The Edmonton Oilers will get their longest tenured player back.
The Edmonton Oilers will get their longest tenured player back.
EDMONTON -- The Edmonton Oilers are looking to bounce back from their dramatic affair the other night against the Boston Bruins. They were happy to come away with one point, but their focus is always on winning.
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"Anytime it goes into overtime we are never happy unless we get the second one [point]," Kris Knoblauch shared his feelings about only coming away with one point in a game - regardless of how the team played over the entirety of the match up.
Tonight presents another opportunity to get two points - and they will have some help.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins missed two days because of a sickness - but he will slot back in for tonight's game. It also appears as though the Oilers will keep their new top line of Connor McDavid, Zach Hyman and Warren Foegele intact.
Nugent-Hopkins will be a welcomed addition back into the line up. His absence was felt in the last game, even if his replacements performed admirably in his place.
Nugent-Hopkins is expected to skate alongside Leon Draisaitl to start tonight's game.
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