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Projected Lineups for the Kings vs. Oilers– 05/01/25 – The Hockey Writers – Projected Lineups

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The Los Angeles Kings meet the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place for Game 6 of their Round 1 matchup this evening. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others

Western Conference First Round, Game 6

10 p.m. ET; CBC, SN, TVAS2, ESPN, FDSNW

Edmonton leads best-of-7 series 3-2

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
Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke
Jordan Spence — Vladislav Gavrikov

Darcy Kuemper
David Rittich

Scratched: Kyle Burroughs, Jacob Moverare, Akil Thomas, Trevor Lewis

Injured: Tanner Jeannot (undisclosed)

Status report:

The Kings held their first full morning skate of the series, but don’t appear to be making any lineup changes following a 3-1 loss in Game 5 on Tuesday.

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Oilers Projected Lineup

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

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

Calvin Pickard
Stuart Skinner

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

Injured: Mattias Ekholm (undisclosed), Troy Stecher (undisclosed)

Status Report: 

The Oilers are also expected to dress the same lineup they used in Game 5.

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