Projected Lineups for Oilers vs Golden Knights – 4/1/25

The Edmonton Oilers take on the Vegas Golden Knights today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

OILERS (42-26-5) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (45-20-8)

10 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, SN1, TVAS

Oilers projected lineup

Vasily Podkolzin — Leon Draisaitl — Viktor Arvidsson
Kasperi Kapanen — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins — Zach Hyman
Jeff Skinner — Mattias Janmark — Connor Brown
Max Jones — Adam Henrique — Corey Perry

Jake Walman — Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse — Troy Stecher
Brett Kulak — Ty Emberson

Calvin Pickard
Olivier Rodrigue

Scratched: None

Injured: Mattias Ekholm (undisclosed), Trent Frederic (ankle), Evander Kane (hip, knee), John Klingberg (undisclosed), Connor McDavid (lower body), Alec Regula (knee), Stuart Skinner (concussion)

Status report:

The Oilers will dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 3-2 overtime win against the Calgary Flames on Saturday. … McDavid made the trip and was on the ice for Edmonton’s morning skate in a non-contact jersey; the center will miss his fifth straight game. 

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Golden Knights projected lineup

Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone
Brandon Saad — Nicolas Roy — Pavel Dorofeyev
Victor Olofsson — William Karlsson – Reilly Smith
Tanner Pearson — Brett Howden — Keegan Kolesar

Brayden McNabb – Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin — Zach Whitecloud
Nicolas Hague — Kaedan Korczak

Adin Hill
Akira Schmid

Scratched: Ben Hutton, Cole Schwindt, Trevor Connelly

Injured: Tomas Hertl (upper body), Alex Pietrangelo (lower body), Ilya Samsonov (lower body)

Status report:

The Golden Knights will dress the same lineup they used in a 3-1 win at the Nashville Predators on Saturday. … Connelly, a forward, signed a three-year, entry-level contract Tuesday. … Schmid was recalled from Henderson of the American Hockey League on Monday.

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