The Edmonton Oilers take on the Tampa Bay Lightning at the Benchmark International Arena. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
7:30 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+, SNW, SNO, SNE
Oilers projected lineup
Matt Savoie — Connor McDavid — Jack Roslovic
Vasily Podkolzin — Leon Draisaitl — Andrew Mangiapane
Trent Frederic — Adam Henrique — Zach Hyman
Mattias Janmark — David Tomasek
Darnell Nurse — Evan Bouchard
Mattias Ekholm — Brett Kulak
Jake Walman — Alec Regula
Ty Emberson
Calvin Pickard
Stuart Skinner
Scratched: None
Injured: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (undisclosed), Kasperi Kapanen (knee), Noah Philp (upper body), Curtis Lazar (upper body)
Status report
The Oilers are expected dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen, as they did in a 7-4 loss at the Washington Capitals on Wednesday.
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Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Nikita Kucherov
Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nick Paul
Oliver Bjorkstrand — Dominic James — Gage Goncalves
Curtis Douglas — Yanni Gourde — Zemgus Girgensons
J.J. Moser — Darren Raddysh
Charle-Edouard D’Astous — Erik Cernak
Declan Carlile — Emil Lilleberg
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Jack Finley, Steven Santini
Injured: Ryan McDonagh (undisclosed), Pontus Holmberg (undisclosed), Victor Hedman (undisclosed), Max Crozier (undisclosed)
Status report
Paul will make his season debut after missing the first 19 games with an upper-body injury. … Hedman is “probably a couple of weeks away still,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said; the defenseman was placed on injured reserve Thursday.
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