Projected Lineups for Oilers vs Canadiens – 12/14/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Edmonton Oilers take on the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

OILERS (15-11-6) at CANADIENS (16-11-4)

7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, SNW, NHLN

Oilers projected lineup

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

Mattias Ekholm — Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse — Alec Regula
Spencer Stastney — Ty Emberson

Calvin Pickard
Tristan Jarry

Scratched: Max Jones, Riley Stillman

Injured: Connor Clattenburg (eye), Kasperi Kapanen (knee), Noah Philp (undisclosed), Jack Roslovic (undisclosed), Jake Walman (undisclosed)

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate. … Pickard could start after Jarry made 25 saves in his Penguins debut, a 6-3 win at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday.

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Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Zack Bolduc
Juraj Slafkovsky — Oliver Kapanen — Ivan Demidov
Alexandre Texier — Owen Beck — Josh Anderson
Joe Veleno — Jake Evans — Brendan Gallagher

Mike Matheson — Alexandre Carrier
Lane Hutson — Noah Dobson
Arber Xhekaj — Adam Engstrom

Jakub Dobes
Sam Montembeault

Scratched: Jared Davidson, Jayden Struble, Jacob Fowler

Injured: Kirby Dach (broken foot), Alex Newhook (broken ankle), Kaiden Guhle (lower body), Patrik Laine (lower body)

Status report

Dobes or Montembeault will likely start; Fowler, who was recalled from Laval of the American Hockey League on Wednesday, made 23 saves in a 5-4 overtime loss at the New York Rangers on Saturday after making 36 in his NHL debut, a 4-2 win at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday.