NHL Game Preview: Nashville Predators at Vegas Golden Knights with Line Combinations 4/12/2025

Nashville Predators (29-42-8, 66 pts) at Vegas Golden Knights (48-22-9, 105 Pts)

Venue: T-Mobile Arena
Date: Saturday, April 12
Time: 10:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/FDSNSO/SCRIPPS
Radio:
Nashville – The Game 102.5 FM
Vegas – Fox Sports Radio 98.9 FM / 1340 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Nashville: +1.5 ML +215
Vegas: -1.5 ML -265
O/U 5.5

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Nashville Predators News & Notes: 

The Predators have won two straight games despite not being a playoff team. Both of those wins came in overtime. They most recently won 4-3 in overtime over the Utah Hockey Club. They have three games left, including tonight, and two of those three games are against current playoff teams.

Vegas Golden Knights News & Notes:

The Golden Knights picked up a 2-1 win over the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night. They’ve won three of their last four games, averaging 2.5 goals per game while allowing two goals per game. The Golden Knights are closing in on a Pacific Division title.

Nashville Predators Projected Lines:

Bunting-O’Reilly-Evangelista
Forsberg-Stamkos-L’Heureux
Vrana-Svechkov-Marchessault
Smith-McCarron-Wood

Skjei-Blankenburg
Del Gaizo-Barron
Englund-Oesterle

Saros
Annunen

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Vegas Golden Knights Projected Lines:

Barbashev-Howden-Stone
Saad-Hertl-Dorofeyev
Holtz-Karlsson-Smith
Pearson-Roy-Kolesar

McNabb-Theodore
Hanifin-Whitecloud
Hutton-Korczak

Hill
Schmid

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Players To Watch:

Nashville Predators

Filip Forsberg this season has 73 points on 31 goals and 42 assists. He’s faced the Golden Knights 17 times in his career, recording 17 points on 11 goals and six assists. Between two meetings this season, he’s recorded a goal and two assists.

Vegas Golden Knights

Pavel Dorofeyev this season has 50 points on 33 goals and 17 assists. He’s faced the Predators five times in his career, recording five points on three goals and two assists. He scored a hat trick in one of the two meetings this season.   

Injury Report:

Nashville Predators

D Roman Josi – IR
D Jeremy Lauzon – IR
F Colton Sissons – Out
D Adam Wilsby – IR

Vegas Golden Knights

F Jack Eichel – DTD
D Alex Pietrangelo – Out
G Ilya Samsonov – DTD

Next Game:

Nashville – April 14 vs. Utah Hockey Club
Vegas – April 15 vs. Calgary Flames

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