The expected lineup of the Oilers and Panthers – 06/17/25 – Hockey Writer – Projection Lineup

The Florida Panthers welcome the Edmonton Oilers to Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final tonight. Below are the expected/expected lineups from NHL.com staff, independent correspondents, etc.
The second round of the Eastern Conference, Game 5
Stanley Cup Final, Game 6
8 pm ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, TNT, TRUTV, MAX
Panthers lead 7 games series 3-2
Oil Man Projection Lineup
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Connor McDavid – Connor Brown
Vasily Podkolzin – Leon Draisaitl – Corey Perry
Trent Frederic – Adam Henrique – Jeff Skinner
Evander Kane – Mattias Janmark – Kasperi Kapanen
Mattias Ekholm – Evan Bouchard
Nurse Darnell – Brett Kulak
Jake Walman – John Klingberg
Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard
Scratches: Joshua Brown, Cam Dineen, TY Emberson, Max Jones, Derek Ryan, Troy Stecher, Viktor Arvidsson
Injuried: Zach Hyman (dislocated wrist)
Status Report:
The oil workers are holding an optional morning skateboard.
Latest information from THW:
Black Panther Projection lineup
Carter Verhaeghe – Aleksander Barkov – Sam Reinhart
Evan Rodrigues – Sam Bennett – Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen -Anton Lundell -Brad Marchand
AJ Greer -Tomas Nosek – Jonah Gadjovich
Gustav Forsling – Aaron Eckbrad
Niko Mikkola – Seth Jones
Nate Schmidt – Dmitry Kulikov
Sergei Bobrovsky
Vitek Vanecek
Scratches: Uvis Balinskis, Jaycob Megna, Mackie Samoskevich, Nico Sturm
Injuried: Nothing
Status Report:
Gadjovich hasn’t skated in the past two days of blocking Bouchard’s shot in Game 5, but Morris said he can play.
Latest information from THW:



