The Edmonton Oilers host the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday, October 15, at 10 p.m. ET. Ahead of the Oilers game on Tuesday, here’s what their projected lines are expected to look like:
Predicted Oilers lineup
Forwards
- Jeff Skinner – Connor McDavid – Zach Hyman
- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Leon Draisaitl – Viktor Arvidsson
- Vasily Podkolzin – Adam Henrique – Connor Brown
- Mattias Janmark – Derek Ryan – Corey Perry
The Oilers are led by its offense as they hve two of the best players in the NHL in McDavid and Draisaitl. However, though three games, the offense has struggled, scoring just three goals.
Defenseman
- Mattias Ekholm – Evan Bouchard
- Darnell Nurse – Travis Dermott
- Brett Kulak – Troy Stetcher
The Oilers’ defenseman is top-heavy, and if Edmonton is going to go on another deep playoff run, they will need the bottom pairing to help shut down the opposing team.
Goalies
- Stuart Skinner
- Calvin Pickard
Skinner is the projected starter, but the goalie has struggled to begin the year. He’s 0-2 with a 5.40 GAA and a .805 SV% and was pulled in the season opener.
He vowed to be better, but that has yet to happen so far.
“It is very frustrating to start like this. It is just not ideal, I don’t feel great, but I can’t do much about what happened tonight so I’m going to go back to a couple sheets and draw up some new stuff for me to work on and just get better from this,” Skinner said, via TSN.
“I have been pulled before, I have let in five goals in a game before, obviously you just don’t want to do it the first game. You don’t want to do it ever. I’ll just get better from this and move on.”
Oilers’ October NHL schedule
The remaining schedule for the Oilers in October is as follows:
- vs Philadelphia, Oct. 15
- @ Nashville, Oct. 17
- @ Dallas, Oct. 19
- vs Carolina, Oct. 22
- vs Pittsburgh, Oct. 25
- @ Detroit, Oct. 27
- @ Columbus, Oct. 28
- @ Nashville, Oct. 31