Oilers at Canucks

OILERS (31-17-2) at CANUCKS (19-24-3)

Oilers projected lineup
Leon Draisaitl -- Connor McDavid -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Dominik Kahun -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Kailer Yamamoto
Josh Archibald -- Jujhar Khaira -- Tyler Ennis
James Neal -- Ryan McLeod -- Alex Chiasson
Darnell Nurse -- Tyson Barrie
Dmitry Kulikov -- Adam Larsson
Caleb Jones -- Ethan Bear
Mike Smith
Mikko Koskinen
Scratched:Alex Stalock, William Lagesson
Injured:Devin Shore (undisclosed), Gaetan Haas (undisclosed), Slater Koekkoek (collarbone), Zack Kassian (undisclosed), Joakim Nygard (undisclosed), Kris Russell (lower body)
Canucks projected lineup
Nils Hoglander -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser
Tanner Pearson -- Bo Horvat --
Kole Lind
Matthew Highmore -- Tyler Graovac -- Jayce Hawryluk
Jimmy Vesey -- Travis Boyd -- Zack MacEwen
Alexander Edler -- Nate Schmidt
Quinn Hughes -- Travis Hamonic
Jack Rathbone -- Tyler Myers
Thatcher Demko
Braden Holtby
Scratched: Madison Bowey, Jalen Chatfield, Olli Juolevi
Injured: Brandon Sutter (upper body), Marc Michaelis (upper body), Jake Virtanen (leave), Tyler Motte (undisclosed), Antoine Roussel (lower body), Elias Pettersson (upper body), Jay Beagle (undisclosed), Justin Bailey (shoulder), Micheal Ferland (head)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate Tuesday after the Oilers' 5-3 win at the Canucks on Monday. ... It will be Rathbone's NHL debut. ... Edmonton could make some lineup changes. ... Shore, a forward, skated Monday and could be an option to return. ... Smith will start for the ninth time in 11 games after Koskinen made 20 saves Monday. … Demko is expected to start; Vancouver has alternated goalies the past five games.