Oilers lines
The Edmonton Oilers' lines as deployed at the Mammoth (W 6-2) — forward trios, defense pairs, power-play units and who started in net, measured from the league's shift chart.
Next game
Tue, Oct 20, 9:00 PM ET — home to the Wild.
No start projection for this game yet — the model projects goalies about a day out, and the books hang saves lines later than that.
Lines, last two games
Hallander also took 2:26 with L4. Jones also took 3:52 with L3.
What changed since Thu, Oct 15
The top line held: McDavid, Draisaitl and Podkolzin together again. Moved: Kapanen (L3 → L2), Formenton (L2 → L3), Joseph (L2 → L3), Michaels (L2 → L3), Frederic (L3 → L4) and Hallander (L3 → L4). In the lineup: Hyman, Dach and Walman. Out of it: Jones, Samanski and Mukhamadullin.
In net this season
Devon Levi has started 5 of the Oilers' 8 games, Tristan Jarry 3. Tristan Jarry started the last one.
| Goalie | GS | GP | SV% | Last start |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devon Levi | 5 | 8 | .897 | Thu, Oct 15 |
| Tristan Jarry | 3 | 8 | .873 | Sat, Oct 17 |
How these lines are built
Every unit above is the group that shared the most five-on-five ice in that game, rebuilt from the NHL's own shift chart. Power plays, penalty kills, four-on-four and empty-net time are cut out, so a top power-play unit can't pass itself off as the first line. Power-play units are measured from power-play time only. The number beside each unit is how long that exact group was on the ice together.
Read it as what the coach did, not as a forecast. A blowout shortens the bench and an injury scrambles everything after it. The full method, and every other club's lines, are on the all-clubs page. Player projections for the Oilers live on the shots on goal, points and anytime goal boards.
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