SUNRISE, Fla. — Lost in the hullabaloo of a one-sided Game 4 win where Connor McDavid starred and the Edmonton Oilers’ depth players contributed was the play of goaltender Stuart Skinner. “Stu’s done that at the right times for us.” Stuart Skinner sprawls out to rob Carter Verhaeghe, what a stop#LetsGoOilers | #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/0CFqh4uxgF — Hockey Daily 365 l NHL …
VANCOUVER — What the heck was that? “It’s a big gut punch,” defenceman Brett Kulak said. “You don’t rely on one guy to carry you all the time, but it’ll be nice to have him back.” Sans Ekholm, the Oilers seemed lost and lethargic. “You’re still ironing out kinks, but I think we’re all smart enough in this room to …
EDMONTON — An injury to blueliner Markus Niemelainen put a wrinkle in the Edmonton Oilers’ plans to set their season-opening roster. “We’re trying to field the best team that we can.” Much to Holland’s relief, Lavoie cleared waivers Monday along with defenceman Ben Gleason and centre Lane Pederson. “If you look at all these guys,” Holland said, mentioning Evan Bouchard, …
Dominique Ducharme changed his defence pairings at practice Sunday. I knew him a long time ago in a different world when he was coming up as a youth player, but to really get to know him here, he was an excellent pro, I thought did an excellent job for us.” Merrill’s arrival does not appear to be, on the surface, …
