NHL Game Preview: Edmonton Oilers at New York Islanders with Line Combinations 3/14/2025

Edmonton Oilers (37-24-4, 78 pts) at New York Islanders (29-28-7, 65 pts)

Venue: UBS Arena
Date: Friday, March 14
Time: 7:30 pm EST 
TV: ESPN+ / Sportsnet / MSGS
Radio: 
Edmonton Oilers – CHED 880 AM
New York Islanders – WRHU 88.7 FM / 103.9 FM LI News Radio

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Edmonton Oilers -1.5 ML -135
New York Islanders +1.5 ML +1115
O/U 6.5

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Edmonton Oilers News & Notes:

The Oilers have lost two in a row as they travel to New York to play the Islanders. The Oilers are 17-13-2 on the road and will try to snap their losing streak tonight at UBS Arena. Edmonton sits in third place in the Pacific Division, one point behind the second-place L.A. Kings. This is the second and final meeting between these two teams, with the Oilers taking the first matchup 4-3 in overtime on November 12 in Edmonton.

New York Islanders News & Notes: 

The Islanders lost the last two games of a three-game road trip before returning home to face the Oilers tonight. New York is 15-13-2 at home this season and is 4-6-0 in their last ten games overall. The Islanders are in contention for a playoff birth, but their hopes are dwindling with every loss as they’re five points behind the second wild card spot with four teams in front of them. 

Edmonton Oilers Projected Lines:

Draisaitl-McDavid-Hyman
Podkolzin-Nugent-Hopkins-Brown
Skinner-Henrique-Arvidsson
Jones-Kapanen-Perry

Walman-Bouchard
Nurse-Stecher
Kulak-Emberson

Pickard

Skinner

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New York Islanders Projected Lines:

Duclair-Horvat-Palmieri
Lee-Pageau-Holmstrom
Fasching-Cizikis-Tsyplakov
Engvall-MacLean-Gatcomb

Romanov-DeAngelo
Dobson-Pelech
Mayfield-Pulock

Sorokin
Hogberg

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Players To Watch:

Edmonton Oilers

Connor McDavid will try to extend his point streak to ten games tonight in New York. McDavid has two goals and eleven assists during the streak. The dynamic center had a pair of assists in the Oilers 3-2 loss in New Jersey last night. McDavid is fourth in the NHL scoring race with 84 points (24g, 60a), trailing only Nathan MacKinnon, teammate Leon Draisaitl, and Tampa’s Nikita Kucherov. McDavid had a goal and three assists in the first matchup against the Islanders.

New York Islanders 

Anders Lee has two goals and two assists in six games in March. The rugged winger has goals in two of his last three games, including the lone goal in the Islanders’ 4-1 loss to Los Angeles on Tuesday night. The 6-foot-3 Edina, Minnesota native leads the Islanders with 45 points (25g, 20a) in 64 games. Lee’s 25 goals this season extends his streak to four straight 20+ goal seasons and eight in the last nine years. In the first meeting against the Oilers, Lee had two goals in the loss.

Injury Report:

Edmonton Oilers

D Alec Regula – IR
LW Evander Kane – IR
C Trent Frederic – IR
D Mattias Ekholm – Day To Day
D John Klingberg – Day To Day
C Mattias Janmark – Day To Day

New York Islanders

D Mike Reilly – IR
G Semyon Varlamov – IR
C Mathew Barzal – IR
D Adam Boqvist – Day To Day

Next Game:

Edmonton Oilers – March 16 at New York Rangers
New York Islanders – March 15 vs. Florida Panthers

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