OILERS (27-13-3) at WILD (27-13-4)
8:30 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, SN, TVAS
Oilers projected lineup
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin -- Leon Draisaitl -- Viktor Arvidsson
Mattias Janmark -- Adam Henrique -- Connor Brown
Kasperi Kapanen -- Noah Philp -- Corey Perry
Darnell Nurse -- Troy Stecher
Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard
Ty Emberson -- Josh Brown
Calvin Pickard
Stuart Skinner
Scratched: Derek Ryan, Jeff Skinner, Brett Kulak
Injured: None
Wild projected lineup
Mats Zuccarello -- Marco Rossi -- Matt Boldy
Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Ryan Hartman
Marcus Foligno -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Yakov Trenin
Devin Shore -- Marat Khusnutdinov -- Ben Jones
Jake Middleton -- Zach Bogosian
Declan Chisholm -- Jon Merrill
Travis Dermott -- David Jiricek
Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: None
Injured: Jakub Lauko (upper body), Kirill Kaprizov (lower body), Jared Spurgeon (lower body), Jonas Brodin (lower body), Brock Faber (upper body)
Status report
Ekholm, a defenseman, did not participate in the morning skate and will be a game-time decision for undisclosed reasons. … Philp was recalled from Bakersfield of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. …Kaprizov, a forward, and Faber, a defenseman, each skated Wednesday morning, but neither will play. Kaprizov will miss his 10th straight game; Faber’s fourth.
