Projected Lineups for Oilers vs Panthers – 6/14/25

The Florida Panthers take on the Edmonton Oilers today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

PANTHERS (3A) at OILERS (3P)

Stanley Cup Final, Game 5

8 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, TNT, truTV, MAX

Best-of-7 series tied 2-2

Panthers projected lineup

Carter Verhaeghe — Aleksander Barkov — Sam Reinhart
Evan Rodrigues — Sam Bennett — Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Brad Marchand
A.J. Greer — Tomas Nosek — Jonah Gadjovich

Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Seth Jones
Nate Schmidt — Dmitry Kulikov

Sergei Bobrovsky
Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: Uvis Balinskis, Jaycob Megna, Mackie Samoskevich, Nico Sturm

Injured: None

Status report

The Panthers held an optional morning skate.

Latest for THW:

• NHL Rumors Shootdown: Report Linking Oilers to Ekblad Don’t Add Up
• Can Oilers Flip the Script and Ride Goaltending to a Series Comeback?
• NHL Rumors: Panthers, Rangers, Stars, Oilers

Oilers projected lineup

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

Brett Kulak — Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse — Troy Stecher
Mattias Ekholm — Jake Walman

Calvin Pickard
Stuart Skinner

Scratched: Joshua Brown, Cam Dineen, Ty Emberson, Max Jones, Derek Ryan, John Klingberg, Kasperi Kapanen

Injured: Zach Hyman (dislocated wrist)

Status report

Pickard will make his first start of the Cup Final after relieving Skinner in each of the past two games. … Arvidsson will replace Kapanen, a forward.

Latest for THW:

• NHL Rumors Shootdown: Report Linking Oilers to Ekblad Don’t Add Up
• Can Oilers Flip the Script and Ride Goaltending to a Series Comeback?
• Oilers Are Unbeatable at Home on Saturday Night in the Stanley Cup