The Edmonton Oilers battle the Los Angeles Kings for Game 2 of their first round matchup at Crypto.com Arena this evening. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
OILERS (3P) at KINGS (2P)
Western Conference First Round, Game 2
10 p.m. ET; FDSNW, MAX, TBS, SN, TVAS, CBC
Los Angeles leads best-of-7 series 1-0
Oilers Projected Lineup
Leon Draisaitl — Connor McDavid — Corey Perry
Evander Kane — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins — Zach Hyman
Trent Frederic — Adam Henrique — Connor Brown
Vasily Podkolzin — Mattias Janmark — Viktor Arvidsson
Darnell Nurse — Evan Bouchard
Jake Walman — John Klingberg
Brett Kulak — Ty Emberson
Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard
Scratched: Derek Ryan, Kasperi Kapanen, Olivier Rodrigue, Joshua Brown, Max Jones, Jeff Skinner, Cam Dineen
Injured: Mattias Ekholm (undisclosed), Alec Regula (knee), Troy Stecher (undisclosed)
Status report:
Kane will make his season debut; he had surgery Sept. 20 to repair two torn hip adductor muscles, two hernias and two torn lower abdominal muscles, and then had arthroscopic knee surgery Jan. 9. … Klingberg will return after missing the final 10 games of the regular season and a 6-5 loss to the Kings in Game 1 on Monday because of a lower-body injury.
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Kings Projected Lineup
Andrei Kuzmenko — Anze Kopitar — Adrian Kempe
Warren Foegele — Phillip Danault — Trevor Moore
Kevin Fiala — Quinton Byfield — Alex Laferriere
Jeff Malott — Samuel Helenius — Alex Turcotte
Mikey Anderson — Drew Doughty
Vladislav Gavrikov — Jordan Spence
Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke
Darcy Kuemper
David Rittich
Scratched: Kyle Burroughs, Akil Thomas, Jacob Moverare, Trevor Lewis
Injured: Tanner Jeannot (undisclosed)
Status Report:
Los Angeles will likely use the same lineup in Game 1; coach Jim Hiller did not answer when asked if he was considering lineup changes.
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