Corey Perry will find himself playing more minutes during tonight's game.
Corey Perry will find himself playing more minutes during tonight's game.
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Tonight the Edmonton Oilers are visiting the St. Louis Blues for their first game of a quick two game road trip - with the second game coming on Wednesday against the Dallas Stars. The season series with the Blues is tied at one game a piece, with the latest game resulting in a 3-2 overtime victory for the Oilers.
Today, Kris Knoblauch spoke to the media after morning skate. While they did not run lines, the head coach was able to confirm a few roster items ahead of tonight's game.
When asked about Brett Kulak and Cody Ceci, Knoblauch had this to say, "both of them are healthy and will be in the lineup." He also confirmed that Stuart Skinner will be the starting goalie.
Perhaps the biggest change noticed at practice today was the fact that Corey Perry was wearing a top-six white jersey. This suggests that he will be centered by one of Connor McDavid or Leon Draisaitl.
Knoblauch didn't confirm which line Perry would be playing on, but he did have some things to say about the line juggling that will be happening from here on out, "so much [depends] on what the other team is doing. Is it a team with speed...are we up a goal - are we down a goal? Right now just subtle changes to our lineup."
"Right now we just wanted to give this a look."
With Warren Foegele wearing bottom-six blue it's logical to assume that Perry will be skating alongside Adam Henrique and Draisaitl. For now, we will need to wait until warm ups to get a confirmation of who will play with who.
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