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Evan Bouchard News
Bouchard (undisclosed) will be a game-time decision vs. Vegas on Saturday.

Bouchard suffered a lower-body injury late in the third period of Thursday's 7-1 win over the Minnesota Wild. Before his injury, Bouchard had two assists in 21:22 time-on-ice. Thankfully for the Oilers, his injury is not long-term but he could be at risk of missing Saturday's game against the Vegas Golden Knights.

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Bouchard (lower-body) left Thursday’s game vs. Minnesota and will be evaluated in Edmonton on Friday.

Bouchard suffered a lower-body injury late in the third period of Thursday's 7-1 win over the Minnesota Wild. Before his injury, Bouchard had two assists in 21:22 time-on-ice. There was no update on Bouchard following the game.

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Bouchard will not play in the Oilers' regular season finale in Colorado on Thursday.

Bouchard will get the night off on Thursday as the Oilers opt to give him the night off to rest ahead of their playoff run. Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Zach Hyman, Evander Kane, Connor McDavid, and Mattias Ekholm will all join him in the press box tonight.

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Bouchard will make his season debut on Tuesday.

Bouchard was the No.10 overall pick in 2018 and appeared in seven games with the Oilers in 2018-19. The 21-year-old, who had 36 points (7G / 29A) in 54 games with Bakersfield (AHL) last year, will make his season debut vs. the Senators and is expected to skate on the third pair with Kris Russell.

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The Oilers have assigned Evan Bouchard to London (OHL).

Bouchard, 19, was the 10th overall pick in this summer’s draft and picked up one goal while averaging 12:21 TOI/GM in seven NHL games. Bouchard was impressive, posting a 55.4 CorsiFor% and +11.0 CF% rel, thanks to a 64.3% Offensive-Zone start percentage. Bouchard returns to the London Knights, where he led the team with 87 points (25G / 62A) in 67 games last year.

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