Connor McDavid to Have MRI on Lower-Body Injury, Out for Oilers vs. Kraken

Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid will undergo an MRI after suffering a lower-body injury during Thursday's overtime loss to the Winnipeg Jets, head coach Kris Knoblauch told reporters Friday.

Leon Draisaitl, who missed Thursday's game with an undisclosed injury, is also set to undergo imaging Friday, per TSN's Frank Seravalli.

Both McDavid and Draisaitl are expected to sit out Saturday's home game against the visiting Seattle Kraken.

Knoblauch described McDavid as "day-to-day, maybe a week," and said he expected Draisaitl be sidelined for a similar timeline.

"He won't be back immediately. He'll be up to a week," Knoblauch said about Draisaitl.

When asked if the Oilers were being especially cautious with injuries given the proximity of the playoffs, Knoblauch answered: "Even if it was Game 5 or 6, we wouldn't want to put somebody in the position where they're gonna make themselves worse and have a nagging injury.

"Obviously the schedule has something to do it, but ultimately it comes down to the medical staff saying when a player should return and how much time he should have off."

Knoblauch meanwhile said goaltender Stuart Skinner is "fine" after being pulled from Thursday's game by concussion spotters.

It was not immediately clear when McDavid suffered his injury. He took his final 18-second shift late in the second period and then sat out the third frame and overtime of Thursday's loss to the Jets.

Draisaitl played the entirety of Tuesday's win over the Utah Hockey Club, although he was involved in a collision with Utah's Olli Maatta during the second period of the victory.

Thursday was the first game Draisaitl, who leads the NHL with 49 goals, has missed this season. McDavid, who has 90 points in 63 games, sat out three October games with an ankle injury and three more due to a January suspension.

This is the first time since McDavid's 2015 NHL debut that both he and Draisaitl have been injured at the same time, per NHL.com's Derek Van Diest.

The Oilers have 13 games remaining in the regular season. The team currently holds the No. 2 spot in the Pacific Division, but the Los Angeles Kings sit two points behind with two games in hand.

Luckily for Edmonton, the Oilers have the second-easiest remaining strength of schedule (as evaluated by Tankathon) in large part thanks to three remaining meetings with the league-bottom San Jose Sharks. Jeff Skinner, who scored twice in Thursday's loss, will continue seeing more ice time as the Oilers fight to hold onto their place in the standings this week.