Line Combos: Playoff Opening Lines

[ZYXWVUT]

Figured I would get this going, since I am curious to see what each team will look like come game 1. Let's hear them.

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[The Duck Knight]

As long as everyone is healthy the Knights will probably go with this.

Barbashev-Eichel-Marchessault
Stephenson-Hertl-Stone
Dorofeyev/Howden-Karlsson-Amadio/Mantha
Carrier/Cotter-Roy-Kolesar

Martinez-Pietrangelo
Hanifin-Hague
Mcnabb-Theodore

Thompson

 

[X66]

Keefe does like to surprise opening night, I can see him going with a loaded second line...

Bertuzzi-Matthews-Domi
Nylander-Tavares-Marner
Knies-Holmberg-Jrankrok
Dewar-Kampf-Reaves

 

[BonMorrison]

FYI I am doing my best to track this in my Trades forum thread - will take info from here to update there!

Speculation: - 2023-24 NHL Lines & Lineup Notes Thread (as of Apr. 19th '24 @ 9:00am ET)

NOTES 1) LW/RW & defensive sides are in effect as well as 23 player rosters. Injured/Unavailable and scratched players will be noted. 2) Please remember this is an ever-evolving document - be constructive with any concerns or issues and I will address and update as the year goes on. STANLEY...

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[Magic Mittens]

Robertson - Hintz - Pavs
Marchment - Duchene - Seguin
Benn - Johnston - Stankoven
Steel - Faksa - Dadanov

Harley - Heiskanen
Lindell - Tanev
Suter - Hakanpaa/Lundkvist

Otter
Wedgie

 

[nabby12]

Connor Scheifele Vilardi
Ehlers Monahan Toffoli
Niederreiter Lowry Appleton
Iafallo Namestnikov Perfetti
Barron (injured), Kupari, Gustafsson

Morrissey DeMelo
Dillon Pionk
Samberg Schmidt
Stanley, Miller

Hellebuyck
Brossoit

 

[Donuts]

Mikheyev - EP - hoglander
Suter - Miller - Boeser
Joshua - lindholm - garland
Podkolzin - Blueger - Lafferty

Hughes - Hronek
Soucy - Myers
Zadorov - Cole

Friedman -Juulsen

Demko
DeSmith

 

[ScottyMascotty]

Tarasenko - Barkov - Reinhart
Verhaeghe - Bennett - Tkachuk
Luostarinen - Lundell - Rodrigues
Lomberg - Stenlund - Cousins

Forsling - Ekblad
Mikkola - Montour
OEL - Kulikov

Bobrovsky
Stolarz

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Goalie is unconfirmed. We'll see once the puck drops tonight since Montgomery refuses to give an answer. JVR and Parker Wotherspoon are extras and will almost certainly see time in this series.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Assuming Sandin and Jensen are back in the lineup (both skated today in normal jerseys and traveled to NY):

Alex Ovechkin-Connor McMichael-T.J. Oshie
Aliaksei Protas-Dylan Strome-Tom Wilson
Max Pacioretty-Hendrix Lapierre-Sonny Milano
Beck Malenstyn-Nic Dowd-Nicolas Aube-Kubel

Martin Fehervary-John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin-Nick Jensen
Alex Alexeyev-Trevor van Riemsdyk

Chuckie Lindgren

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Tarasenko - Barkov - Reinhart
Verhaeghe - Bennett - Tkachuk
Luostarinen - Lundell - Rodrigues
Lomberg - Stenlund - Cousins

Forsling - Ekblad
Mikkola - Montour
OEL - Kulikov

Bobrovsky
Stolarz

That 4th line is going to be loathed in the playoffs by everyone but Panthers fans, I suspect. Lomberg is a pestering little shit (in a good way) and Cousins is a dirtball (in a bad way) but he's effective at what he does.