Projected Lineups for the Stars vs Oilers - 3/8/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Dallas Stars take on the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

STARS (41-19-2) at OILERS (36-22-4)

10 p.m. ET; CBC, SN, CITY, Victory+

Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Mikko Rantanen
Mason Marchment — Matt Duchene — Mikael Granlund
Jamie Benn — Wyatt Johnston — Evgeni Dadonov
Oskar Back — Sam Steel — Mavrik Bourque

Thomas Harley — Ilya Lyubushkin
Esa Lindell — Cody Ceci
Lian Bichsel — Matt Dumba

Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Colin Blackwell, Brendan Smith

Injured: Miro Heiskanen (knee), Nils Lundkvist (shoulder), Tyler Seguin (hip)

Status report

Rantanen will make his Stars debut on the top line after being acquired in a trade with the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday. … Johnston signed a five-year, $42 million contract with Dallas on Saturday; it has an average annual value of $8.4 million and begins next season.

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Oilers projected lineup

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins — Connor McDavid — Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin — Leon Draisaitl — Viktor Arvidsson
Mattias Janmark — Adam Henrique — Connor Brown
Max Jones — Kasperi Kapanen — Corey Perry

Brett Kulak — Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse — Ty Emberson
Jake Walman — Troy Stecher

Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard

Scratched: Jeff Skinner

Injured: Mattias Ekholm (undisclosed), Trent Frederic (ankle), Evander Kane (hip, knee), John Klingberg (undisclosed), Alec Regula (knee)

Status report

Walman will debut for the Oilers after being acquired in a trade with the San Jose Sharks on Friday … Edmonton reassigned defenseman Cam Dineen to Bakersfield of the American Hockey League on Friday.

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