Oilers at Canucks

CANUCKS (0-0-0) at OILERS (0-0-0)

Canucks projected lineup
Tanner Pearson -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser
Andrei Kuzmenko -- Elias Pettersson -- Nils Hoglander
Vasily Podkolzin -- Bo Horvat -- Conor Garland
Dakota Joshua -- Nils Aman -- Curtis Lazar
Quinn Hughes -- Luke Schenn
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Tucker Poolman
Riley Stillman -- Kyle Burroughs
Thatcher Demko
Spencer Martin
Scratched: Danila Klimovich
Injured: Travis Dermott (concussion),Tyler Myers (undisclosed), Ilya Mikheyev (undisclosed)
Oilers projected lineup
Evander Kane -- Connor McDavid -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Dylan Holloway -- Leon Draisaitl -- Zach Hyman
Ryan McLeod -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Warren Foegele
Brad Malone -- Devin Shore -- Derek Ryan
Darnell Nurse -- Cody Ceci
Ryan Murray -- Evan Bouchard
Brett Kulak -- Tyson Barrie
Jack Campbell
Stuart Skinner
Scratched: None
Injured: Kailer Yamamoto (upper body)
Status report
Boeser will play for the first time since having hand surgery on Sept. 26; he was injured in training camp two days earlier. ... Ekman-Larsson did not take part in the morning skate but is expected to play. ... Yamamoto, a forward, will be a game-time decision; the forward has not played since crashing into the end boards in a preseason game against the Canucks on Oct. 3 … The Oilers sent defenseman Philip Broberg to Bakersfield of the American Hockey League and recalled Shore … Holloway will play in his first NHL regular-season game; he made his NHL debut in Game 4 of the Western Conference Final last season.