Kapanen missed Wednesday's practice due to an illness, per Tony Brar of Oilers TV.

Won't play against Detroit ...

Mattias Ekholm will return from illness on Tuesday while Kasperi Kapanen will play in his 500th career NHL game on the third ...

Heading up to the third line to play alongside Adam Henrique were Jeff Skinner and Kasperi Kapanen. The top-six remained the same as it was when the Oilers lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs by a ...

Ekholm's return is the only major change to the Oilers' lineup from their loss to the Maple Leafs on Saturday night as they ...

A new-look second line of Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Viktor Arvidsson, and Zach Hyman will be seen in action. Hyman and Nugent-Hopkins have obvious chemistry, so seeing how Arvidsson meshes with them will ...

Things we think we know Jeff Skinner has been a healthy scratch ... of brown loafers with a black tuxedo. Knoblauch likes Kasperi Kapanen as fourth line left wing because he kills penalties ...

Jeff Skinner played Wednesday night with Leon Draisaitl not because he was supposed to be there all along, or he was a top-six guy being wasted among depth forwards. No. It was because Skinner earned ...

The Edmonton Oilers too to the ice for practice today with coach Knoblauch mixing up the lines for a different look and without Mattias Ekholm or Kasperi Kapanen present.