The Edmonton Oilers take on the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
OILERS (9-7-2) at CANADIENS (6-10-2)
7:30 p.m. ET; PRIME, RDS
Oilers projected lineup
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins — Connor McDavid — Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin — Leon Draisaitl — Corey Perry
Adam Henrique — Mattias Janmark — Connor Brown
Jeff Skinner — Derek Ryan
Mattias Ekholm — Evan Bouchard
Travis Dermott — Josh Brown
Brett Kulak — Ty Emberson
Troy Stecher
Calvin Pickard
Stuart Skinner
Scratched: None
Injured: Darnell Nurse (upper body), Viktor Arvidsson (undisclosed)
Status report
- Nurse will miss 5-10 days, Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said after the morning skate. The defenseman was injured on an illegal check to the head by Ryan Reaves in the second period of a 4-3 overtime loss at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. Reaves was suspended five games.
- Josh Brown will play after being recalled from Bakersfield of the American Hockey League on Sunday, and the Oilers will dress seven defensemen and 11 forwards.
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Canadiens projected lineup
Juraj Slafkovsky — Nick Suzuki — Kirby Dach
Cole Caufield — Jake Evans — Alex Newhook
Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman — Lucas Condotta — Joel Armia
Mike Matheson — Kaiden Guhle
Lane Hutson — David Savard
Arber Xhekaj — Jayden Struble
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched: Justin Barron, Michael Pezzetta
Injured: Patrik Laine (knee), Raphael Harvey-Pinard (broken leg)
Status report
- Savard returns after he was a last-minute scratch because of an upper-body injury for a 5-1 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday.
- Laine, a forward, was on the ice before an optional morning skate.
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