OILERS (12-9-2) at AVALANCHE (13-11-0)
10 p.m. ET; ALT, CITY, SN, TVAS, CBC
Oilers projected lineup
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Kasperi Kapanen
Vasily Podkolzin -- Leon Draisaitl -- Connor Brown
Jeff Skinner -- Adam Henrique -- Mattias Janmark
Drake Caggiula -- Derek Ryan -- Corey Perry
Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse -- Troy Stecher
Brett Kulak -- Ty Emberson
Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard
Scratched: Travis Dermott
Injured: Viktor Arvidsson (undisclosed), Evander Kane (hip), Zach Hyman (undisclosed)
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Valeri Nichushkin
Nikolai Kovalenko -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Mikko Rantanen
Joel Kiviranta -- Ivan Ivan -- Logan O’Connor
Nikita Prishchepov -- Parker Kelly -- Chris Wagner
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Sam Malinski
Calvin de Haan -- John Ludvig
Alexandar Georgiev
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: None
Injured: Josh Manson (upper body), Jonathan Drouin (upper body), Ross Colton (broken foot), Oliver Kylington (undisclosed), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head), Miles Wood (upper body)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate Saturday after playing Friday. ... The Oilers won 4-3 in overtime at the Utah Hockey Club and the Avalanche lost 5-3 at the Dallas Stars. ... Manson is not expected to play Saturday after being injured Friday. ... Wedgewood is expected to dress as Colorado's backup after being acquired in a trade with the Nashville Predators on Saturday for goalie Justus Annunen and a sixth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft.
