Projected Lineups for the Oilers vs Kraken – 3/27/25

The Edmonton Oilers take on the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

OILERS (41-25-5) at KRAKEN (30-36-6)

10 p.m. ET; KHN, KING 5, KONG, SNP, SNE, SN1

Oilers projected lineup

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

Mattias Ekholm — Evan Bouchar
Darnell Nurse — Jake Walman
Brett Kulak — Troy Stecher
Ty Emberson

Calvin Pickard
Olivier Rodrigue

Scratched: None

Injured: Leon Draisaitl (undisclosed), Trent Frederic (ankle), Evander Kane (hip, knee), John Klingberg (undisclosed), Connor McDavid (lower body), Alec Regula (knee), Stuart Skinner (head)

Status report:

The Oilers did not hold a morning skate following a 4-3 loss to the Dallas Stars on Wednesday. … Skinner is not on the trip; the goalie left at 6:34 of the third period Wednesday after he was inadvertently hit in the head when Stars forward Mikko Rantanen cut in front of the net; Rodrigue was recalled on an emergency basis from Bakersfield of the American Hockey League on Thursday and will back up Pickard. … With the recall of Rodrigue, Derek Ryan, a center, was loaned to Bakersfield, leaving Edmonton with 11 healthy forwards. … Emberson is expected to dress as a seventh defenseman after being a healthy scratch Wednesday.

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Kraken projected lineup

Jaden Schwartz — Shane Wright — Jordan Eberle
Kaapo Kakko — Matty Beniers — Jani Nyman
Eeli Tolvanen — Jared McCann — Andre Burakovsky
Tye Kartye — John Hayden — Mikey Eyssimont

Vince Dunn — Adam Larsson
Ryker Evans — Brandon Montour
Jamie Oleksiak — Josh Mahura

Joey Daccord
Philipp Grubauer

Scratched: Cale Fleury

Injured: Chandler Stephenson (upper body)

Status report:

Stephenson, a center, skated in a regular jersey Thursday for the first time since leaving a 4-0 loss at the Minnesota Wild on March 19 with an upper-body injury; he is not expected to play.

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