The Edmonton Oilers bye week will come to an end Friday morning when the team will practice at Rogers Place, but they will be without their leading goal scorer.
Centre Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has been placed on NHL injured reserve. He left the game Saturday night against the Vegas Golden Knights with an upper-body injury sustained in the second period. The Oilers went on to a 3-2 OT win.
Nugent-Hopkins leads the Oilers in goal scoring with 16 and is third on the team in points with 31.
The Oilers have recalled forward Iiro Pakarinen from the Bakersfield Condors of the American Hockey League.
Pakarinen has nine goals and four assists for 13 points in 18 games for the Condors. He recently had a seven-game points streak. Pakarinen has one assist in 18 games played for the Oilers this season.
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The Oilers will host the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night at Rogers Place. You can catch the game on 630 CHED with the Face-off Show beginning at 6:30 p.m., the opening face-off will be at 8 p.m.