Projected Lineups for Avalanche vs Oilers- 11/8/25

The Colorado Avalanche travel to Edmonton to take on the Oilers at Rogers Place. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

AVALANCHE (8-1-5) at OILERS (6-5-4)

10 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SNE, SNO, SNW, ALT2, KTVD

Avalanche projected lineup

Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Ross Colton — Brock Nelson — Valeri Nichushkin
Gabriel Landeskog — Jack Drury — Victor Olofsson
Parker Kelly — Zakhar Bardakov — Gavin Brindley

Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Josh Manson — Brent Burns
Ilya Solovyov — Sam Malinski

Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood

Scratched: Danil Gushchin

Injured: Samuel Girard (upper body), Joel Kiviranta (lower body), Logan O’Connor (hip surgery)

Status report

Brindley (concussion protocol) will play for the first time since Oct. 31. … The Avalanche recalled Gushchin, a forward, from Colorado of the American Hockey League on Saturday. … Solovyov will play after being a healthy scratch for a 3-2 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday. … Girard, a defenseman, practiced Friday but is not on the trip. 

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Oilers projected lineup

Leon Draisaitl — Connor McDavid — Jack Roslovic
Vasily Podkolzin — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins — Andrew Mangiapane
Isaac Howard — David Tomasek — Matthew Savoie
Adam Henrique — Noah Philp — Trent Frederic

Mattias Ekholm — Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse — Alec Regula
Brett Kulak — Jake Walman

Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard

Scratched: Ty Emberson, Curtis Lazar, Troy Stecher

Injured: Zach Hyman (wrist), Mattias Janmark (undisclosed), Kasperi Kapanen (knee)

Status report

Draisaitl and Roslovic will move up from the second line to play with McDavid, and Walman and Regula are expected to swap places on the second and third defense pairings. … Hyman, a forward, is expected to make his season debut next week; Janmark, a forward, could return against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday.

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