Projection lineup of Hurricanes and Panthers – 5/24/25 – Hockey Writer – Projection lineup

The Carolina Hurricanes played against the Florida Panthers in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals game tonight at Amerant Bank Arena. Below are the expected/expected lineups from NHL.com staff workers, independent journalists, etc.

Eastern Conference Finals, Game 3

8 pm ET; Max, Trutv, TNT, SN, TVAS, CBC

Florida leads 7 seasons best series 2-0

Hurricane projection lineup

Andrei Svechnikov – Sebastian Aho – Seth Jarvis
Taylor Hall – Jesperi Kotkaniemi – Logan Stankoven
William Carrier – Jordan Staal – Jordan Martinook
Eric Robinson – Mark Jankowski – Jackson Blake

Jaccob Slavin – Brent
Dmitry Orlov – Sean Walker
Shayne Gostisbehere – Scott Morrow

Pyotr Kochetkov
Frederik Andersen

Scratches: Tyson Jost, Riley Stillman, Juha Jaaska, Jack Roslovic, Alexander Nikishin, Ty Smith

Injuried: Jalen Chatfield (not published)

Status Report

Kochetkov’s first game against the New Jersey Devils will be kicking off for the first time since Andersen’s Game 1 and 2 of the series. …Kotkaniemi is expected to play after being a healthy scratch in the second game; he may replace Roslovic, who centers on the second line between Hall and Stankoven. …Defensive players Walker and Chatfield will each be a decision on game time; Walker is not injured.

THW’s latest information:

Black Panther Projection Lineup

Evan Rodrigues – Aleksander Barkov
Carter Verhaeghe – Sam Bennett – Matthew
Eetu Luostarinen -Anton Lundell -Brad Marchand
Jonah Gadjovich – Tomas Nosek – AJ Greer

Gustav Forsling – Aaron Eckbrad
Niko Mikkola – Seth Jones
Nate Schmidt – Dmitry Kulikov

Sergei Bobrovsky
Vitek Vanecek

Scratches: Mackie Samoskevich, Nico Sturm, Uvis Balinskis, Jaycob Megna, Evan Cormier

Injuried: Sam Reinhart (lower body)

Status Report

Reinhart won’t play; after a collision with AHO, the striker left behind in the first phase of Thursday’s first game. …Boqvist will return after games 5 and 6 of the second round against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

THW’s latest information: