The Edmonton Oilers are set to open up the regular season on Wednesday night, and we know what the lineup will look like.
With the players taking part in a full practice on Tuesday morning, head coach Kris Knoblauch assembled his new-look forward lines and defence pairs. This is often used as a smokescreen by NHL coaches to trick everyone into thinking the lineup looks one way, only to switch it up at puck drop.
However, Knoblauch confirmed that what we saw on Tuesday morning would be very close to what fans will see in Game 1 of the season.
So, what will the lineup look like? Here is a look:
Leon Draisaitl – Connor McDavid- Trent Frederic
Andrew Mangiapane – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Matt Savoie
Vasily Podkolzin – Noah Philp – Kasperi Kapanen
Isaac Howard – Adam Henrique – David Tomáše