Projected Lineups for Oilers vs. Kings – 4/29/25

The Edmonton Oilers take on the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Arena for Game 5 this evening. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

OILERS (3P) at KINGS (2P)

Western Conference First Round, Game 5

10 p.m. ET; MAX, TBS, KCAL, TVAS2, SN, CBC

Best-of-7 series tied 2-2

Oilers projected lineup

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins — Connor McDavid — Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin — Leon Draisaitl — Viktor Arvidsson
Evander Kane — Adam Henrique — Connor Brown
Trent Frederic — Mattias Janmark — Corey Perry

Darnell Nurse — Evan Bouchard
Jake Walman — John Klingberg
Brett Kulak — Ty Emberson

Calvin Pickard
Stuart Skinner

Scratched: Derek Ryan, Kasperi Kapanen, Olivier Rodrigue, Joshua Brown, Max Jones, Jeff Skinner, Cam Dineen

Injured: Mattias Ekholm (undisclosed), Alec Regula (knee), Troy Stecher (undisclosed)

Status report:

The Oilers will dress the same lineup they used in a 4-3 overtime win in Game 4 on Sunday.

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Kings projected lineup

Andrei Kuzmenko — Anze Kopitar — Adrian Kempe
Warren Foegele — Phillip Danault — Trevor Moore
Kevin Fiala — Quinton Byfield — Alex Laferriere
Jeff Malott — Samuel Helenius — Alex Turcotte

Mikey Anderson — Drew Doughty
Vladislav Gavrikov — Jordan Spence
Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke

Darcy Kuemper
David Rittich

Scratched: Kyle Burroughs, Akil Thomas, Trevor Lewis

Injured: Tanner Jeannot (undisclosed)

Status report

Spence will come back in to replace Moverare after being scratched for Game 4. … Kings coach Jim Hiller would not confirm any other lineup changes, but Turcotte is likely to replace Lewis after being scratched the past three games; Lewis stayed out late for extra work following an optional skate Tuesday.

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