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Edmonton Oilers star injured on first shift
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Edmonton Oilers star injured on first shift

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Edmonton Lubricants superstar Connor McDavid He left Monday’s game on his first shift with a lower-body injury and did not return.

He stumbled while entering a penalty position in the first period. Columbus Blue Jackets‘ region one 6-1 defeat and slid into the boards. McDavid stood up and slowly slid toward the Oilers bench, lifting his left leg.

Coach Kris Knoblauch said after the game that McDavid would return to Edmonton for further evaluation.

“Hopefully it’s short term,” he said. “And our team will look different. Maybe one or two games, I’m not sure.”

The Oilers play at Nashville on Thursday and Calgary on Sunday before returning home.

McDavid one three-time league MVP and won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP following the Oilers’ loss to UK. Florida Panthers inside Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final.

He has 10 points in 10 matches this season. The Oilers, who returned to .500 after a slow start, fell to 4-5-1 with the loss.

Winnipeg Jets suffer first defeat of the season

The last undefeated team in the NHL Winnipeg Jetsfell Toronto Maple Leaves They will suffer their first loss of the season on Monday night. 6-4 defeat It dropped them to 8-1 when their best start in the series ended.

Trailing 4-0, the Jets pulled back to within 4-2 before the Maple Leafs scored again late in the second period. Winnipeg came close on goals from Kyle Connor and Gabriel Vilardi, drawing goaltender Connor Hellebuyck to press for the tying goal.

However, Toronto’s John Tavares scored his first goal of the match into the empty net.

Steven Stamkos had two assists against Tampa Bay but Lightning won

Nashville Predators loss 3-2 to Tampa Bay Lightning Monday with an overtime goal by Lightning forward Nick Paul.

Defeat spoiled An eventful return to Amalie Arena for Steven StamkosHe finished with a season-high two assists on six shots.

Trailing 2-0 against the Lightning, the Predators struggled in the second with goals from Ryan O’Reilly and Gustav Nyquist. In the third period, the Predators had multiple opportunities to score a go-ahead goal, but were denied by Tampa goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy, who made 35 saves in the game.

Paul’s overtime goal came at 3:22 of overtime and clinched Tampa’s sixth win of the season.

Credit: Alex Daugherty, Nashville Tennessean