overtime win at the Calgary Flames.

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Canucks projected lineup

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

Quinn Hughes — Victor Mancini
Marcus Pettersson — Filip Hronek
Derek Forbort — Elias Nils Pettersson

Kevin Lankinen
Thatcher Demko

Scratched: None

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

Status report

Lankinen is the confirmed starter after Demko made 30 saves in a 6-2 victory against the Anaheim Ducks. … Hoglander, a forward, took part in warmups Saturday and could return after missing his sixth straight game.

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