Overview
- Tristan Jarry was injured against Boston and placed on Injured Reserve, leaving Edmonton without its new starter for three games with the earliest return targeted for Dec. 27 versus Calgary.
- Veteran Connor Ingram was recalled from AHL Bakersfield, bringing recent struggles (.856 save percentage, 4.04 GAA in 11 appearances) and no NHL action since Feb. 22 after being cleared to play in August.
- Incumbent Calvin Pickard enters the window with a 3-4-2 record, an .858 save percentage and a 3.91 GAA, and is projected to handle two of the next three starts with Ingram likely to get one in the back-to-back set.
- Performance in this stretch could decide whether Ingram returns to the AHL or supplants Pickard, who could be waived and assigned to the minors given both goalies’ expiring contracts and available cap space.
- Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported the Oilers have called Buffalo about Alex Lyon in recent weeks, a depth option that could be pursued more aggressively if Jarry’s absence extends, though no deal is in place.