Projected Lineups for the Flyers vs Oilers – 10/15/24

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

FLYERS (1-1-0) at OILERS (0-3-0)

10 p.m. ET; TVAS, SN1, ESPN

Flyers projected lineup

Owen Tippett — Morgan Frost — Matvei Michkov
Tyson Foerster — Jett Luchanko — Travis Konecny
Joel Farabee — Sean Couturier — Bobby Brink
Scott Laughton — Ryan Poehling — Garnet Hathaway

Cam York — Travis Sanheim
Erik Johnson — Jamie Drysdale
Egor Zamula — Rasmus Ristolainen

Samuel Ersson
Ivan Fedotov

Scratched: Emil Andrae, Noah Cates, Nicolas Deslauriers

Injured: None

Status report

• Luchanko returns after being a healthy scratch for a 6-3 loss at Calgary on Saturday.
• Farabee will also be back in the lineup after missing practice Monday for maintenance.

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Oilers projected lineup

Leon Draisaitl — Connor McDavid — Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins — Viktor Arvidsson
Jeff Skinner — Adam Henrique — Connor Brown
Mattias Janmark — Derek Ryan — Corey Perry

Mattias Ekholm — Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse — Troy Stecher
Brett Kulak — Ty Emberson

Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard

Scratched: Travis Dermott

Injured: None

Status report

• Draisaitl will move up to the top line and play with McDavid.
• Podkolzin will move up from the third line to the second, and Nugent-Hopkins moves down to center the spot left by Draisaitl
• Emberson enters the lineup for Dermott, a defenseman, and Stecher will be Nurse’s third defense partner in four games.

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