NHL Game Preview: Edmonton Oilers at Vegas Golden Knights with Line Combinations 4/1/2025

Edmonton Oilers (42-26-5, 89 pts) at Vegas Golden Knights (45-20-8, 98 Pts)

Venue: T-Mobile Arena
Date: Tuesday, April 1
Time: 10:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/CBC/SCRIPPS
Radio:
Edmonton – Oilers Radio 880 CHED
Vegas – Fox Sports Radio 98.9 FM / 1340 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Edmonton: +1.5 ML +132
Vegas: -1.5 ML -162
O/U 5.5

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Edmonton Oilers News & Notes: 

The Oilers snapped a two-game skid, winning 3-2 in overtime over the Calgary Flames. They finished March going 8-5-1, averaging 3.1 goals per game while allowing three goals per game. They got Leon Draisaitl back on Saturday, scoring two goals and adding an assist.

Vegas Golden Knights News & Notes:

The Golden Knights are on a six-game winning streak, most recently beating the Nashville Predators on Saturday, 3-1. During their winning streak, they are averaging 4.7 goals per game while allowing 1.8 goals per game.

Edmonton Oilers Projected Lines

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

Walman-Bouchard
Nurse-Stetcher
Kulak-Emberson

Pickard
Rodrigue

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Vegas Golden Knights Projected Lines:

Barbashev-Eichel-Stone
Saad-Roy-Dorofeyev
Olofsson-Karlsson-Smith
Pearson-Howden-Kolesar

McNabb-Theodore
Hanifin-Whitecloud
Hague-Korczak

Hill
Samsonov

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Players To Watch:

Edmonton Oilers

Connor Brown this season has 25 points on eight goals and 17 assists. He’s faced the Golden Knights 14 times in his career, recording 11 points on three goals and eight assists; he has a goal and two assists against the Golden Knights this season.   

Vegas Golden Knights

Ivan Barbashev this season has 47 points on 20 goals and 27 assists. He’s faced the Oilers 19 times in his career, recording 13 points on six goals and seven assists; he has a point in each game this season against the Oilers, and he has two goals and three assists.  

Injury Report:

Edmonton Oilers

D Alec Regula – IR
F Evander Kane – IR
G Stuart Skinner – DTD
F Trent Frederic – IR
D Mattias Ekholm – DTD
F Connor McDavid – DTD

Vegas Golden Knights

F Tomas Hertl – Out  
D Alex Pietrangelo – DTD

Next Game:

Edmonton – April 3 at San Jose Sharks
Vegas – March 3 vs. Winnipeg Jets

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