Predicted Oilers Lineup Tonight: Edmonton's projected lines for game against Florida Panthers

The Edmonton Oilers will be facing the Florida Panthers on Saturday night, in a 2024 and 2025 Stanley Cup Finals rematch. Oilers are coming off a 2-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightining, dropping to 5th place in the Pacific Division with a 9-9-5 record.

The injury-ridden Florida Panthers are 5th in the Atlantic Division with a 11-8-1 record, after battling it out against the New Jersey Devils for a tight, 1-0 win on Thursday night.

On Saturday's episode of 32 Thoughts: The Podcast, NHL insider Elliotte Friedman said the Oilers did not take well to the Panthers' celebrations after the 2025 Stanley Cup win.

"The Oilers as an organization were not happy with some of the post celebration commentary from the Panthers. The Panthers really rubbed that second one in, they really did, said Friedman."

Oilers vs. Panthers Preview

Oilers made a roster change on Friday, recalling center Connor Clattenberg from the AHL's Bakersfield Condors, after putting Noah Philp on LTIR. Clattenberg is 6-foot-2, 215-lbs enforcer who has one goal, one assist and 59 penalty minutes in 15 AHL games this season.

Head coach Kris Knoblauch said defenceman Jake Walman will miss tonight's game vs. Florida Panthers, and is expected to return within a week.

Edmonton Oilers' projected lines vs. Florida Panthers (Subject to change):

Forwards:

Savoie - McDavid - Roslovic

Podkolzin - Draisaitl - Mangiapane

Frederic - Henrique - Hyman

Clattenberg - Tomasek - Janmark

Defencemen:

Ekholm - Bouchard

Nurse - Regula

Kulak - Emberson

Goaltenders:

Skinner

Pickard

With the 2-1 defeat to Lightning, Edmonton lost their third straight game, and fifth OT loss of the season, despite Calvin Pickard's 33-saves in net.

"I really liked how we played. It's not the easiest back-to-back coming from Washington, but I feel like we do things the hard way. We like to do it the hard way. Right from the get-go, we had a good game. But obviously, in the third, they kind of took it to us. They're a great team as well. They had some good looks, but a very unfortunate result," said Pickard after the loss.

Florida Panthers' projected lineups vs. Edmonton (Subject to change):

The Florida Panthers will be without Mattew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov, Dmitri Kulikov, Tomas Nosek, Jonah Gajovich, Cole Schmidt and Eetu Luostarinen.

Forwards:

Samoskevich - Lundell - Marchand

Boqvist - Rodrigues - Reinhart

Verhaeghe - Bennett - Greer

Gregor - Kunin - Devine

Defencemen:

Forsling - Ekblad

Mikkola - Jones

Balinskin - Petry

Goaltenders:

Bobrovsky

Tarasov

“It’s going to be physical. A lot of emotions. A hard game again. It’s going to be like how we play against any hard playoff team that we have played against in the past. Sure, there’s a spark between the teams, and I’m excited for that game because it’s gonna be a good one," said Lundell about the Stanley Cup Final rematch.