Down 3-2 and playing on the road without their top defenceman, putting Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl together on a line is the go-to move for any coach in a situation as desperate as Jay Woodcroft’s. (SportsnetSpec)
are facing a high-pressure elimination game tonight in Los Angeles, there wasn’t much going on at Wednesday’s morning skate at Crypto.com Arena.Brett Kulak
centre Phillip Danault in Game 6. So the Oilers assistant captain will watch this one, and hope his team can win so he gets to take part in a Game 7 Saturday night in Edmonton.Connor McDavid It appears that head coach Jay Woodcroft will use Kris Russell on a pairing with Tyson Barrie and not enact the 11 forward, seven defenceman alignment he has used before. Here is how the Oilers lines set up, off the morning skate:Archibald – McLeod – PuljujarviWe’ll predict that McDavid and Draisaitl will play considerably more tonight than the 19:55 and 20:37 they logged respectively in Game 5.
Woodcroft is talking about when he was an Oilers assistant coach under Todd McLellan, who of course now coaches the Kings.
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