Devils, Oilers and Home Game
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Tristan Jarry will make his first home start for the Oilers when the Blue & Orange go with 11 forwards & seven defencemen on Tuesday night for a meeting with the Devils at Rogers Place
The New Jersey Devils and Edmonton Oilers meet Tuesday at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta. Puck drop is scheduled for 10 p.m. ET.
The talk around Edmonton has been the Oilers bringing in a Top 9 forward for the playoffs, preferably a centre but also maybe a wing. If Kapanen can keep up this level of play I’ll suggest such talk may well go out the window, and team can look at bolstering its defence instead.
The Edmonton Oilers are looking to keep the good times rolling tonight, but they'll have to do it with a different-looking lineup.
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Oilers’ Kasperi Kapanen expected to be out for 'about a week'
The Edmonton Oilers will be down a forward the next few games. Head coach Kris Knobluach revealed Tuesday that winger Kasperi Kapanen will miss about a week with injury.
EDMONTON -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored in his 1,000th NHL game, and Connor Ingram made 27 saves for the Edmonton Oilers in a 5-0 win against the St. Louis Blues at Rogers Place on Sunday.
Rookie wingers Matt Savoie and Ike Howard are playing depth minutes for Edmonton at even strength this season.
You can take Vincent Desharnais off the Edmonton Oilers, but you can't remove his hatred for Florida Panthers pest Matthew Tkachuk.
Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl is expected to return from his leave of absence this week, according to Kris Knoblauch.
Maxim Berezkin has expressed interest in signing with Edmonton in the spring and delivered an outstanding performance for Yaroslavl Lokomotiv (KHL) last season when the organization won the Gagarin Cup. He has been less effective this year (4-14-18 in 44 games) but is a power winger with skill. He could be NHL-ready.