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The Edmonton Oilers activated forward Evander Kane off long-term injured reserve ahead of their Tuesday night game against the visiting Seattle Kraken.

It forces the coaching staff and the management group to make hard decisions, I think those hard decisions are really good, and really healthy." With his return on the horizon, for the team it's a positive to add a player of his calibre. "When you return a player of that calibre, it's a huge positive. But general manager and president Ken Holland will need to perform major salary-cap surgery in order to put Kane back on the roster. The Oilers have 37 regular season games left, so there's some pro-rating on what's left, and what was spent for the first 13 games of the year, before Kane got hurt. And, like this time last year, the Oilers are a team that's fighting for its playoff life, currently clinging onto the final wild card spot in the Western Conference. "And, the mechanics of those things go beyond the coaching room, that happens a little bit higher up. He delivered, scoring 22 goals in 43 games, then added 13 goals in just 15 playoff games as Edmonton got all the way to the Western Conference finals. It will be similar, and I hope I can repeat what I did last year, and hopefully be even better. Now, he's set to be reinjected into the Oilers lineup. #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/0afXgnlzS7— "So, nothing needs to be decided today, we don't play till tomorrow.

The concern about the Edmonton Oilers coming home after a rock-solid 3-1 road trip was that it would be like a salmon returning home to spawn.

In Yamamoto’s case, it means he can’t come back before the All-Star break, not that that was sounding like an option, anyway. We have to keep doing that.” Tuesday was also the seventh time in the last 11 games that Edmonton held its opponent to two or fewer goals. He played 17 minutes and led the team with seven shots. “We got ourselves a lead and worked hard. Article content

Zach Hyman had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers won their fourth straight, 5-2 over the Seattle Kraken Tuesday night at Rogers Place.

Ryan McLeod found a loose puck in the crease to pot his sixth and make it 5-2. “Everyone’s contributing and working hard and we’ve just got to stay with it.” You’ve got to find dirty goals and we got them tonight,” Zach Hyman said. Early in the second, Vincent Desharnais’ point shot leaked through Jones and came to rest just short of the goal line. “For somebody that’s missed that amount of hockey to step right into mid-season pace and execution level — I thought he made us a better team.” The Kraken went ahead on a power play 3:11 into the game when Daniel Sprong’s pass deflected in off Darnell Nurse’s stick.

The Oilers picked up their fourth consecutive victory, all over Pacific Division opponents, with a 5-2 win over Seattle on Tuesday night.

The coach's job and the coaching staff's job makes it difficult because we have a lot of really good players and tonight he didn't play in the game, but I feel good about him and his game, and he'll get back in." "He wasn't in the lineup tonight. "It felt fine," Kane said post-game about returning to the lineup. You got to find ways to score and get to the net, and I think it's huge. Kane was also his normal, physical self, with five hits on the night -- the 31-year-old showed few signs of rust, leading the Oilers in both categories. As the Oilers start creeping back to full strength, staying in the lineup becomes more and more difficult. The bad bounces first started with a Seattle rush and what looked to be a harmless shot from the circle by Vince Dunn 22 seconds into the period. It was nice to see him score a blue-paint goal in the fashion that he did, and he probably could have added three or four more other ones." The Oilers veteran scored his fifth of the season after a Vincent Desharnais point shot snuck behind Jones and sat in the blue paint behind him. The goal was the fifth of the season for Foegele, who had been healthy scratched for two games after the Oilers last matchup against Seattle to make way for Woodcroft's 11-and-7 lineup deployment. With Cody Ceci in the box for tripping, the Kraken power play went to work and it was Daniel Sprong who would end up finding the twine behind Campbell at the 3:11 mark of the opening period. Hyman held up at the blue line, setting a subtle pick on former Oiler Justin Schultz to provide enough room for McDavid to rip his 38th of the season by Jones.

Evander Kane passed a strength test Tuesday morning and was cleared to play hockey again for the Edmonton Oilers, according to TSN's Ryan Rishaug who ...

