Overview
- Draisaitl left in the first period after a check by Nashville’s Ozzy Wiesblatt that sent him into the Predators’ bench.
- He returned briefly, scored a power-play goal, logged 3:12 of ice time, then did not play the second or third period.
- Reporters highlighted a hard lower-back impact on the play, but the Oilers had not provided an official status after the game.
- He has 96 points in 64 games for an Oilers team that has surrendered 231 goals and sits third in the Pacific, with San Jose visiting Tuesday.
- Elsewhere Sunday, Montreal’s Kirby Dach left with an upper-body injury after a hit from Anaheim’s Jeffrey Viel, and Edmonton’s Ryan Nugent-Hopkins returned from a one-game absence for personal reasons.