OILERS (47-29-5) at SHARKS (20-49-12)
10:30 p.m. ET; NBCSCA, SNW, SNO, SNE
Oilers projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Connor McDavid -- Connor Brown
Vasily Podkolzin -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Viktor Arvidsson
Corey Perry --Adam Henrique -- Kasperi Kapanen
Max Jones -- Mattias Janmark -- Quinn Hutson
Cam Dineen -- Evan Bouchard
Brett Kulak -- Ty Emberson
Joshua Brown
Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard
Scratched: None
Injured: Leon Draisaitl (undisclosed), Mattias Ekholm (undisclosed), Trent Frederic (ankle), Zach Hyman (undisclosed), Evander Kane (hip, knee), John Klingberg (lower body), Alec Regula (knee), Jake Walman (undisclosed)
Suspended: Darnell Nurse
Sharks projected lineup
Tyler Toffoli -- Macklin Celebrini -- Will Smith
William Eklund -- Alexander Wennberg -- Cam Lund
Nikolai Kovalenko -- Ty Dellandrea -- Danil Gushchin
Carl Grundstrom -- Barclay Goodrow -- Noah Gregor
Henry Thrun -- Timothy Liljegren
Lucas Carlsson -- Jan Rutta
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Jimmy Schuldt
Alexandar Georgiev
Georgi Romanov
Scratched: None
Injured: Thomas Bordeleau (upper body), Zack Ostapchuk (lower body), Jack Thompson (upper body), Klim Kostin (lower body), Vincent Desharnais (upper body), Mario Ferraro (lower body), Shakir Mukhamadullin (upper body)
Status report
McDavid will return after being scratched as a precautionary measure for a 5-0 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Monday. ... Draisaitl will miss his seventh straight game; the center is expected to be ready for Game 1 of the Western Conference First Round against the Kings, Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said. ... Nurse, a defenseman, will serve a one-game suspension for cross-checking Los Angeles forward Quinton Byfield on Monday. ... Rutta, a defenseman, will return after missing a 2-1 overtime loss at the Vancouver Canucks on Monday because of an upper-body injury.
