EDMONTON, AB - The Edmonton Oilers wrap up their schedule before Christmas on Friday night when they host the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Place.
The forward lines and defence pairings looked status quo from Wednesday's 6-3 win over the Dallas Stars that was earned in large part to the immediate chemistry of the forward units.
The only exception was forward Ryan McLeod, who participated in the short practice and was activated off Injured Reserve (IR) in the afternoon to make his return to the lineup from a 13-game absence with a lower-body injury official on Friday night. James Hamblin and Devin Shore were the extra skaters.
"We'll see. He was out there this morning and I haven't gotten any information back from our training staff or anything like that, so he's a potential option for us tonight," Head Coach Jay Woodcroft said.
Goaltender Stuart Skinner was in the starter's net after making 24 saves in Wednesday's victory.
View the Oilers projected lineup vs. Vancouver below:
Forwards
Hyman - McDavid - Puljujarvi
Foegele - Draisaitl - Yamamoto
Janmark - Nugent-Hopkins - Kostin
Holloway - McLeod - Ryan
Defence
Nurse - Ceci
Kulak - Barrie
Niemelainen - Bouchard
Goalies
Skinner
Campbell
PROJECTED LINEUP: Oilers vs. Canucks
View the Oilers projected lines, defence pairings and starting netminder for Friday's game against the Canucks
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