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Kris Knoblauch, the new coach of the Edmonton Oilers, conducted his first morning skate with the team and made significant changes to the lines. The Oilers faced the New York Islanders, with both teams looking to improve their recent performance. The game saw Mathew Barzal scoring for the Islanders within 40 seconds, followed by Leon Draisaitl equalizing for the Oilers in the first period. The Oilers then took the lead in the third period with goals from Zach Hyman and Connor McDavid, ultimately winning 4-1. Draisaitl was instrumental in the victory, securing four points. The Islanders, on the other hand, struggled in the third period, leading to their defeat. The game also saw controversial plays, including an incident involving Draisaitl and Bo Horvat. The Oilers' lineup for the game was RNH-McDavid-Gagner, Kane-Draisaitl-Hyman, Foegele-McLeod-Ryan, and Lavoie-Hamblin-Brown, with Skinner as the goaltender.
Good morning (afternoon). #Isles will hold a morning skate ahead of game vs. #Canucks tonight. Puck drop at 10:22 PM ET (TNT). This is the first of a back-to-back as NYI battles #SeaKraken Thursday night.
Capitals lines vs. Golden Knights: Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Wilson Milano-Strome-Phillips Protas-McMichael-Oshie Malenstyn-Dowd-NAK Johansen-Carlson Sandin-Jensen Alexeyev-McIlrath Lindgren
Knights' lines/pairs same as morning skate: Carrier-Amadio-Stone Cotter-Karlsson-Dorofeyev Barbashev-Eichel-Marchessault Rondbjerg-Howden-Kolesar Martinez-Pietrangelo McNabb-Theodore Hutton-Whitecloud Thompson
#Isles Bo Horvat was on the receiving end of a dangerous play from #LetsGoOilers Leon Draisaitil last night. Draisaitl did get fined for "tripping," but seemed like there was intent to injure. What say you? https://t.co/nuX7NB59Qc https://t.co/nuX7NB59Qc
Oilers lines and pairings at practice: RNH-McDavid-Gagner Kane-Draisaitl-Hyman Foegele-McLeod-Ryan Lavoie-Hamblin-Brown Nurse-Ceci Ekholm-Bouchard Kulak-Desharnais Skinner Pickard No Holloway or Janmark.
Islanders doomed by woeful third period as Oilers win in Kris Knoblauch’s debut https://t.co/Ulq0ugcpvG https://t.co/8q3V7rmY9B
Oilers win big in Knoblauch's first https://t.co/WQEwVaA0sC
Kris Knoblauch era begins in Edmonton with a 4-1 win over the Islanders...Leon Draisaitl with 4 pts
McDavid squeaks one past Sorokin on another Oilers power play. That's McDavid's third goal of the season. 3-1 Oilers.
McDavid PPG and it’s 3-1 Oilers at 9:33 of third.
Pulock puck over the glass at 8:26 of third and Oilers back to the PP shortly after taking 2-1 lead on Hyman’s PPG.
Hyman shovels in a McDavid pass for a power-play goal. Oilers take a 2-1 lead.
Hyman PPG and it’s 2-1 Oilers at 7:35 of the third.
#Isles went to the PP as Draisaitl went off as he cross-checked Horvat in the back of the legs. Then Anders Lee called for interference on the face-off. Didn't look like anything happened on that play. 4 on 4 now.
And the #Isles second PP lasts all of three seconds before Anders Lee is called for interference on the O Zone faceoff.
#Isles going on their second PP with Draisaitl off for tripping at 9:54 of the second, tied 1-1. Two O zone penalties for Oilers this period
Strong opening few minutes for #Isles but #LetsGoOilers woke up and dominated the second half. 1-1. On the Draisaitl goal, NYI read the zone exit as good enough to make a change, and a few others got caught flat-footed. NYI had a line change last game that lead to a goal.
#Isles get caught, and Draisaitl ties it at 1-1 with 5:43 to go in the first. Wrist shot beats Sorokin blocker side, as he was off his angle a tad bit after Aho got beat to the outside.
Draisaitl scores off the rush. That's his second goal in 11 games. Oilers 1, Islanders 1.
Draisaitl doing wonders out there. Nearly set up a goal for Kane, then beats Sorokin from the right circle to the far post at 14:17 of the first, 1-1
Oilers are waking up. #Isles
13:40 to play in the first. Strongest start for #Isles, in terms of suffocating style, since... Second line got off to a strong start and top line followed it up with a Barzal tally.
