Projected Lineups for Oilers vs Panthers – Stanley Cup Final – Hockey Writers – Projected Lineups

The Edmonton Oilers will face the Florida Panthers at Rogers Place tonight in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Here are the projected/expected lineups, taken from NHL.com staff writers, independent contacts, and others.

Related: 2024 Stanley Cup Final Hub

(1A) FLOORS of (2P) OILERS

Stanley Cup Final, Game 3

8pm ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, ESPN+, ABC

Florida leads the series by 7 2-0

The proposed Panthers

Evan Rodrigues – Aleksander Barkov – Sam Reinhart

Carter Verhaeghe – Sam Bennett – Matthew Tkachuk

Eetu Luostarinen – Anton Lundell – Vladimir Tarasenko

Steven Lorentz – Kevin Stenlund – Kyle Okposo

Gustav Forsling – Aaron Ekblad

Niko Mikkola – Brandon Montour

Oliver Ekman-Larsson – Dmitry Kulikov

Sergei Bobrovsky

Anthony Stolarz

Scratched: Ryan Lomberg, Nick Cousins, Tobias Bjornfot, Uvis Balinskis, Josh Mahura, Jonah Gadjovich

Injured: Nothing

Status Report:

• Tarasenko will play after missing practice on Wednesday with what Maurice called “a little thing.”
• Barkov will play after being beaten in Game 2

The Oilers propose a plan

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Connor McDavid – Zach Hyman

Ryan McLeod – Leon Draisaitl – Dylan Holloway

Mattias Janmark Adam Henrique – Connor Brown

Warren Foegele – Corey Perry

Mattias Ekholm – Evan Bouchard

Darnell Nurse – Vincent Desharnais

Brett Kulak – Philip Broberg

Cody Ceci

Stuart Skinner

Calvin Pickard

Scratched: Derek Ryan, Sam Gagner, Sam Carrick

Injured: Evander Kane (sports hernia), Troy Stecher (ankle)

Status Report:

• The Oilers are expected to wear 11 forwards and seven backs in Game 3
• Neither Nurse (unnamed) nor Kane played on Thursday but Nesi is expected to play and Kane, a striker, will not
• Knoblauch said, “You’ll have to wait and find out” when asked if Nurse and Kane would play or if Perry would continue on the roster.