Oilers\u2019 Curtis Lazar helped off the ice with apparent injury in Tuesday game against Penguins<\/p>\n
In the second period Tuesday night, forward Curtis Lazar got tied up with Penguins defenceman Jack St. Ivany and fell into the boards, colliding with former teammate Brett Kulak in the process. Lazar then needed assistance getting off the ice, and did not return to the game.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a look at that play:<\/p>\n
An unfortunate incident, Curtis Lazar falls into the boards after getting tangled with Jack St. Ivany.<\/p>\n
Lazar would need help getting off the ice. <\/p>\n
\ud83d\udcf9: Sportsnet <\/p>\n
Lazar joined the Oilers on a one-year contract this summer<\/a> as a free agent coming from the New Jersey Devils. So far this season, he has two goals in 17 appearances with Edmonton, averaging under 10 minutes a night.The 30-year-old\u2019s exit from the game is especially concerning considering his injury history. Last season, he played just 48 games with the Devils after suffering a knee injury that required surgery. Upon his return to the lineup, by his own admission, he wasn\u2019t performing to the standard he expected of himself, finishing the year with five points. Edmonton took a chance on him this year, and after a goal against the Winnipeg Jets earlier this month, he spoke about<\/a> getting another opportunity and finding his place with the Oilers.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s the NHL, you can\u2019t take a single day for granted,\u201d he said. \u201cEspecially, you said you\u2019re able to line up whatever, whatever happens, happens. But when you get the call, you want to be able to do a job. I know what I can offer and how I can help a team win. And I was glad to just kind of take that next step tonight. Doesn\u2019t matter, you know, if you\u2019re limited or your minutes are limited or whatnot, you still want to make the most of your opportunities. And a lot of that for me, it\u2019s face off, defending, penalty kill.\u201d<\/p>\n Official word on the extent of Lazar\u2019s ailment is still to come. The Oilers currently have a number of players out with injuries, including Connor Clattenburg, Jake Walman, Jack Roslovic, Kasperi Kapanen, and Noah Philp.<\/p>\n ARTICLE PRESENTED BY bet365<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oilers\u2019 Curtis Lazar helped off the ice with apparent injury in Tuesday game against Penguins In the second…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-350694","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}