Projected Lineups for Oilers vs Avalanche – 11/30/24 – Hockey Writers – Projected Lineups

The Edmonton Oilers will face the Colorado Avalanche at the Ball Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups obtained from NHL.com staff writers, freelance writers, and others.

OILERS (12-9-2) at AVALANCHE (13-11-0)

10 p.m. ET; ALT, CITY, SN, TVAS, CBC

The Oilers propose a plan

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Connor McDavid – Kasperi Kapanen
Vasily Podkolzin – Leon Draisaitl – Connor Brown
Jeff Skinner – Adam Henrique – Mattias Janmark
Drake Caggiula – Derek Ryan – Corey Perry

Mattias Ekholm – Evan Bouchard
Darnell's Nurse – Troy Stecher
Brett Kulak – Ty Emerson

Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard

Scratched: Travis Dermott

Injured: Viktor Arvidsson (undisclosed), Evander Kane (hip), Zach Hyman (undisclosed)

Status report

• Neither team held a Saturday morning skate after playing on Friday.
• The Oilers won 4-3 in overtime at the Utah Hockey Club and the Avalanche lost 5-3 to the Dallas Stars.
• Manson is not expected to play on Saturday after being injured on Friday.
• Wedgewood is expected to dress as Colorado's backup after being acquired in a trade with the Nashville Predators on Saturday for goaltender Justus Annunen and a sixth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft.

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The proposed avalanche

Arthur Lehkonen – Nathan MacKinnon – Valeri Nichushkin
Nikolai Kovalenko – Casey Mittelstadt – Mikko Rantanen
Joel Kiviranta – Ivan Ivan – Logan O'Connor
Nikita Prishchepov – Parker Kelly – Chris Wagner

Devon Toews – Cale Makar
Samuel Girard – Sam Malinski
Calvin de Haan – John Ludvig

Alexander Georgiev
Scott Wedgewood

Scratched: Nothing

Injured: Josh Manson (upper body), Jonathan Drouin (upper body), Ross Colton (broken foot), Oliver Kylington (undisclosed), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head), Miles Wood (upper body)

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