Mathew Barzal one-timer as #Isles take a 1-0 lead 40 seconds in. Feed from Bo Horvat. Strong start for NYI.
Mathew Barzal one-timer as #Isles take a 1-0 lead 40 seconds in. Feed from Bo Horvat. Strong start for the blue and orange.
Welcome to the Oilers, Kris Knoblauch. Mathew Barzal scores on the second shot of the game for the Islanders. It's 1-0 visitors, 40 seconds in.
#Isles pressuring early and Barzal one-timer makes it 1-0 just 40 seconds in.
#Isles vs #LetsGoOilers is underway up in Edmonton.
#Isles Ilya Sorokin (3-2-3, 3.24 GAA, .907 save pct.) and #Oilers Stuart Skinner (2-5-1, 3.53, .861) - both All-Stars last season - lead teams onto the ice here in Edmonton for warmups -Isles looking to snap 0-3-1 streak -Oilers looking for a reset under new coach Kris Knoblauch
#SJSharks lines, d-pairs (that I'm seeing) Eklund-Hertl-Zetterlund Gushchin-Granlund-Kunin Zadina-Sturm-Labanc Smith-Carpenter-Hoffman Ferraro-Addison Vlasic-Burroughs Okhotiuk-Rutta Knyzhov-Emberson
Haven't seen full lines yet, but in this drill, forwards are working with pairs: Hertl-Zetterlund, Sturm-Eklund, Granlund-Kunin, Gushchin-Hoffman, Smith-Carpenter, Labanc-Zadina #SJSharks
#Isles (5-5-3) look to snap a four-game skid against the #LetsGoOilers (3-9-1), who have lost four of five, leading to the firing of Jay Woodcroft. Puck drop at 8:30 PM ET in EDM @TheHockeyNews https://t.co/5pkZljEZSz https://t.co/5pkZljEZSz
Based on morning skate updates from @AGrossNewsday in EDM, here's how #Isles likely line up vs. #LetsGoOilers: Barzal-Horvat-Holmstrom Engvall-Nelson-Palmieri Lee-Pageau-Wahlstrom Gauthier-Cizikas-Clutterbuck Pelech-Dobson Romanov-Pulock Aho-Mayfield Sorokin Varlamov
Oilers Ice Chips: Knoblauch marks first morning skate by separating McDavid, Draisaitl https://t.co/sWkr9ZdHK5
Based on morning skate updates from @AGrossNewsday in EDM, here's how #Isles likely line up vs. #LetsGoOilers: Barzal-Horvat-Holmstrom Engvall-Nelson-Palmieri Lee-Pageau-Wahlstrom Gauthier-Cizikas-Clutterbuck Aho-Dobson Romanov-Pulock Bolduc-Mayfield Sorokin Varlamov
Oilers Ice Chips - It’s a fresh start in Edmonton with Kris Knoblauch's first practice as head coach of the Oilers ahead of tonight’s matchup against the New York Islanders. @TSNRyanRishaug has more with his observations from the morning skate: https://t.co/MX0509sDmR
Looked like Oliver Wahlstrom skating on Pageau’s right wing with Lee and Gauthier in Martin’s spot on fourth line. Top two lines remain the same with Holmstrom on Horvat line and Engvall on Nelson line. Pelech rotated into D-pairs. Sorokin should be the starter for #Isles.
Former Hartford (AHL) coach Kris Knoblauch conducting first morning skate after being named #Oilers coach yesterday. First game tonight vs. #Isles here in Edmonton. https://t.co/QiegNyxFSg
#Isles will skate shortly up in Edmonton. Face #LetsGoOilers tonight at 8:30 PM ET. I will join the team for their back-to-back in VAN/SEA. @AGrossNewsday is on the scene so we wait for his words on updates/lineups.
Kris Knoblauch running first practice: RNH-McDavid-Gagner Kane-Draisaitl-Hyman Holloway-McLeod-Foegele Lavoie-Hamblin-Ryan Nurse-Ceci Ekholm-Bouchard Kulak-Desharnais Skinner https://t.co/nT1kAe5w5l
The @EdmontonOilers morning skate: RNH-McDavid-Gagner Kane-Draisaitl-Hyman Holloway-McLeod-Foegele Lavoie-Hamblin-Ryan Brown Nurse-Ceci Ekholm-Bouchard Kulak-Desharnais Skinner Pickard