Oilers forced to make a last minute lineup change against Leafs.

The Edmonton Oilers and Toronto Maple Leafs are set to clash on Saturday night and the injury bug definitely seems to be favoring the Maple Leafs coming into this one.

According to a report from the Oilers own Bob Stauffer, the Oilers will be without the services of veteran defenseman Mattias Ekholm when they take on the Leafs tonight, with Ekholm being sidelined due to illness. According to Stauffer, Ekholm has been trying to fight off the illness for a few days now, bit it would seem that the illness is serious enough that it will prevent him from playing on Hockey Night in Canada tonight.

Here is how the Oilers lineup looked during their morning skate, with the team really only showing 2 defensive pairings on the ice.

Draisaitl-McDavid-Perry
Hyman-RNH-Arvidsson
Podkolzin-Henrique-Brown
J. Skinner-Janmark-Kapanen
Philp

Nurse-Bouchard
Kulak-Emberson/Stecher

Skinner

Now here is the full Oilers lineup from warmup tonight, without Ekholm in the lineup:

Draisaitl-McDavid-Perry
Arvidsson-RNH-Hyman
Podkolzin-Henrique-Brown
Skinner-Janmark-Kapanen

Nurse-Klingberg
Kulak-Bouchard
Stecher-Emberson

Skinner

The Maple Leafs on the other hand confirmed that they would be getting two players back from injury on Saturday which again would seem to put the Oilers at a disadvantage when it comes to the injury bug.

Here is how the Maple Leafs looked during warmup:

Knies-Matthews-Marner
Pacioretty-Tavares-Nylander
McMann-Domi-Robertson
Holmberg-Kampf-Lorentz

Rielly-OEL
McCabe-Tanev
Benoit-Timmins

Woll

The Maple Leafs certainly seem to have the edge when it comes to being healthy for this one, we will have to wait and see how it plays out on the ice however.