OILERS (28-13-3) at AVALANCHE (27-17-1)
9:30 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN1
Oilers projected lineup
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin -- Leon Draisaitl -- Viktor Arvidsson
Mattias Janmark -- Adam Henrique -- Connor Brown
Corey Perry -- Noah Philp -- Kasperi Kapanen
Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse -- Josh Brown
Brett Kulak -- Ty Emberson
Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard
Scratched: Derek Ryan, Jeff Skinner, Troy Stecher
Injured: None
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Jonathan Drouin
Joel Kiviranta -- Mikko Rantanen -- Logan O’Connor
Ross Colton -- Parker Kelly -- Juuso Parsinen
Jere Innala -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Jason Polin
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Josh Manson
Keaton Middleton -- Calvin de Haan
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Sam Malinski
Injured: Valeri Nichushkin (lower body), Oliver Kylington (upper body), Miles Wood (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)
Status report
The Oilers did not conduct a morning skate Thursday following a 5-3 win at the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday. … Girard will return after missing three games with an upper-body injury. ... Rantanen, who played a handful of shifts at center during a 3-2 overtime win against the New York Rangers on Tuesday, will center the second line Thursday.