Oilers’ Connor McDavid had fracture, says coach

The Edmonton Oilers captain played through a fracture “around the foot, ankle area,” head coach Kris Knoblauch said on Saturday.

McDavid was a game-time decision for Game 5 and 6 of the Oilers’ first-round loss to the Anaheim Ducks, but wound up playing in both.

Knoblauch added that McDavid was “playing through a lot pain.”

The Art Ross Trophy winner as the league’s top points-getter was relatively quiet in the Oilers’ six-game elimination at the hands of the Ducks, recording just one goal and five assists with a minus-eight.

McDavid still played 23:32 per game.

Teammate Jason Dickinson, who missed Game 2 and 3, battled a similar fracture, per Knoblauch. He finished his playoffs with two goals and one assist in four games.

“It affected their play but a lot of admiration for them for wanting to be out there and contributing as much as they did in the playoffs,” Knoblauch said.

McDavid is expected to speak later Saturday during the Oilers’ locker cleanout availabilities.