Projected Lineups for the Oilers vs Sharks– 4/16/25

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.

Latest for THW:

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.