The Edmonton Oilers have placed defencemen Darnell Nurse and Slater Koekkoek on injured reserve, and added netminder Mike Smith to long-term injured reserve, the team announced Friday.
In a corresponding move, the club has called up defencemen Philip Broberg and William Lagesson from AHL affiliate Bakersfield Condors.
#Oilers roster moves
Smith placed on LTIR
Nurse & Koekkoek on IR
Broberg & Lagesson recalled from @Condors #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/s4DXBc5IY6— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) November 19, 2021
Nurse led the Oilers with 31:21 time on ice in Thursday’s shootout win over the Winnipeg Jets. In 16 games this season, he has 11 assists and is averaging the fifth-most ice-time in the NHL. It’s not clear when or how the injury occurred at this time. Nurse has played in 326 consecutive games and is set to miss his first contest since February 2017.
Koekkoek left Thursday’s game against the Jets after a collision with forward Evgeny Svechnikov sent him into the boards. Head coach Dave Tippett said he was day-to-day with a lower-body injury after the game. He has one assist through 11 games in his second season with the Oilers.
Smith, 39, was 2-0 in three appearances this season, posting a .920 save percentage and a 3.08 goals-against average before being placed on injured reserve with a lower-body injury on Oct. 21. Tippett announced last week that he had suffered a setback.
Broberg, the eighth overall pick in the 2019 NHL Draft, has 10 assists in 13 games with the Condors this season. The Swede has yet to play his first NHL game.
Lagesson has played 27 games with the Oilers over the previous two seasons and could make his season debut in the NHL. He currently has two points through 11 games in the AHL.
