April 21st marks the start of a tough playoff opener for the Edmonton Oilers against the Los Angeles Kings. Leon Draisaitl ...

The two have combined for 24 power-play goals (Draisaitl 15; McDavid nine). Skinner has not scored with the man-advantage in 60 games this season; defenseman Evan Bouchard has scored twice on the ...

“If an Oilers fan could pick 3 guys on the team that they would never want to see injured it would probably be McDavid, Draisaitl, and Skinner. Really tough couple of games recently.” A fourth ...

EDMONTON --Leon Draisaitl and Connor ... assist on a goal by forward Jeff Skinner at 5:30 of the second period against the Jets. It is uncertain when exactly McDavid was injured; he had six ...

Skinner played 18:38 sans McDavid and Draisaitl, who both missed Saturday’s game with injuries. That came after Skinner got 17:06 of ice time against Winnipeg two nights earlier when Draisaitl ...

Podkolzin-Draisaitl-Arvidsson Hyman-RNH-Kapanen Skinner-Janmark-Brown Jones-Henrique-Perry (McDavid, Frederic, Kane-LTIR, all on ice) Walman-Bouchard Nurse-Stecher Kulak-Emberson 1. It’s encouraging ...

My best guess right now is McDavid, Skinner and Hyman on one line, Draisaitl, Kane and Henrique on the other. This new RNH trio could well be the third line, with a fourth line of Frederic and ...

Draisaitl is tied for second in NHL scoring with 101 points in 68 games, and is the Rocket Richard favorite with 49 goals. McDavid is fourth league-wide with 26 goals and 90 points over 63 games ...

It is likely a superior idea to play Skinner on the top line in general instead of the second line, as McDavid needs offensive support much more than Draisaitl at the current moment. The Oilers ...

According to Jason Gregor of Daily Faceoff, forwards Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid are going to miss at least the next three games due to recent injuries. The Oilers will face off against the ...

and starting goalie Stuart Skinner (head injury). In that span, first without Draisaitl and now without McDavid, and in between without either (for the first time due to injury since they both ...