OILERS (0-0-1) at CANUCKS (1-0-0)
10 p.m. ET; SN1, SNP
Oilers projected lineup
Vasily Podkolzin -- Connor McDavid -- Leon Draisaitl
Max Jones -- Colton Dach -- Kasperi Kapanen
Alex Formenton -- Owen Michaels -- Mathieu Joseph
Isaac Howard -- Josh Samanski -- Trent Frederic
Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard
Ryan Shea -- Connor Murphy
Jake Walman -- Shakir Mukhamadullin
Devon Levi
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Ty Emberson, Spencer Stastney
Injured: Zach Hyman (upper body), Frederik Andersen (undisclosed), Jason Dickinson (undisclosed), Mattias Janmark (undisclosed), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (lower body), Alec Regula (undisclosed), Matt Savoie (undisclosed)
Canucks projected lineup
Jake DeBrusk -- Elias Pettersson -- Jonathan Lekkerimaki
Liam Ohgren -- Marco Rossi -- Brock Boeser
Drew O'Connor -- Max Sasson -- Linus Karlsson
Arshdeep Bains -- Paul Cotter -- Brendan Gallagher
Zeev Buium -- Filip Hronek
Jamie Oleksiak -- Tom Willander
Elias Pettersson -- Luke Schenn
Kevin Lankinen
Leevi Merilainen
Scratched: Aatu Raty, Guillaume Brisebois, Victor Mancini
Injured: Thatcher Demko (hip), Filip Chytil (shoulder)
Status report
Hyman is listed as day to day, but Oilers coach Mike Babcock said, “I think that means two weeks.” Babcock said the forward was injured during the final preseason game against the Calgary Flames but played through it in a season-opening 6-5 overtime loss to the Canucks on Tuesday. … Nugent-Hopkins, a center who was injured at the end of practice Monday, was placed on injured reserve Wednesday and Samanski was recalled from Bakersfield of the American Hockey League. … McDavid and Draisaitl, who played most of the preseason together, were reunited during the morning skate after starting the season opener on separate lines following the injury to Nugent-Hopkins. … Levi will make his Oilers debut. … The Canucks are expected to dress the same lineup they used Tuesday.
