The Edmonton Oilers take on the San Jose Sharks tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
OILERS (47-29-5) at SHARKS (20-49-12)
10:30 p.m. ET; NBCSCA, SNW, SNO, SNE
Oilers projected lineup
Jeff Skinner — Connor McDavid — Connor Brown
Vasily Podkolzin — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins — Viktor Arvidsson
Corey Perry –Adam Henrique — Kasperi Kapanen
Max Jones — Mattias Janmark — Quinn Hutson
Cam Dineen — Evan Bouchard
Brett Kulak — Ty Emberson
Joshua Brown
Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard
Scratched: None
Injured: Leon Draisaitl (undisclosed), Mattias Ekholm (undisclosed), Trent Frederic (ankle), Zach Hyman (undisclosed), Evander Kane (hip, knee), John Klingberg (lower body), Alec Regula (knee), Jake Walman (undisclosed)
Suspended: Darnell Nurse
Status report:
McDavid will return after being scratched as a precautionary measure for a 5-0 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Monday. … Draisaitl will miss his seventh straight game; the center is expected to be ready for Game 1 of the Western Conference First Round against the Kings, Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said.
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Sharks projected lineup
Tyler Toffoli — Macklin Celebrini — Will Smith
William Eklund — Alexander Wennberg — Cam Lund
Nikolai Kovalenko — Ty Dellandrea — Danil Gushchin
Carl Grundstrom — Barclay Goodrow — Noah Gregor
Henry Thrun — Timothy Liljegren
Lucas Carlsson — Jan Rutta
Marc-Edouard Vlasic — Jimmy Schuldt
Alexandar Georgiev
Georgi Romanov
Scratched: None
Injured: Thomas Bordeleau (upper body), Zack Ostapchuk (lower body), Jack Thompson (upper body), Klim Kostin (lower body), Vincent Desharnais (upper body), Mario Ferraro (lower body), Shakir Mukhamadullin (upper body)
Status Report:
Rutta, a defenseman, will return after missing a 2-1 overtime loss at the Vancouver Canucks on Monday because of an upper-body injury.
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