Projected Lineups for Oilers vs Canucks – Game 5 – Hockey Writers – Projected Lineups

The Edmonton Oilers will face the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena tonight in Game 5 of their second round series. Here are the projected/expected lineups, taken from NHL.com staff writers, freelance writers and others.

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(2P) OILERS at (1P) CANUCKS

Western Conference Second Round, Game 5

10 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, TNT, truTV, MAX

The best-of-7 series is tied 2-2

The Oilers propose a plan

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Connor McDavid – Zach Hyman

Dylan Holloway – Leon Draisaitl – Evander Kane

Warren Foegele – Ryan McLeod – Corey Perry

Mattias Janmark – Derek Ryan

Mattias Ekholm – Evan Bouchard

Darnell Nurse – Vincent Desharnais

Brett Kulak – Cody Ceci

Philip Broberg

Calvin Pickard

Stuart Skinner

Scratched: Sam Carrick, Sam Gagner, Troy Stecher, Connor Brown

Injured: Adam Henrique (lower body)

Status report:

• The Oilers will also wear 11 players and seven defenders as they did in a 3-2 win in Game 4.
• Soucy returns from a one-game suspension by checking on McDavid after Game 3.
• Juulsen, a defenseman, is out of the lineup after subbing for Soucy in Game 4.

The latest from THW:

The Canucks propose a plan

Pius Suter – JT Miller – Brock Boeser

Nils Hoglander – Elias Lindholm – Elias Pettersson

Dakota Joshua – Teddy Blueger – Conor Garland

Phillip Di Giuseppe – Nils Aman – Vasily Podkilzin

Quinn Hughes – Filip Hronek

Carson Soucy – Tyler Myers

Nikita Zadorov – Ian Cole

Arturs Silovs

Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Mark Friedman, Christian Wolanin, Noah Juulsen, Sam Lafferty, Ilya Mikheyev, Linus Karlsson

Injured: Thatcher Demko (undisclosed)

Status report

• The Canucks made changes to their front three, releasing Karlsson, Lafferty and Mikheyev; it will be the first Stanley Cup Playoffs game each for Lafferty and Mikheyev, the latter playing on the line with Pettersson in Game 4.
• Podkolzin will make his postseason debut.
• Hoglander returns after being healthy the last two games … Di Giuseppe returns after missing Games 3 and 4 due to personal reasons.

The latest from THW:

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