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Projected Lineups for Kraken vs Oilers – 12/4/25

The Seattle Kraken take on the Edmonton Oilers tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

KRAKEN (11-7-6) at OILERS (11-11-5)

9 p.m. ET; TVAS, SNW, KONG, KHN/Prime

Kraken projected lineup

Jared McCann — Matty Beniers — Jordan Eberle
Jani Nyman — Shane Wright — Kaapo Kakko
Berkly Catton — Chandler Stephenson — Eeli Tolvanen
Tye Kartye — Frederick Gaudreau — Ryan Winterton

Vince Dunn — Adam Larsson
Ryan Lindgren — Brandon Montour
Jamie Oleksiak — Ryker Evans

Joey Daccord
Philipp Grubauer

Scratched: Cale Fleury, Josh Mahura

Injured: Mason Marchment (undisclosed), Matt Murray (lower body), Jaden Schwartz (lower body)

Status report

Each team had an optional morning skate. … Marchment did not make the trip to Edmonton and will miss his second straight game. Nyman will enter the lineup in his spot after being a healthy scratch for the past two games. … Montour had been listed as day-to-day with an undisclosed injury, but will play

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Oilers projected lineup

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins — Connor McDavid — Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin — Leon Draisaitl — Matthew Savoie
Mattias Janmark — Adam Henrique — Andrew Mangiapane
Trent Frederic — Curtis Lazar — Connor Clattenburg

Mattias Ekholm — Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse — Alec Regula
Brett Kulak — Ty Emberson

Calvin Pickard
Stuart Skinner

Scratched: David Tomasek

Injured: Kasperi Kapanen (knee), Noah Philp (undisclosed), Jack Roslovic (undisclosed), Jake Walman (lower body)

Status report

Nugent-Hopkins moves up from the third line to the top line, where he and Hyman will start a game on the top line for the first time this season. Savoie will move down to the second line, while Henrique slides over from left wing on the third line. … Walman is expected to miss at least another week.

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Jesse Courville-Lynch

Jesse Courville-Lynch

Jesse has been a writer for over four years, starting with The Hockey Writers back in January of 2023. While previously holding credentials for the WHL's Edmonton Oil Kings, he primarily covers his hometown Edmonton Oilers, while also being an at-large writer. Away from writing, he is a hockey coach, currently serving as the Assistant Coach of the PAC U17AAA Saints. Jesse has obtained a freelance and sports writing diploma with distinction from the London School of Journalism, while also pursuing a business administration diploma from NAIT.

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