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Projected Lineups for Oilers vs Senators – 10/21/25

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

OILERS (2-3-1) at SENATORS (2-4-0)

7 p.m. ET; RDS, SNW, TSN5

Oilers projected lineup

Vasily Podkolzin — Connor McDavid — Leon Draisaitl
Andrew Mangiapane — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins — Jack Roslovic
Trent Frederic — Noah Philp — Matt Savoie
Isaac Howard — Adam Henrique — David Tomasek

Mattias Ekholm — Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse — Jake Walman
Brett Kulak — Ty Emberson

Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard

Scratched: Curtis Lazar, Troy Stecher

Injured: Mattias Janmark (undisclosed), Zach Hyman (wrist), Alec Regula (undisclosed), Kasperi Kapanen (undisclosed)

Status report

Walman will make his season debut after missing six games with an undisclosed injury. … Kapanen, a forward, will miss up to six weeks after he sustained an undisclosed injury during a 4-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday. … Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch juggled his lines during the morning skate, promoting Draisaitl and Podkolzin to the first line, and Nugent-Hopkins and Mangiapane down to the second. Roslovic will take Kapanen’s spot on the second line.

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Senators projected lineup

Tim Stutzle — Dylan Cozens — Drake Batherson
Michael Amadio — Shane Pinto — Claude Giroux
Nick Cousins — Ridly Greig — David Perron
Olle Lycksell — Lars Eller — Fabian Zetterlund

Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot — Nick Jensen
Tyler Kleven — Nikolas Matinpalo


Linus Ullmark
Mads Sogaard

Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid, Jordan Spence

Injured: Brady Tkachuk (thumb surgery)

Status report

Spence was the extra defenseman during the morning skate, which indicates Matinpalo could play after being a healthy scratch for four straight games.

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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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