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\n Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl will miss multiple games after suffering an injury from a hit during Sunday’s game against Nashville. The team’s leading scorer is awaiting medical evaluation results, with coach Kris Knoblauch providing no specific timeline for his return.\n <\/p>\n
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The Edmonton Oilers face a significant challenge as they prepare to compete without their star player Leon Draisaitl for an undetermined period.<\/p>\n
Head coach Kris Knoblauch confirmed the news to media on Monday, offering limited details about the injury that occurred during Sunday\u2019s matchup with the Nashville Predators when Draisaitl absorbed a significant body check.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had his doctor\u2019s appointment this morning while we were on the ice and I haven\u2019t heard anything since,\u201d Knoblauch said. \u201cI think we\u2019ll be some time without him. I\u2019m not sure if it\u2019s one or two (games) or how long it\u2019s going to be. I don\u2019t have much information right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 30-year-old forward currently ranks fourth league-wide with 97 points and has been on fire recently, recording 17 points through six goals and 11 assists during his current nine-game scoring run.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred when Nashville\u2019s Ozzy Wiesblatt delivered the hit during the opening period. While Draisaitl managed to return for two brief appearances before the first period ended, he remained absent for the remainder of the contest.<\/p>\n
Superstar teammate Connor McDavid, who leads the league with 114 points on 37 goals and 77 assists, defended his injured partner while acknowledging the physical nature of the play.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not the dirtiest check in the world, but it\u2019s just who you hit and the result of it, unfortunately. If you want to hit our top guys, there\u2019s going to be a response,\u201d McDavid stated.<\/p>\n
Currently positioned third in the Pacific Division standings, just two points behind the division leader, Edmonton faces a crucial homestand with upcoming contests against San Jose on Tuesday, followed by Florida on Thursday and Tampa Bay on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Coach Knoblauch emphasized the team\u2019s cautious approach while recognizing the importance of each remaining game.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t want to aggravate it and make it worse,\u201d Knoblauch said. \u201cObviously we\u2019re looking at the big picture, but the games are important. There\u2019s nothing for sure right now making the playoffs and we need to win hockey games, but obviously if he\u2019s not healthy to play, he\u2019s not going to play.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl will miss multiple games after suffering an injury from a hit during Sunday’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5125],"tags":[56123,56124,198,146,5300,56117,56125,56119,56120,56118,56121,5,4,24,56122],"class_list":{"0":"post-507140","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edmonton-oilers","8":"tag-102-3","9":"tag-102-3fm","10":"tag-edmonton","11":"tag-edmonton-oilers","12":"tag-edmontonoilers","13":"tag-fine-day","14":"tag-fine-day-102-3","15":"tag-fine-day-fm","16":"tag-fine-day-media","17":"tag-fine-day-radio","18":"tag-have-a-fine-day","19":"tag-hockey","20":"tag-nhl","21":"tag-oilers","22":"tag-weller-radio"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116242396971463588","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}