Oilers captain Connor McDavid to miss 2-3 weeks with ankle injury
Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid will circulate over two to a pair weeks after he suffered an ankle disaster all the most effective way thru Monday night time’s 6-1 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The Oilers captain went down 37 seconds into his first shift of the sport after being tripped up by Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski. McDavid fell awkwardly into the boards and didn’t return to the sport.
Connor McDavid will not be going to return after sustaining a decrease body disaster off the opening faceoff vs. the Blue Jackets.
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Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch said after the sport that McDavid would return to Edmonton to be evaluated. The group is for the time being on a four-game road time out that wraps up Sunday night time in Calgary.
“It be your captain, your easiest player. It needs to be an opportunity for guys to step up and voice, ‘Oh, I’ve bought this,'” Knoblauch said. “It be extra ice time, extra alternatives.”
By 10 video games, McDavid, the reigning Conn Smythe Trophy winner, is tied for the Oilers’ group lead in scoring (with Leon Draisaitl) with 10 facets.
“He is our leader and also among the easy player in the sport. So, clearly you’re going to in actual fact feel it,” Oilers ahead Ryan Nugent-Hopkins said on Monday “We now have bought to bear a better job of stepping up when a man esteem that goes down.”
Forwards Noah Philp and Drake Caggiula had been recalled from AHL Bakersfield.