{"id":943727,"date":"2026-10-23T21:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T21:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/943727\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T21:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T21:48:13","slug":"injury-troubles-continue-for-edmonton-oilers-as-devon-levi-is-set-to-miss-time-daily-hive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/943727\/","title":{"rendered":"Injury troubles continue for Edmonton Oilers as Devon Levi is set to miss time | Daily Hive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Edmonton Oilers can\u2019t seem to catch a break when it comes to injuries early on in this 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<p>The Oilers have recently been able to get Zach Hyman <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/edmonton\/oilers-new-look-lines-nugent-hopkins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins<\/a> back in the lineup, but are still without plenty of regulars, including Matt Savoie, Jason Dickinson, Mattias Janmark, and goaltender Frederik Andersen.<\/p>\n<p>To make matters worse, defenceman Mattias Ekholm was forced to leave Thursday night\u2019s game against the Carolina Hurricanes after going hard into the ice after taking a check from William Carrier. It\u2019s expected that the veteran defenceman will miss at least a week.<\/p>\n<p>As if that weren\u2019t bad enough for the Edmonton fan base, yet another injury was revealed by the team following Friday\u2019s practice.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Babcock met with reporters and informed them that Devon Levi will be missing some time with an undisclosed injury. The Oilers head coach didn\u2019t reveal a timeline for the 24-year-old goaltender, but did state that he won\u2019t be in the lineup on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EdmontonOilers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@EdmontonOilers<\/a> Head Coach Mike Babcock\u2026<br \/>Tristan Jarry will start tomorrow.<br \/>Says the Oilers will be calling up someone (I assume Matt Tomkins)\u2026<br \/>As Devon Levi missed practice today<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bob Stauffer (@Bob_Stauffer) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Bob_Stauffer\/status\/2113703694441300129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is an extremely puzzling development given that Levi was able to lead the Oilers to a 6-5 shootout win against the \u2018Canes on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>This is a major loss for the Oilers, as Levi has started seven of their first 10 games. Tristan Jarry will get the start on Saturday against the Toronto Maple Leafs, and will serve as the first option for however long Levi is forced to miss.<\/p>\n<p>While it hasn\u2019t been confirmed, it\u2019s expected that the Oilers will recall 32-year-old Matt Tomkins, who has started three of the Bakersfield Condors\u2019 five games this season.<\/p>\n<p>The good news for the Oilers is that they\u2019ve gotten off to a very strong start despite all their injuries in the early going.<\/p>\n<p>They currently sit atop the Western Conference with an 8-1-1 record and are currently riding a three-game win streak.<\/p>\n<p>You might also like:<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/edmonton\/former-oilers-babcock-colleague-raw-deal-cellphone-controversy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Former Babcock colleague says Oilers coach got &#8216;raw deal&#8217; over infamous cellphone controversy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Edmonton Oilers can\u2019t seem to catch a break when it comes to injuries early on in this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":943728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-943727","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\/943727","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=943727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/943728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=943727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=943727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=943727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}