Projected Lineups for Oilers vs Canucks – Game 2 – Hockey Writers – Projected Lineups

The Edmonton Oilers will face the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena tonight in Game 2 of their second round series. Here are the projected/expected plans, taken from NHL.com staff writers, freelance writers and others.

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(2P) OILERS at (1P) CANUCKS

Western Conference Second Round, Game 2

10pm CBC, TVAS, SN, SN360, TNT, truTV, MAX

Vancouver leads the series 7 1-0

The Oilers propose a plan

Warren Foegele – Connor McDavid – Zach Hyman

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Leon Draisaitl – 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: Philip Broberg, Jack Campbell, Sam Carrick, Ryan Fanti, Sam Gagner, Troy Stecher

Injured: Adam Henrique (undisclosed)

Status Report

• Draisaitl is a game-time decision but is expected to play despite not practicing Thursday and not participating in Friday’s optional morning skate. He left Wednesday’s 5-4 loss in Game 1 with an injury, but returned to play in the third.
• Carrick, a center who played in 16 regular-season games and three in the first round for the Oilers after being acquired from the Anaheim Ducks on March 6, will play if Draisaitl is out.
• Henrique, a forward who played on the front line, is also a game-time decision after skating for the second time in a row on Friday, his first time on the ice since Edmonton knocked off the Los Angeles Kings in a 4-3 game. 5 of the first round on May 1. If Henrique is unable to play, Foegele will move up to his spot on the left wing of the top line after Janmark played that spot in Game 1.

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The Canucks propose a plan

Pius Suter – JT Miller – Brock Boeser

Nils Hoglander – Elias Pettersson – Ilya Mikheyev

Dakota Joshua – Elias Lindholm – Conor Garland

Phillip Di Giuseppe – Teddy Blueger – Sam Lafferty

Quinn Hughes – Filip Hronek

Carson Soucy – Tyler Myers

Nikita Zadorov – Ian Cole

Arturs Silovs

Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Mark Friedman, Nils Aman, Noah Juulsen, Vasily Podkolzin, Nikita Tolopilo

Injured: Thatcher Demko (undisclosed)

Status report

• The Canucks will not make any lineup changes from Game 1.

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