The Edmonton Oilers welcome the Calgary Flames to Rogers Place tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
FLAMES (34-26-11) at OILERS (41-26-5)
10 p.m. ET; CBC, SN, CITY
Flames Projected Lineup
Yegor Sharangovich — Nazem Kadri — Martin Pospisil
Jonathan Huberdeau — Morgan Frost — Matt Coronato
Joel Farabee — Mikael Backlund — Blake Coleman
Ryan Lomberg — Kevin Rooney — Adam Klapka
Joel Hanley — MacKenzie Weegar
Kevin Bahl — Rasmus Andersson
Jake Bean — Daniil Miromanov
Dustin Wolf
Dan Vladar
Scratched: Dryden Hunt, Brayden Pachal
Injured: Connor Zary (lower body)
Status Report:
Zary, a forward, is week to week after leaving in the third period of a 5-2 loss to the Dallas Stars on Thursday. … Sharangovich will enter the lineup.
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Oilers Projected Lineup
Vasily Podkolzin — Leon Draisaitl — Viktor Arvidsson
Jeff Skinner — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins — Zach Hyman
Max Jones — Adam Henrique — Kasperi Kapanen
Corey Perry — Mattias Janmark — Connor Brown
Jake Walman — Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse — Troy Stecher
Brett Kulak — Ty Emberson
Calvin Pickard
Olivier Rodrigue
Scratched: None
Injured: Mattias Ekholm (undisclosed), Trent Frederic (ankle), Evander Kane (hip, knee), John Klingberg (undisclosed), Connor McDavid (lower body), Alec Regula (knee), Stuart Skinner (concussion)
Status report:
Draisaitl could return after missing four games with an undisclosed injury; if he plays, that would bump Nugent-Hopkins down from the top line … Klingberg will not play; the defenseman had 16:10 of ice time in a 6-1 loss at the Seattle Kraken on Thursday after being out the previous 10 games. … Emberson will take his spot in the lineup. … Skinner remains day to day; the goalie was injured in a collision with Dallas Stars forward Mikko Rantanen in the third period of a 4-3 loss Wednesday.
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