Canucks lines @ Predators: Expected lineups and goalies

The Vancouver Canucks will be playing in their first ever NHL “Frozen Frenzy” game when they face the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena at 7:15 PST. Vancouver’s forward lines have undergone a minor facelift ahead of tonight’s game, with a few smaller pieces rotating out.

Canucks lines @ Predators, Oct. 24

Canucks forwards:

Phillip Di Giuseppe – J.T. Miller – Brock Boeser

Andrei Kuzmenko – Elias Pettersson – Ilya Mikheyev

Dakota Joshua – Pius Suter – Conor Garland

Anthony Beauvillier – Sam Lafferty – Nils Hoglander

Canucks defense:

Quinn Hughes – Filip Hronek

Ian Cole – Mark Friedman

Carson Soucy – Tyler Myers

Canucks goaltending:

Thatcher Demko will start, with Casey DeSmith backing him up.

Notes:

• Hoglander replaces Jack Studnicka on the fourth line, which seems to be taking a more well-rounded, offensive shape with this personnel
• Noah Juulsen remains scratched in favor of the newly-acquired Friedman
• Garland’s audition for other teams has seemingly concluded
• Vancouver simply won’t get the best of Beauvillier with him on the bottom unit

Predators lines (proj.)

Predators forwards:

Filip Forsberg – Ryan O’Reilly – Juuso Parssinen

Samuel Fagemo – Colton Sissons – Gustav Nyquist

Kiefer Sherwood – Tommy Novak -Luke Evangelista

Yakov Trenin – Michael McCarron – Cole Smith

Predators defense:

Roman Josi – Dante Fabbro

Ryan McDonagh – Alexandre Carrier

Jeremy Lauzon – Tyson Barrie

Predators goaltending:

Juuse Saros is expected to start again, with Kevin Lankinen backing up. Saros has been in goal for all of the Predators’ decisions so far this season.

The “Frozen Frenzy” and how to watch the Canucks

The NHL’s “Frozen Frenzy” is supposed to be their edition of NFL RedZone, with all 32 teams playing on the same night. John Buccigross and Kevin Weekes will be hosting the event on ESPN+ at 4 p.m. PST, and it will move to ESPN2 at 5 p.m. PST. Buccigross and Weekes will jump from game to game, showing “. . . the best goals, hits, and plays of the night”.

For fans who want to watch the Canucks without a cable subscription, a FuboTV trial can be accessed here.

Otherwise, the Canucks can be seen on Sportsnet Pacific, and heard on Sportsnet 650.