{"id":286061,"date":"2026-04-25T22:41:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T22:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/286061\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T22:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T22:41:14","slug":"edmontons-mcdavid-draisaitl-sit-out-practice-ahead-of-game-4-against-anaheim-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/286061\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton\u2019s McDavid, Draisaitl sit out practice ahead of Game 4 against Anaheim \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANAHEIM \u2013 Oilers captain Connor McDavid and top forward Leon Draisaitl didn\u2019t skate in Edmonton\u2019s practice ahead of Game 4 of their first-round playoff series against the Anaheim Ducks.<\/p>\n

The Ducks lead the best-of-seven series 2-1 following a 7-4 victory in Game 3.<\/p>\n

McDavid scored his first goal and also had an assist for his first multi-point game of the playoffs. He rolled his ankle in the second period of Game 2, but finished the game.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEdmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid, centre, is congratulated by teammates after scoring during the third period of Game 3 in the first round of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs series against the Anaheim Ducks, Friday, April 24, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo\/Mark J. Terrill)<\/p>\n

Draisaitl missed the last 14 games of the regular season with a knee injury. He leads the Oilers in playoff points with a goal and five assists.<\/p>\n

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Forward Jason Dickinson skated after sitting out the second and third games of the series with a lower-body injury. He scored two goals in Game 1.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 25, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ANAHEIM \u2013 Oilers captain Connor McDavid and top forward Leon Draisaitl didn\u2019t skate in Edmonton\u2019s practice ahead of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-286061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}