Edmonton Oilers, Vegas Golden Knights juggle lineups with key defencemen suspended
The Edmonton Oilers chose their words carefully on the suspension front Friday while defenceman Brett Kulak prepared for an increase of playoff minutes in the absence of Darnell Nurse.
While debate over the severity of each player’s crimes and the NHL’s rationale for its discipline decisions raged on social media, both clubs prepared to play without a premier defenceman and the series tied at two wins apiece.“You don’t see it too often, but it’s the situation we’re in.”Nurse was suspended for Game 6 of last year’s first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Kings for head-butting Philip Danault.
“You don’t need to change your game. You know you’re going to be given more shifts, but keep your game the same, keep playing well and rely on my strengths and things that are helping the team win games.”The 30-year-old from Brockville, Ont., made his NHL playoff debut in Game 5 of the Knights’ first-round series against Winnipeg.
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