Edmonton Oilers coach explains why Ingram left midway through game
The Edmonton Oilers picked up a big 5-2 win against the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday night, but it didn’t come without some sacrifices.
Though the victory propelled the Oilers to the top of the Pacific Division, they saw two players leave the game with apparent injuries. Forward Jason Dickinson limped off the ice after taking a shot to the knee, and starting goalie Connor Ingram mysteriously left the game after the second period, which sounded some alarms.
Ingram turned aside eight of the 10 shots he faced through the first 40 minutes, but was not between the pipes for the third period. He didn’t leave the bench, however, as he stuck around to be the backup goalie while Tristan Jarry took over the crease.
After the game, Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch gave a bit of an update on why the Saskatchewan native left the game.
“About six minutes left, whenever that last timeout was in the second period, [Ingram] felt a little discomfort,” Knoblauch said. “He came by our bench; he obviously finished the period. He got tested out in the training room, and then we felt it was best for him and, obviously, our team to not push it and make something worse.
“We made that decision between periods that Jarry would be going in.”
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There was no concrete injury news on either Ingram or Dickinson, with Knoblauch saying an update will come out over the next couple of days. If Ingram misses games, the net will likely be handed to Jarry, who has struggled of late, with Calvin Pickard being the prospective AHL call-up.
That would be far from an ideal scenario for the Oilers, as Ingram was expected to be the team’s starting goaltender heading into the playoffs. The good news is that the injury didn’t appear serious enough for him to leave the bench, and he was able to finish the second period despite noticing the issue with about six minutes left in the frame.
A closer look at the broadcast did show Ingram stretching something out with just under five minutes left in the second.
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The injury bug appears to be hitting Edmonton at the worst possible moment. The Oilers are already without Leon Draisaitl and Zach Hyman, and are now looking at both Dickinson and Ingram potentially missing time as well.
Hopefully, all those players will heal up in time for the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, which is set to start next week.