OILERS (30-25-8) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (29-20-14)
9:30 p.m. ET; ESPN, SNW
Oilers projected lineup
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins — Connor McDavid — Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin — Leon Draisaitl — Jack Roslovic
Matt Savoie — Jason Dickinson — Kasperi Kapanen
Colton Dach — Adam Henrique — Trent Frederic
Mattias Ekholm — Evan Bouchard
Jake Walman — Connor Murphy
Darnell Nurse — Ty Emberson
Connor Ingram
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Josh Samanski, Spencer Stastney
Injured: Mattias Janmark (shoulder), Curtis Lazar (undisclosed)
Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel – Braeden Bowman
Brett Howden — Mitch Marner — Pavel Dorofeyev
Brandon Saad — Tomas Hertl — Keegan Kolesar
Cole Smith – Nic Dowd — Colton Sissons
Brayden McNabb- Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin– Kaedan Korczak
Rasmus Andersson – Jeremy Lauzon
Adin Hill
Akira Schmid
Scratched: Ben Hutton, Reilly Smith
Injured: Carter Hart (lower body), William Karlsson (lower body), Jonas Rondbjerg (lower body), Mark Stone (upper body)
Status report
Ekholm did not participate in the morning skate and will be a game-time decision; if he is unavailable, Stastney would replace him on defense. … Henrique, a forward, is also a game-time decision; Samanski was recalled from Bakersfield of the American Hockey League under emergency conditions Sunday and would play if Henrique is unavailable. … Howden will return after missing 21 games with an upper-body injury. He will replace Smith at forward.