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Coach Jay Woodcroft opted to use 11 forwards and seven defencemen for the fourth-straight game resulting in Puljujarvi being the latest winger to sit out in ...

When the summer came, this time it was Holland and his management team that wanted to facilitate a trade. By the playoffs, that top-six ice time with McDavid and/or Draisaitl was basically a thing of the past. Assistant coach Glen Gulutzan, the lone member of the staff to see Puljujarvi in the flesh in the winger’s first stint, saw a different player that year. Puljujarvi just hasn’t proven he can do it in Edmonton over the last 13 or so months. Injuries, illnesses, and a complete and utter lack of confidence followed as his offensive production ground to a halt. He was fifth in goals for percentage and second in expected goals. Coach Jay Woodcroft opted to use 11 forwards and seven defencemen for the fourth-straight game resulting in Puljujarvi being the latest winger to sit out in recent games following [Warren Foegele](https://theathletic.com/nhl/player/warren-foegele-6wEcEzVGptOT2vWn/) and [Derek Ryan](https://theathletic.com/nhl/player/derek-ryan-3y3qdobItcoy8TdO/) doing the same. Woodcroft insisted Puljujarvi will be back in the lineup soon, and there’s no reason not to doubt that. Puljujarvi has been on and off the trade market for nearly four years. He played a year in Finland, but Holland refused to sell low on him. If that’s going to happen, the odds of it happening in Edmonton have essentially gone out the window. This is the 2016 World Junior Championship MVP who was drafted fourth a few months later.

Kane returns to the Oilers after a 31-game absence and will the team an immediate boost up front.

[Evander Kane](https://theathletic.com/nhl/player/evander-kane-NIyzXNgPSnWuwEYu/) has been activated from LTIR and is expected to play Tuesday night when the Oilers host the [Kraken](https://theathletic.com/nhl/team/kraken/). “He shows up every game, he works, he’s a very detailed hockey player, he has a lot of good habits in his game and he’s someone that you know is in the building. It’s unclear if the Oilers will dress 11 forwards and seven defencemen or use the conventional 12/6 scheme. The three players have found some chemistry and the coaching staff has been reluctant to separate them. “Some people only lead from the throat, but the good part about Evander is that he backs it up with his play, too,” coach Jay Woodcroft said. He recorded 22 goals and 39 points in 43 games, vaulting the Oilers from the playoff bubble to the second seed in the Pacific Division. “On the ice and off the ice, he brings a lot of intangibles that the average fan might not see. “He brings a lot of personality to our group,” McDavid said. Edmonton went 28-11-4 with Kane in the lineup. The team was floundering before bringing in Kane on Jan. Kane has missed the last 31 games after undergoing wrist surgery, the result of getting inadvertently stepped on by [Tampa Bay](https://theathletic.com/nhl/team/lightning/)’s Pat Maroon on Nov. He’s put himself in a position to come back.

Edmonton Oilers forward Jesse Puljujärvi is expected to sit in tonight's game, with Evander Kane returning to the team's lineup.

“I’ve started checking a lot and lead the team in hits. Since being taken fourth overall by the Oilers in 2016, Puljujärvi has had an up-and-down tenure in Edmonton. [Evander Kane will play for Oilers tonight for first time since scary injury](https://dailyhive.com/edmonton/evander-kane-will-play-oilers-tonight)

Zach Hyman had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers won their fourth consecutive game with a 5-2 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday.

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The Edmonton Oilers are poised for a season-changing run of games, if they keep their level where it was Tuesday in a win over the Seattle Kraken.

We have to stay with it.” The Oilers scored five times on a night where the power play went 0-for-3. “We have to find different ways to win. “There has been a real buy-in, you can see it from our group,” Nurse said. “We got ourselves a lead and worked hard.” Sure, Seattle, tied for second in the Pacific Division, has two games in hand on fourth-place Edmonton.

Zach Hyman had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers won their fourth consecutive game with a 5-2 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday.

