PROJECTED LINEUP: Oilers vs. Maple Leafs

TORONTO, ON – Head Coach Kris Knoblauch confirmed there will be no changes to the Oilers lineup on Saturday night when they face the Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena in the first game of their three-game Eastern Canada road trip.

Despite Viktor Arvidsson participating in the morning skate and taking reps on the second line next to Leon Draisaitl and Vasily Podkolzin, the Swedish forward still isn't ready to return yet from a minor injury he sustained earlier in the week in an overtime win over the Islanders at Rogers Place.

The issue prevented him from dressing in Thursday's 3-2 extra-time triumph over the Nashville Predators.

With Arvidsson out of the lineup for the second straight game, the Oilers will roll again with 11 forwards and seven defencemen, leading to some elevated ice time for Edmonton's forwards.

"Every game is going to be a little bit different, just with ebbs and flows of the game in the defensive-zone faceoffs, offensive-zone faceoffs and penalties will have a lot to do with that," Knoblauch said. "But we've got guys who can step up and play more minutes.

"Henrique is definitely a guy that we can lean on more, and he had a little bit more ice time [last game], but certainly, there are a lot of guys that can pick up more."

Goaltender Stuart Skinner will get the start between the pipes for the Oilers and has three victories in his last four starts, assembling a .897 SV% and 2.74 GAA during that span.

Coach Knoblauch has been pleased with his netminder's play in recent games – hoping that the trend continues tonight versus the Maple Leafs, whom he's 2-2-0 against over his career with a .870 SV% and 4.13 GAA.

"He looks sharp playing the puck and he's made some big saves. We're very happy with him," Knoblauch said. "From what I've seen since last year when I came in, he's been a solid goaltender throughout. There were some bad games, but there haven't been many of them, and he's somebody that we can rely on a lot."

View the Oilers Projected Lineup vs. Toronto below:

Nugent-Hopkins - McDavid - Hyman
Podkolzin - Draisaitl - Perry
Janmark - Henrique - Brown
Skinner - Ryan

Ekholm - Bouchard
Nurse - Dermott
Kulak - Emberson
Stecher

Skinner
Pickard