Oilers at Blues

OILERS (18-11-0) at BLUES (17-9-5)

Oilers projected lineup
Warren Foegele -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Leon Draisaitl -- Kailer Yamamoto
Devin Shore -- Derek Ryan -- Colton Sceviour
Tyler Benson -- Ryan McLeod -- Kyle Turris
Duncan Keith -- Cody Ceci
Slater Koekkoek -- Tyson Barrie
Dmitri Samorukov -- Evan Bouchard
Mike Smith
Mikko Koskinen
Scratched: Brendan Perlini
Injured: Kris Russell (upper body), Markus Niemelainen (undisclosed), Dylan Holloway (wrist)
COVID-19 protocol: Zack Kassian](https://www.nhl.com/player/zack-kassian-8475178) , Jesse Puljujarvi, Darnell Nurse, William Lagesson
Blues projected lineup
Brandon Saad -- Ryan O'Reilly -- David Perron
Pavel Buchnevich -- Robert Thomas -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Nathan Walker -- Tyler Bozak -- Jordan Kyrou
Klim Kostin -- Logan Brown --
Alexei Toropchenko
Niko Mikkola -- Colton Parayko
Torey Krug -- Justin Faulk
Marco Scandella -- Scott Perunovich
Jordan Binnington
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Oskar Sundqvist, James Neal, Jake Walman
Injured: Brayden Schenn (upper body), Ville Husso (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Ivan Barbashev, Robert Bortuzzo, Dakota Joshua
Status report
Smith will return after missing 26 games with an ankle injury. ... Keith was removed from NHL COVID-19 protocol Tuesday and will play. ... Hyman returns after missing three games with a shoulder injury. ... Nugent-Hopkins, Shore and McLeod each return after being removed from COVID-19 protocol. ... Samorukov was recalled from Bakersfield of the American Hockey League on an emergency basis Monday and will make his NHL debut. ... Perron will return after missing 11 games with an upper-body injury, Thomas will return after missing seven games with a lower-body injury and Kyrou will return after missing four games with an upper-body injury. ... Toropchenko was recalled from Springfield of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. ... Sundqvist, a forward, came off COVID-19 protocol Tuesday but will not play. ... Schenn, a forward, and Husso, a goalie, each remains day-to-day but each is practicing. ... Neal, a forward, was removed from COVID protocol Wednesday.