VANCOUVER, BC – The Edmonton Oilers will go with 11 forwards and seven defencemen on Saturday night in the final game of their three-game road trip at Rogers Arena against the Vancouver Canucks.
Head Coach Kris Knoblauch confirmed they'll add a defenceman and take a forward out tonight to help deal with the Canucks' ability to attack off the rush, but didn't reveal which forward will be coming out of the lineup. Defenceman Josh Brown will be the seventh defenceman.
Defenceman John Klingberg was signed to a one-year contract on Friday afternoon but hasn't joined the team on the road in Vancouver. The 32-year-old is travelling to Edmonton today before he's expected to practice for the first time with the Oilers on Monday morning and begin working his way back up to NHL speed.
"He hasn't played for a long time," Knoblauch said. "He hasn't had a training camp. He's been skating for an extremely long period of time, but to get up to NHL speed, it'll take a while. So we don't have a timeline when he'll play."
Edmonton's official lineup will be confirmed during warm-ups before tonight's 8:07 pm MT puck drop.
