Moments ago, the Edmonton Oilers shared a revised lineup for tonight's game against the Washington Capitals after Connor McDavid was suspended for three games.
How does a team replace Connor McDavid in their lineup? That’s an easy question — They don’t. With the team’s captain serving the first game of a three-game suspension for cross-checking, Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch said it’ll take a community approach to handle playing without McDavid.
The Edmonton Oilers took to the ice for practice today with a few changes to their lineup involving Jeff Skinner and John Klingberg, as well as preparing for McDavid to miss time with a suspension.
Reaction continues to pour in in following Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid's three-game suspension for cross-checking Canucks forward Conor Garland in the head on Saturday night.
The Oilers will adjust their lineup for the first of his three games without Connor McDavid due to suspension on Tuesday at Rogers Place against the Capitals
Those were Alex Ovechkin's thoughts on facing the Edmonton Oilers without the recently suspended Connor McDavid ... Hopkins will slide over to centre next to Zach Hyman, while Jeff Skinner will get the first crack on their left wing.
Connor McDavid is having a quiet season by his standards, which means he’s got 65 points in 43 games—ho hum. He’s still the scariest person on the ice with the puck on his stick, and if an opponent can take him out of a play at the cost of one of their own,
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Adam Henrique scored in each of the first two periods and Connor McDavid netted a breakaway goal to lead the visiting Edmonton Oilers past the Boston Bruins 4-0 on Tuesday night.
The NHL Department of Player Safety fined Adrian Kempe for an incident with Connor McDavid in the third period of Monday's Kings and Oilers game.
Dallas needs Klingberg more than the Oilers. Their other three right-shot D — Matt Dumba, Ilya Lyubushkin and Nils Lundkvist — haven’t scored a goal all season long. He wants to play on a Cup contender and wherever he signs, he’s in audition mode for next season.
It has become uncomfortable, this whole Jeff Skinner thing here in Edmonton. He's being asked to make a mid-season adjustment to a role that, frankly, he may not be equipped to execute.