{"id":626374,"date":"2026-04-24T21:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T21:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/626374\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T21:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T21:31:10","slug":"edmonton-oilers-make-subtle-line-change-ahead-of-game-3-versus-ducks-daily-hive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/626374\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton Oilers make subtle line change ahead of Game 3 versus Ducks | Daily Hive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Edmonton Oilers are making some changes to their lines following a 6-4 loss to the Anaheim Ducks in Game 2.<\/p>\n<p>The Oilers, who were able to start this series off with a 4-3 victory on Monday night, don\u2019t seem to be fully clicking offensively despite scoring eight goals through the opening two games. Connor McDavid is especially struggling, having yet to record a point in the series.<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to get his team, and most importantly, his captain, going, head coach Kris Knoblauch revealed some new lines ahead of Game 3 on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EDM lines &amp; pairings \u2014 Friday\u2019s Morning Skate: <\/p>\n<p>RNH \u2013 McDavid \u2013 Hyman<br \/>Podkolzin \u2013 Draisaitl \u2013 Kapanen <br \/>Savoie \u2013 Samanski \u2013 Roslovic<br \/>Dach \u2013 Lazar \u2013 Frederic <\/p>\n<p>Ekholm \u2013 Bouchard<br \/>Nurse \u2013 Murphy<br \/>Walman \u2013 Emberson <\/p>\n<p>Ingram<br \/>Jarry <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oilers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Oilers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tony Brar \ud83d\ude80 (@TonyBrarOTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TonyBrarOTV\/status\/2047744892244500948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rather than Matt Savoie skating on the top line alongside Connor McDavid and Zach Hyman, he\u2019s been pushed down to the third line and will play with Josh Samanski and Jack Roslovic. Meanwhile, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins will be promoted to the top line.<\/p>\n<p>Curtis Lazar, who started Game 2 off on the third line, will instead be tasked with centring a fourth line featuring Colton Dach and Trent Frederic. Defensive pairings will remain the same, while Connor Ingram will once again get the call between the pipes.<\/p>\n<p>There could be one more change made to the lineup, as Jason Dickinson, who was forced to miss Game 2, is being labelled as a game-time decision. The 30-year-old had a massive showing in Game 1, scoring two goals, the second of which tied things up at three apiece in the third period.<\/p>\n<p>Dickinson isn\u2019t the only banged-up Oilers forward, either, as Adam Henrique suffered an injury in Game 1. An exact timeline hasn\u2019t been provided on his potential return, though he has been ruled out for both Game 3 on Friday and Game 4 on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>You might also like:<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/edmonton\/ex-edmonton-oilers-highlight-sensation-linus-omark-retirement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ex-Edmonton Oilers highlight sensation Linus Omark has announced his retirement<\/a><br \/>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Edmonton Oilers are making some changes to their lines following a 6-4 loss to the Anaheim Ducks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-626374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626374","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=626374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}