Projection lineup of Oil Man and Golden Knights – 5/8/25 – Hockey Writer – Projection lineup

The Edmonton Oilers participated in Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena tonight. Below are the expected/expected lineups from NHL.com staff workers, independent journalists, etc.

Golden Knight (1p) Oiler (3p)

The second round of the Western Conference, Game 2

9:30 PM ET, ESPN, SN, TVAS, CBC

Edmonton leads 1-0 and leads 7

Oil Man Projection Lineup

Leon Draisaitl – Connor McDavid – Corey Perry
Evander Kane – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Zach Hyman
Trent Frederic – Adam Henrique – Connor Brown
Vasily Podkolzin – Mattias Janmark – Viktor Arvidsson

Nurse Darnell – Evan Bouchard
Jake Walman – John Klingberg
Brett Kulak – Ty Emberson

Calvin Pickard
Stuart Skinner

Scratches: Joshua Brown, Cam Dineen, Max Jones, Kasperi Kapanen, Olivier Rodrigue, Derek Ryan, Jeff Skinner

Injuried: Mattias Ekholm (not published), Troy Stecher (not published)

Status Report

The Oilers will dress up the lineup used in the first game Tuesday with a 4-2 win.

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Golden Knight Projection Lineup

Ivan Barbashev – Jack Eichel – Mark Stone
Brandon Saad – Tomas Hertl – Victor Olofsson
Brett Howden – William Karlsson – Reilly Smith
Tanner Pearson – Nicolas Roy – Keegan Kolesar

Brayden McNabb – Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin – Zach WhiteCloud
Nicolas Hague – Kaedan korczak

Adin Hill
Akira Schmid

Scratches: Alexander Holtz, Ben Hutton, Tanner Pearson, Ilya Samsonov, Cole Schwindt

Injuried: Pavel Dorofeyev (not published), Alex Pietrangelo (disease)

Status Report

The Golden Knights have an optional morning skateboard. …Dorofeyev, forward, skating, but would miss his third game. …Defensive Pietrangelo will be the decision of a game; if he plays, he may pair with Noah Hanifin.

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