Tobias Rieder - a former Oiler who's in camp on a PTO - will get one last look as he hopes to earn a contract, lining up alongside Mark Jankowski and Austin Czarnik.
Following Thursday's game in San Jose, Head Coach Bill Peters called Rieder an "elite" penalty killer after creating several short-handed opportunities in a 4-1 setback to the Sharks.
"We went and looked at his goals throughout his career, and he's usually around 12 to 16," Peter said. "Last year, he got snake-bit, lost confidence and it never went in for him. You see early this year, the chances that he's generating. If he generates those chances on a consistent basis, he's going to score.
"We like the energy he plays with, the maturity he plays with, the strong on the wall, the strength in battles, speed on the forecheck.
"There are a lot of good things with this player."
Rieder has two assists and nine shots on goal in four games to this point.
Meanwhile, Derek Ryan has been battling an illness for the past couple of days and was not on the ice this morning. As a result, Sam Bennett will take over in the middle, joining Milan Lucic and Andrew Mangiapane on a line comprised entirely of left-wingers.
"(Bennett) can play up and down the lineup, play all three forward positions," Peters said. "We had some different options, but we wanted to give him a look there. With no Doc, we'll err on the side of caution with him and allow Benny a chance to play in the middle.
"A good opportunity for him there."
David Rittich will get the start in goal, but is not guaranteed to finish the game. Peters hinted that Cam Talbot - who stopped all 24 shots he faced on Thursday at the Shark Tank - may be used at some point after the halfway mark.
Here are the forward line combinations and D pairs used at the morning skate:
