The Oilers (29-24-8), who are 1-2-0 since returning from the Olympic break and 1-5-0 in their past six overall, are fourth in the Pacific Division with 66 points and currently hold the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference. 

Edmonton, which has lost to the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup Final in each of the past two seasons, next plays the Ottawa Senators at Rogers Place on Tuesday (9 p.m. ET; RDS2, SNW, TSN5).

A few hours before the deal for Murphy was announced, Oilers general manager Stan Bowman said he was looking for a right-shot defenseman ahead of the NHL Trade Deadline, which is Friday at 3 p.m. ET.

“We have more lefts than rights, so in a simplistic way, yes,” Bowman said. “But also, you don’t want to overdo that too much, because sometimes a better player that is a left shot can play the right side. Ideally, you’d like to have three lefts and three rights in your pairs. It doesn’t always work out that way. Over half the teams don’t have that.”