The Edmonton Oilers take on the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
OILERS (34-19-4) at LIGHTNING (32-20-4)
7:30 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+, SN1
Oilers projected lineup
Viktor Arvidsson — Connor McDavid — Zach Hyman
Matt Savoie — Leon Draisaitl — Vasily Podkolzin
Mattias Janmark — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins — Connor Brown
Corey Perry — Adam Henrique — Kasperi Kapanen
Mattias Ekholm — Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse — Troy Stecher
Brett Kulak — Ty Emberson
Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard
Scratched: John Klingberg, Jeff Skinner
Injured: Evander Kane (hip/knee), Alec Regula (knee)
Status report
McDavid was on the ice for the Oilers optional morning skate Tuesday and is expected to play after missing practice Monday for maintenance. … Stecher will enter the lineup after being scratched the past five games.
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Lightning projected lineup
Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Gage Goncalves
Mitchell Chaffee — Nick Paul — Michael Eyssimont
Zemgus Girgensons — Luke Glendening
Victor Hedman — J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Darren Raddysh
Nick Perbix
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Matt Tomkins
Scratched: Cam Atkinson
Injured: Jonas Johansson (lower body)
Status report
The Lightning could dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen. … Johansson, a goalie, returned to practice Monday.
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