{"id":555916,"date":"2026-03-23T19:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/555916\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T19:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:34:13","slug":"oilers-connor-mcdavid-fine-after-leaving-practice-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/555916\/","title":{"rendered":"Oilers\u2019 Connor McDavid \u2018fine\u2019 after leaving practice early"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/edmonton-oilers\/22\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/edmonton-oilers\/22\" target=\"_blank\">Edmonton Oilers<\/a> captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/connor-mcdavid\/8478402\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/connor-mcdavid\/8478402\" target=\"_blank\">Connor McDavid<\/a> said he was fine after leaving Monday\u2019s practice early with trainers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Oilers, who are still looking to secure a playoff spot in the Western Conference, begin a two-game road trip on Tuesday against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/utah-mammoth\/68\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/utah-mammoth\/68\" target=\"_blank\">Utah Mammoth<\/a> before playing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/vegas-golden-knights\/54\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/vegas-golden-knights\/54\" target=\"_blank\">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> on Thursday in Nevada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Edmonton has dropped back-to-back games and currently sit third in the Pacific Division with a 34-28-9 record through 71 games, four points ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/los-angeles-kings\/26\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/los-angeles-kings\/26\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Kings<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 29-year-old McDavid is in the midst of another Hart Trophy-calibre season, recording 38 goals and 78 assists over 71 games. McDavid has now produced 100 or more points in six straight seasons. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Fellow superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/leon-draisaitl\/8477934\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/leon-draisaitl\/8477934\" target=\"_blank\">Leon Draisaitl<\/a> is expected to miss the remainder of the regular season with a lower-body injury suffered against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/nashville-predators\/18\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/nashville-predators\/18\" target=\"_blank\">Nashville Predators<\/a> on March 15. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 30-year-old German has 35 goals and 62 assists over 65 games in 2025-26. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid said he was fine after leaving Monday\u2019s practice early with trainers. The Oilers,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[712,49,48,79553,23752,79560],"class_list":["post-555916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-connor-mcdavid-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8478402","tag-edmonton","tag-edmonton-oilers-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-22"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555916","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=555916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}