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Ryan Nugent-Hopkins News
Nugent-Hopkins will not play in the Oilers' regular season finale in Colorado on Thursday.

Nugent-Hopkins 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, Connor McDavid, Zach Hyman, Evander Kane, Evan Bouchard, and Mattias Ekholm will all join him in the press box tonight.

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Nugent-Hopkins (shoulder) will return to the Oilers lineup on Thursday.

Nugent-Hopkins will play for the first time since February 26th. He will centre a new-look third line with Jesse Puljujarvi and newcomer Derick Brassard on his wings. Prior to getting hurt, Nugent-Hopkins had 37 points (7G / 30A) in 45 games.

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Nugent-Hopkins is week-to-week with an upper-body injury.

Nugent-Hopkins has returned to Edmonton to be re-evaluated but it sounds like he's going to miss approximately 2-to-3 weeks with an upper-body injury he suffered over the weekend. Brad Malone was called up from the AHL and will serve as a bottom-6 centre on Tuesday with Nugent-Hopkins unavailable.

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Nugent-Hopkins (lower-body) is expected to be back in the Oilers lineup on Tuesday.

Nugent-Hopkins has missed the last six games with a lower-body injury but is set to play Tuesday in Vancouver. The Oilers will go with a different look, centring the third line with Zack Kassian and Brendan Perlini, instead of playing with Leon Draisaitl.

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