The Oilers wrap up a short two-game stint at home against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Out with injuries for the Kraken were Joonas Donskoi (upper body), Chris Driedger (knee) and Jaden Schwartz (undisclosed). "You have to find ways to win," said Hyman, who now has a career high 29 assists on the season. It was Sprong's 15th goal of the season. "We had a good run, we let two games slide. "To do that at even strength, that's a positive.

The Edmonton Oilers never took their foot off the gas and it paid off with a 5-2 win over the Seattle Kraken.

Eberle put one off the post in the second, then Campbell made a solid stop on a Tolvanen wrister and an even better one off Geekie. He put the puck on net on Ryan’s goal. He was a bit slow to the slot on a Geekie one-timer late in the second. He kept a clean sheet at even strength, not making even one mistake on a Grade A shot against at even strength. He lost the o-zone pinch and allowed the outside shot on Seattle’s lame second goal; he was too aggressive on the pinch on that one with his team up by two goals early in the third. He started off the Virtuous Cycle on Edmonton’s second goal, putting the puck back to Desharnais. He made a slick low-high pass to set up a McD 5-alarm slot shot in the second. He blocked a wicked Tolvanen blast in the last minute of the game. The good news is the trio made no mistakes on Grade A shots in their own end. He got his fourth and fifth 5-alarm shots of the game battling in front of the net and scoring Edmonton’s third goal as he sprawled on the ice. He came out strong, jamming a Grade A slot shot on net late in the first. He failed to cover Eberle in the slot on a Grade A shot off the post in the second, but a moment later charged into the Seattle slot and got off his own 5-alarm blast.

Evander Kane will return to the Edmonton Oilers lineup for Tuesday's game against the visiting Seattle Kraken after being sidelined for months with a scary ...

21 with a back injury. Yamamoto has been out since Jan. The 31-year-old Kane, who has five goals and eight assists over 14 games this season, has been out since suffering a wrist laceration on Nov.

Evander Kane promised from the beginning that he is a quick healer. He's done nothing but prove that since being sidelined by a grisly skate cut that had ...

Only Tolvanen and his 9 GP interrupts the pattern of Oilers top and bottom, Kraken in the middle. He’s been joined at 13 points by Janmark and Kostin, the 2 guys called up the day after Kane was hurt. Their every-man-chips-in formula makes a harsh comparison with the Oilers, fourth in the NHL in goals per game. What they do have is balance across the line-up: 10 forwards have 20+ points, 12 have 15+. 4 times in that span the Oil let a 2-goal lead slip away, all at home, and in each case they never scored again after establishing that lead while the opposition gradually chipped away at it. Some would refer to tonight’s game as a “schedule loss” for the travel-weary visitors, but if hockey fans have learned one thing in 2023, it’s to not sell the Kraken short. The Kraken recently became the first team in NHL history to sweep a 7-game road trip, all in regulation no less, a journey that began with a 5-2 win in Edmonton 2 weeks ago today. Technically tied for second on points, the Kraken hold multiple games in hand on all other contenders in the Pacific, including 2 on the Oilers who lag 5 points back. That roster crunch has been circumvented in the short term by an injury to Kailer Yamamoto which has landed him on LTIR, where he will remain until at least Feb 12. That was a Tuesday, 10 weeks ago today. He’s done nothing but prove that since being sidelined by a grisly skate cut that had some observers fearing for his life let alone his hockey career. Article content

Edmonton has stop-gapped a solution by shuttering forward Kailer Yamamoto and defenceman Ryan Murray to the LTIR, joining the likes of Mike Smith and Oscar ...

“Right now it remains to be seen what kind of cap issues the Oilers have over the next month when Yamamoto does end up [getting] healthy. “I’m told the Oilers engaged in conversation with a couple teams about someone like Jesse Puljujarvi and I think the conversations were actually pretty promising on that front,” Seravalli said. “The Oilers were preparing for this type of circumstance before Yamamoto was injured on January 11. Foegele has the balance of this season and next on a contract that pays him $2.75 million annually. Puljujarvi, the No. This does kick the can down the road,” Seravalli said on

Former scout Jason Bukala starts a weekly series on how the Canadian NHL teams should approach the trade deadline with a look at the Edmonton Oilers and ...

