Projected Lineups for Oilers vs Kings – Game 3 – Hockey Writers – Projected Lineups

The Edmonton Oilers will face the Los Angeles Kings tonight at the Crypto.com Arena in Game 3 of their first round playoff series. Here are the projected/expected plans, taken from NHL.com staff writers, freelance writers and others.

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(2P) OILERS of (3P) KINGS

Western Conference First Round, Game 3

10:30 p.m. ET; MAX, TBS, BSW, TVAS2, SN

The best-of-7 series is tied 1-1

The Oilers propose a plan

Adam Henrique – Connor McDavid – Zach Hyman

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Leon Draisaitl – Warren Foegele

Evander Kane – Ryan McLeod – Corey Perry

Dylan Holloway – Sam Carrick – Mattias Janmark

Mattias Ekholm – Evan Bouchard

Darnell's nurse – Cody Ceci

Brett Kulak – Vincent Desharnais

Stuart Skinner

Calvin Pickard

Scratched: Derek Ryan, Connor Brown, Troy Stecher, Sam Gagner

Injured: Nothing

Status report

• The Oilers and Kings will use the same system starting in Game 2 on Wednesday.

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Proposed kings

Quinton Byfield – Anze Kopitar – Adrian Kempe

Trevor Moore – Phillip Danault – Viktor Arvidsson

Kevin Fiala – Pierre-Luc Dubois – Alex Laferriere

Carl Grundstrom – Blake Lizotte – Trevor Lewis

Mike Anderson – Drew Doughty

Vladislav Gavrikov – Matt Roy

Andreas Englund – Jordan Spence

Cam Talbot

David Rittich

Scratched: Aaron Dell, Arthur Kaliyev, Jacob Moverare

Injured: Nothing

Status report

• Grundstrom will remain on the Kings' roster despite playing one shift and 25 seconds of ice time. “Since we're playing 11 players, we got a better rhythm from our top players, so I asked him to be patient and ready to play,” said interim Kings coach Jim Hiller.

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