Overview
- Puck drop is 8:30 p.m. ET at Rogers Place with streaming on Prime Monday Night Hockey; Oilers radio is SiriusXM channel 167.
- Edmonton enters 6-6-4 after a 9-1 defeat to Colorado, with Knoblauch saying the team’s standard “has not been high enough.”
- Columbus is 7-7-0 on a three-game skid, and an illness led Sean Monahan, Cole Sillinger, Mathieu Olivier and Miles Wood to miss the morning skate with possible game-time decisions, coach Dean Evason said.
- The Oilers list Ryan Nugent-Hopkins out one week (undisclosed), Mattias Janmark set for his season debut, and Curtis Lazar drawing in; Stuart Skinner is projected to start over Calvin Pickard.
- Edmonton has allowed 55 goals (tied sixth most in the NHL) with both Oilers goalies below a .900 save percentage, while the Blue Jackets rank near the top in shots on goal but sit middle of the pack in scoring.