Oilers at Blackhawks

OILERS (30-21-3) at BLACKHAWKS (19-27-8)

Oilers projected lineup
Warren Foegele -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman
Evander Kane -- Leon Draisaitl -- Kailer Yamamoto
Tyler Benson -- Ryan McLeod -- Derek Ryan
Devin Shore -- Brad Malone
Darnell Nurse -- Tyson Barrie
William Lagesson -- Cody Ceci
Duncan Keith -- Evan Bouchard
Markus Niemelainen
Mikko Koskinen
Mike Smith
Scratched: Colton Sceviour
Injured: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (upper body), Kris Russell (undisclosed), Zack Kassian (fractured jaw), Jesse Puljujarvi (lower body), Kyle Turris (undisclosed)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Dominik Kubalik -- Dylan Strome -- Patrick Kane
Alex DeBrincat -- Jonathan Toews -- Tyler Johnson
MacKenzie Entwistle -- Kirby Dach -- Brandon Hagel
Sam Lafferty -- Ryan Carpenter -- Philipp Kurashev
Calvin de Haan -- Seth Jones
Caleb Jones -- Connor Murphy
Riley Stillman - Jake McCabe
Marc-Andre Fleury
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Henrik Borgstrom, Erik Gustafsson
Injured: Jujhar Khaira (lower back), Reese Johnson (clavicle)
Status report
The Oilers held an optional morning skate Thursday. ... Benson is expected to play after missing practice Wednesday because of a non-COVID illness ... Toews, Tyler Johnson, de Haan and Stillman each will return; Toews missed 11 games in concussion protocol, Johnson missed 46 games because of neck surgery, de Haan missed two games with a groin injury and Stillman missed 14 games with an upper-body injury. ... The Blackhawks assigned defenseman Alec Regula to Rockford of the American Hockey League on Thursday.