There was no telling what was going to happen Friday night in Vancouver. Two nights prior, the Oilers dropped Game 1 of their second-round series against the Canucks in ugly fashion.
The National Hockey League playoffs are well underway, with the second round well underway. Last night, two series were in action, one in the West and one in the East.
Defenseman Evan Bouchard got the overtime winner, but Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl were the main reasons why the Edmonton Oilers are tied 1-1 with the Vancouver Canucks in a Western Conference second-round playoff series.
Knowing that getting into the lineup was a bit of a risk versus reward gamble, Leon Draisaitl wouldn’t say much beyond, “We’ll see how I feel tonight” when asked about his injury status.
In the NHL playoffs, your odds of getting an accurate injury update are as likely as finding the KFC original recipe. To give you a better understanding, here’s a quick summary of the lengths Harland Sanders went to protect the original recipe from being copied.
Both Leon Draisaitl and Adam Henrique will take warmups Friday night as the Edmonton Oilers prepare for Game 2 versus the Vancouver Canucks, but neither is guaranteed to go.
The Vancouver Canucks have a chance to take an early 2-0 lead on the Edmonton Oilers in their second round Stanley Cup Playoffs series. In dramatic fashion, the Canucks rallied from a 4-1 deficit to defeat the Oilers 5-4 in the series opener on Wednesday night.
One of the biggest questions on every Oilers fan’s mind right now is whether or not Leon Draisaitl will play in Game 2 after he left Wednesday’s contest
Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl has characterized himself as a game-time decision for Game 2 against the Vancouver Canucks on Friday. Draisaitl
Leon Draisaitl will be a game-time decision Friday when the Oilers take on the Canucks in Game 2 of their second-round series.
The Edmonton Oilers get set for Game 2 versus the Vancouver Canucks on Friday and they may be down a couple of forwards as the status of both Leon Draisaitl and Adam Henrique remain unclear.
A notable absence occurred at Thursday’s Edmonton Oilers practice, and Kris Knoblauch’s update was not encouraging. This comes in the wake of Leon Draisaitl missing parts of Game 1 with what was later described as cramping and equipment issues.
After assisting on Edmonton's two first-period goals in a 5-4 Game 1 loss, he missed the last half of the second period. He headed to the dressing room after an abbreviated 10-second shift in the middle period.
Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch announced that forwards Leon Draisaitl and Adam Henrique are considered day-to-day. Their status for Game 2 versus Vancouver remains unknown.
Is Leon Draisaitl healthy? That has to be the question after the Edmonton Oilers star center played only 16:43 in the 5-4 loss Wednesday night.
Oilers fans collectively held their breath on Wednesday night during Game 1 between the Oilers and Canucks when Leon Draisaitl missed the second half of the second period.
The Edmonton Oilers had to be concerned late in the second period of Wednesday’s Game 1 matchup with the Vancouver Canucks as Leon Draisaitl left the ice surface and didn’t return.
Leon Draisaitl left the game between the Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks in the second period, went to the locker room, and didn’t return as the second intermission began.
In a stunning turn of events that will either the Edmonton Oilers shell-shocked or totally motivated for Game 2, the Vancouver Canucks staged a remarkable comeback to snatch a 5-4 victory from the jaws of defeat in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series.
There's no NHL team facing more pressure to finally get the job done than the Oilers. After losing to the eventual champion Golden Knights last year, Edmonton entered this season with the hockey world wondering how they would respond.
Goaltending played a huge role in the Canucks’ series win over the Nashville Predators. But in true Canucks fashion, it didn’t go the way anybody expected.
It’s not exactly a secret that the Edmonton Oilers are a top-heavy team. And that isn’t a bad thing, especially when you have two of the best players in the league who are now among the best playoff scorers of all time.
For the third straight year, the Edmonton Oilers have knocked out the Los Angeles Kings in the first-round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Oilers got the job done on home ice in Game 5 on Wednesday night, beating their Pacific Division rivals 4-3 and advancing to face the winner of the Vancouver Canucks and Nashville Predators in Round 2.
Leon Draisaitl scored twice as the host Edmonton Oilers eliminated the Los Angeles Kings with a 4-3 victory on Wednesday in Game 5 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series.
Could Edmonton Oilers superstar center Leon Draisaitl become the future No. 1 center for the Boston Bruins? Speaking on BPM Sports, 91.9 FM in Montreal, former NHL enforcer Georges Laraque reported that Draisaitl is interested in playing for the Boston Bruins if he does not sign an extension with the Edmonton Oilers.
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