Projected lineups for Battle of Alberta on Sunday.
Here are you projected lineups for tonight's clash between the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers.
The Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers are set to renew their rivalry tonight and if you're interested in learning which players and line combinations you can expect to see tonight I have got you covered.
Unfortunately for fans hoping to see Connor McDavid hit the ice tonight, that will once again not be the case as the Oilers captain continues to nurse an ankle injury that was initially expected to keep him out for a few weeks. It appears that may no longer be the case, but tonight's game is still too early for McDavid to return to action.
As a result the Oilers will deploy the same lines and defensive pairings that they did during Thursday's game over the Nashville Predators, which makes sense considering the fact that the Oilers largely dominated that game winning by a score of 5-1.
Here is how tonight's Oilers lines and defensive pairings break down, with goaltender Stuart Skinner expected to get the start:
Podkolzin - Draisaitl - Arvidsson
Skinner - Nugent-Hopkins - Hyman
Janmark - Henrique - Brown
Caggiula - Philp - Perry
Ekholm - Bouchard
Nurse - Dermott
Kulak - Emberson
Skinner
The Calgary Flames showed off their lines and defensive pairings during their morning skate on Sunday and it looks like goaltender Dan Vladar will get his second consecutive start. It was Skinner vs Vladar in net the last time these two teams crossed paths back on October 13th, a game that the Flames won by a score of 4-1, so this will be something of a rematch as far as the goalies are concerned.
Here is how the full lineup for the Flames looked this morning:
Zary-Kadri-Pospisil
Coleman-Backlund-Coronato
Huberdeau-Sharangovich-Mantha
Lomberg-Rooney-Kuzmenko
Bahl-Andersson
Weegar-Miromanov
Barrie-Pachal
Vladar
Of course things can happen between now and warmups, so as always these lineups are subject to change if there are indeed any last minute adjustments.