Projected Lineups for the Oilers vs Panthers – 2/27/25

The Edmonton Oilers take on the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

OILERS (34-20-4) at PANTHERS (35-21-3)

7 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, SNO, SNE, SN1

Oilers projected lineup

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

Mattias Ekholm — Evan Bouchard
Troy Stecher — Ty Emberson
Brett Kulak — John Klingberg

Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard

Scratched: Matt Savoie

Injured: Evander Kane (hip/knee), Alec Regula (knee), Darnell Nurse (upper body)

Status report:

The Oilers reclaimed defenseman Travis Dermott off waivers from the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday; he was assigned to Bakersfield of the American Hockey League. … Nurse, a defenseman, is day to day. 

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Panthers projected lineup

Carter Verhaeghe — Aleksander Barkov — Sam Reinhart
Mackie Samoskevich — Sam Bennett — Evan Rodrigues
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Jesper Boqvist
A.J. Greer — Tomas Nosek — Jonah Gadjovich

Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Dmitry Kulikov
Uvis Balinskis — Nate Schmidt

Sergei Bobrovsky
Spencer Knight

Scratched: None

Injured: Matthew Tkachuk (lower body)

Status report:

Tkachuk, a forward, is out at least two more games, Panthers coach Paul Maurice said Thursday; Maurice did not offer a timeline other than to say Tkachuk’s injury is “near term.” … Luostarinen will return after missing a 4-1 win at the Nashville Predators on Tuesday because of the birth of his first child. … Justin Sourdif, a forward, was loaned to Charlotte of the AHL on Wednesday.

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