Oilers lineup tonight: Edmonton's projected lineup for game against Philadelphia Flyers

Oilers lineup tonight: Edmonton's projected lineup for game against Philadelphia Flyers | Oct 15, 2024

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The Edmonton Oilers host the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday, October 15, at 10 p.m. ET. Ahead of the Oilers game on Tuesday, here's what their projected lines are expected to look like:

Predicted Oilers lineup

Forwards

Jeff Skinner - Connor McDavid - Zach Hyman
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Leon Draisaitl - Viktor Arvidsson
Vasily Podkolzin - Adam Henrique - Connor Brown
Mattias Janmark - Derek Ryan - Corey Perry

The Oilers are led by its offense as they hve two of the best players in the NHL in McDavid and Draisaitl. However, though three games, the offense has struggled, scoring just three goals.

Defenseman

Mattias Ekholm - Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse - Travis Dermott
Brett Kulak - Troy Stetcher

The Oilers' defenseman is top-heavy, and if Edmonton is going to go on another deep playoff run, they will need the bottom pairing to help shut down the opposing team.

Goalies

Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard

Skinner is the projected starter, but the goalie has struggled to begin the year. He's 0-2 with a 5.40 GAA and a .805 SV% and was pulled in the season opener.

He vowed to be better, but that has yet to happen so far.

"It is very frustrating to start like this. It is just not ideal, I don’t feel great, but I can’t do much about what happened tonight so I’m going to go back to a couple sheets and draw up some new stuff for me to work on and just get better from this," Skinner said, via TSN.

"I have been pulled before, I have let in five goals in a game before, obviously you just don’t want to do it the first game. You don’t want to do it ever. I’ll just get better from this and move on."