They're able to roll out some of the best players in the NHL on their power play. [Markus Niemelainen](/hockey/nhl/players/markus-niemelainen/920371): Niemelainen is another big body defender for the Oilers but it appears he has not earned the trust of the coaching staff to date. He needs to play to his strengths and better understand the three-zone responsibilities of the pro game. The Oilers could use another layer of scoring beyond their core four and Bourgault could fill the role in the coming years. [Tyson Barrie](/hockey/nhl/players/tyson-barrie/593095): Barrie leads Oilers defencemen in scoring (five goals, 27 assists) and he’s currently on pace for the highest scoring year of his career. [Ryan McLeod](/hockey/nhl/players/ryan-mcleod/1121496): Take the puck to the middle of the ice kid! [Philip Broberg](/hockey/nhl/players/philip-broberg/1172190): Broberg remains a work in progress. [Evander Kane](/hockey/nhl/players/evander-kane/504252): The team is much better when he’s in the lineup. [Evan Bouchard](/hockey/nhl/players/evan-bouchard/1121439): The defenceman who has taken the biggest step back from last season is Bouchard. [Cody Ceci](/hockey/nhl/players/cody-ceci/659859): Ceci is having a solid season in Edmonton. [Connor McDavid](/hockey/nhl/players/connor-mcdavid/878032): Leads the league in goal scoring (37) and points (83). [Mattias Janmark](/hockey/nhl/players/mattias-janmark/743257): His ice time has recently been on the rise and he’s providing reliable middle-six minutes.

With the NHL Trade Deadline approaching, the Edmonton Oilers must act quickly in order to keep their playoff position in tact.

[Warren Foegele](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/f/foegewa01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=nhlrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-01-17_hr) returned to the lineup after missing two games as a healthy scratch. [NHL Rumors: One player isn’t going to fix the Edmonton Oilers internal issues](https://nhlrumors.com/nhl-rumors-one-player-isnt-going-to-fix-the-edmonton-oilers-internal-issues/2023/01/12/) [Evander Kane](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/k/kaneev01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=nhlrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-01-17_hr) back into the lineup will certainly help. “The problem is Holland has put himself in an untenable position. Something he may not want to do. Currently, the Oilers sit in the first wild-card position in the Western Conference with 51 points. It is up to general manager Ken Holland to get them out of this position. They have been linked to several players recently including The Oilers have been in LTIR all season and aren’t accruing cap space. The Edmonton Oilers find themselves in a precarious situation. Kane has been out of the lineup after his wrist was slashed earlier in the season. [Ken Holland](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/h/hollake01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=nhlrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-01-17_hr) Must Act At The Trade Deadline In Order For the Oilers Not To Miss The Playoffs

Holloway registered his first multi-point game in the NHL on Tuesday with a pair of assists in a 5-2 win against the Seattle Kraken.

He is a strong skater with good puck skills who provides size to the lineup. He had eight goals and 17 points in 35 games as a freshman prior to being selected by the Oilers. “I think he’s a young player in the best league in the world and he’s navigating his way through his first season,” said Oilers head coach Jay Woodcroft. He had a major setback with a wrist injury sustained playing college hockey with the University of Wisconsin, which required two surgeries and set him back nearly one year. He has a goal and three assists in his past four games as his role with the club steadily increases. Article content

Edmonton Oilers forward Evander Kane felt "no issues" with his wrist in his rapid return to the lineup after a gruesome skate cut.

“He slots people in the right kind of slots. He suffered the injury when Lightning forward Patrick Maroon inadvertently skated over Kane’s arm in the second period. “I guess I can’t expect too much, but yeah, we had some looks. [expected to miss three to four months](https://dailyhive.com/edmonton/oilers-kane-miss-multiple-months-wrist-slash) with the recovery. [told media after the game](https://twitter.com/EdmontonOilers/status/1615584335352201218?s=20&t=z8md4nN2T3SqNuvg6PHWyw). [returned to the Edmonton Oilers lineup](https://dailyhive.com/edmonton/evander-kane-will-play-oilers-tonight) Monday night after missing 10 weeks because of a slashed wrist sustained in November, felt fine in his first go-round following the scary incident.

