{"id":617908,"date":"2026-04-21T03:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/617908\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T03:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:00:10","slug":"leon-draisaitl-returns-to-oilers-lineup-for-playoff-opener-against-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/617908\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon Draisaitl returns to Oilers\u2019 lineup for playoff opener against Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776740410_929_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Oilers centre Leon Draisaitl (29) in the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tApr 20, 2026 | 7:41 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>EDMONTON \u2014 The Edmonton Oilers got a boost in Monday\u2019s opener of their first-round playoff series against the Anaheim Ducks with the return of Leon Draisaitl.<\/p>\n<p>Draisaitl missed the final 14 games of the regular season with a knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>The German star was activated from the long-term injured list before Monday\u2019s game, was listed on Edmonton\u2019s game roster and participated in the pre-game warm-up.<\/p>\n<p>Draisaitl skated with the team over the past week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edmonton Oilers centre Leon Draisaitl (29) in the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, March 10,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":{"0":"post-617908","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edmonton","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-edmonton"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617908","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=617908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}