Projected Lineups for Wild vs Oilers – 12/2/25

The Edmonton Oilers take on the Minnesota Wild tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

WILD (14-7-5) at OILERS (11-10-5)

9 p.m. ET; SN1, FDSNNO, FDSNWI

Wild projected lineup

Kirill Kaprizov — Ryan Hartman — Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson — Joel Eriksson Ek — Matt Boldy
Yakov Trenin — Nico Sturm — Vladimir Tarasenko
Liam Ohgren — Ben Jones — Tyler Pitlick

Jacob Middleton — Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin — Brock Faber
Zeev Buium — Zach Bogosian

Jesper Wallstedt
Filip Gustavsson

Scratched: Daemon Hunt, Ben Jones

Injured: Marcus Foligno (lower body), Vinnie Hinostroza (lower body), Marco Rossi (lower body), Danila Yurov (undisclosed)

Status report

Hartman will move up to center the Wild’s top line in place of Yurov, who is sitting out for the first time since being injured during a 4-3 overtime win at the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday; Yurov, who played the next two games, will be replaced by Jones

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• NHL Rumors: Hughes and Red Wings Buzz, Binnington Drama, Guhle Off Limits
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• 3 Takeaways From the Wild’s 3-2 Shootout Loss to the Sabres

Oilers projected lineup

Matthew Savoie — Connor McDavid — Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin — Leon Draisaitl — Andrew Mangiapane
Adam Henrique — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins — Mattias Janmark
Trent Frederic — Curtis Lazar — Connor Clattenburg

Mattias Ekholm — Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse — Alec Regula
Brett Kulak — Ty Emberson

Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard

Scratched: David Tomasek

Injured: Kasperi Kapanen (knee), Noah Philp (undisclosed), Jack Roslovic (undisclosed), Jake Walman (lower body)

Status report

The Oilers held an optional morning skate.

Latest for THW:

• Edmonton Oilers’ Top-20 Goal Scorers All-Time
• NHL Rumors: Hughes and Red Wings Buzz, Binnington Drama, Guhle Off Limits
• Rookie Connor Clattenburg Has Injected Life into Lifeless Oilers