It was about this time a year ago, the Oilers began their climb up the Pacific Division standings.

“He went down and was a productive player in Bakersfield, then he came back up and wanted to make good on an opportunity. “We as an organization support those initiatives. “First and foremost, myself and everyone in our room supports those types of initiatives,” said Oilers captain Connor McDavid on Wednesday. 29 and Woodcroft coached his first game for the Oilers on Feb. They did well protecting slim third-period leads against both the Golden Knights and Kraken. The Oilers had been struggling to find consistency before heading out on a four-game road trip.

Two teams looking to contend in the Pacific division will collide when the Seattle Kraken visit the Edmonton Oilers.

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Philip Broberg probably wouldn't know Jakob Chychrun if he popped up in his soup, but every time there's a Chychrun-to-the-Edmonton Oilers trade rumour…

“But, in the end, hockey’s a very simple game. Neither’s going to sell a lot of jerseys, but they’re very good at what they do. Not exciting stuff, but two very strong Swedish defencemen. Broberg, who put on 15 pounds in the gym last summer, feeling he needed more man-strength, has had trouble gaining traction because of several medical issues — nothing terrible but just enough to keep him out for a few weeks. Broberg is a long way from being Bouwmeester but he has the same effortless skating style. He’s not the flashy carry-the-puck 120 feet like he was when he was a junior in Sweden, but to borrow one of Glen Sather’s favourite lines, just Keep It Simple Stupid.

So many fun storylines this year! Klim Kostin, Nuge, Stuart Skinner, McDavids insane scoring pace and now Vinny Desharnais! - Woz Your reply could be featured ...

This is a man who went through the Decade of Darkness, was labeled a bust by some, and is now flourishing in his 12th year with the team. The Oilers could have one of the best tandems in the league if he stays consistent. This man has grinded his way into the NHL, is a loveable character, and hopefully, a player that can help the Oilers down the stretch. He also mentions how promising the 3rd line has become for the Oilers. Not only for his play on the ice but his interviews with the media. His hands and speed were always a nightmare for defenders but now his shot has become another powerful weapon in his arsenal.

The Edmonton Oilers are on their best run of play this season with four dominating wins in their past four games, all of them against Pacific Division…

Have you gone over game-tape as well? That strikes me as a more solid bet, though I’ll repeat once more that I lack the detailed kind of scouting knowledge about Chychrun to make a more certain and credible judgement. I see no reason why he and Broberg can’t do well in the playoffs this year. I’ve yet to see anyone really credible — someone who has put in the necessary work analyzing him live and with game-tape — make such a claim. As for Bouchard, he’s already attacking on the same level as Chychrun, it would seem, but there may well be room for improvement here, as Bouchard has yet to be given the plum and confidence-boosting assignment of being the first choice player to run Edmonton’s power play. His gap control is already the best of any Oilers d-man, as he’s able to get half-a-stick-length away from an opponent, right in his face, and not fear of getting beat because of his great agility and recovery speed. I’m no expert on Chychrun’s game, but I do note that despite some sparkling scoring stats, he’s hardly durable, having missed a good number of games in five of his seven NHL seasons, including this one. The two young NHLers are only the third and fourth d-men taken by the organization with a Top 10 pick, the fourth player being Paul Coffey, drafted sixth overall in 1980. Bouchard repeatedly displayed his excellent passing skills, such as sending in Warren Foegele for a breakaway against Seattle, while hanging in there on defence. Both Broberg and Bouchard were +6 in goals differential in the four game streak. Edmonton outscored their opponents 22 to eight in those four games, and this impressive margin wasn’t a mirage but was reflected in major differentials in Grade A shots, with the Oilers at +11 Grade A shots per game. Article content