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

The Vancouver Canucks will face the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place tonight in Game 3 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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(1P) CANUCKS AT (2P) OILERS

Western Conference Second Round, Game 3

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

9:30 pm TVAS, SN, SN1, TBS, truTV, MAX

The Canucks propose a plan

Pius Suter – JT Miller – Brock Boeser

Linus Karlsson – Elias Pettersson – Ilya Mikheyev

Dakota Joshua – Elias Lindholm – Conor Garland

Nils Aman – Teddy Blueger – Sam Lafferty

Quinn Hughes – Filip Hronek

Carson Soucy – Tyler Myers

Nikita Zadorov – Ian Cole

Arturs Silovs

Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Mark Friedman, Phil Di Giuseppe, Noah Juulsen, Christian Wolanin

Injured: Thatcher Demko (undisclosed), Nils Hoglander (undisclosed)

Status Report

• Karlsson could replace Hoglander, but Tocchet said a decision had not been made.
• Aman replaces Di Giuseppe in the fourth row.

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The Oilers propose a plan

Leon Draisaitl – Connor McDavid – Zach Hyman

Warren Foegele – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Evander Kane

Dylan Holloway – Ryan McLeod – Corey Perry

Mattias Janmark – Derek Ryan – Connor Brown

Mattias Ekholm – Evan Bouchard

Darnell's nurse – Cody Ceci

Brett Kulak – Vincent Desharnais

Stuart Skinner

Calvin Pickard

Scratched: Sam Carrick, Sam Gagner, Troy Stecher

Injured: Adam Henrique (lower body)

Status report

• Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said how long Draisaitl and McDavid play together on the same line and in Game 3 will depend on what the Canucks do with their line.
• Brown filled in for Henrique, a forward who played Game 2 after missing the opener.

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