Projection lineup of the Oil Man and the Kings – 25/4/23-Hockey Writer – Projection lineup

The Edmonton Oilers fight the Los Angeles Kings tonight in the first round of the crypto.com arena. Below are the expected/expected lineups from NHL.com staff workers, independent journalists, etc.

Western Conference Round 2

10 pm ET; FDSNW, MAX, TBS, SN, TVAS, CBC

Los Angeles leads 1-0 and 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

Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard

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

Injuried: Mattias Ekholm (not published), Alec Regula (knee), Troy Stecher (not published)

Status Report:

Kane will make her debut. He had surgery on September 20 to repair the two-teared adductor of the hip, two hernia and two-teared lower abdominal muscles, and then had an arthroscopic knee surgery on January 9. …Klinberg will lose the last 10 games of the normal season in the last 10 games of the regular season, and lost 6-5 in Game 1 on Monday due to a lower body injury.

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king Projection lineup

Andrei Kuzmenko – Anze Kopitar- Adrian Kempe
Warren Foegele – Phillip Danault – Trevor Moore
Kevin Fiala – Quinton Byfield – Alex Laferriere
Jeff Malott – Samuel Helenius – Alex Turcotte

Mikey Anderson – Drew Doughty
Vladislav Gavrikov – Jordan Spence
Joel Edmundson – Brandt Clarke

Darcy Kuemper
David Rittich

Scratches: Kyle Burroughs, Akil Thomas, Jacob Moverare, Trevor Lewis

Injuried: Tanner Jeannot (not published)

Status Report:

Los Angeles may use the same roster in Game 1; Coach Jim Shearer did not answer when asked if he was considering changing the roster.

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