The Edmonton Oilers aren’t taking any probabilities with regards to the well being of one in every of their star gamers. Ahead Connor McDavid continues to pattern in the proper route however is not anticipated to play towards the Arizona Coyotes on Friday.

“I need to really feel at my greatest and that is not the case tonight,” McDavid stated following Friday’s morning skate. “I by no means need to miss video games, I actually do not, it is irritating. On the finish of the day, we’re after larger issues right here and everybody being wholesome is precedence No. 1.”

McDavid final performed on Saturday towards the Calgary Flames when he appeared to endure a lower-body harm within the third interval of that contest. The Oilers star tallied two assists in 20:39 of ice time in a 4-2 Edmonton victory.

Whereas he acknowledged that he possible would not play on Friday, McDavid did not say whether or not or not he thought that he would play towards the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.

“Yeah, (I am) extraordinarily assured that it will flip the nook fast and be able to go,” McDavid added. “We’ll see (about Saturday), we have actually been taking it a day at a time and we have been making selections daily and we’ll cross that bridge tomorrow.”

The Oilers dominated the Vegas Golden Knights in a 5-1 win on Wednesday with out McDavid on the ice. McDavid has been a spectacular image of well being as he is solely missed three video games all season.

McDavid has registered 130 factors (31 objectives & 99 assists) in 74 video games all through the 2023-24 marketing campaign. Solely Tampa Bay Lightning star Nikita Kucherov (141) and Colorado Avalanche ahead Nathan MacKinnon (137) have tallied extra factors than McDavid this season.

The Oilers are at the moment in second place within the Pacific Division and path the Canucks by simply 4 factors. Because of this, Saturday’s contest looms fairly giant as to which workforce will earn the division crown and achieve some much-needed home-ice benefit when the postseason begins.