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Brossoit will start Friday in Columbus.

Brossoit stopped 32 of 33 shots in an Oilers 2-1 shootout loss to the Jets in his first NHL start this season. The 22-year-old netminder has gone 15-9-3 with a 2.69 GAA and .919 SV% in 28 games with Bakersfield (AHL) this season. He’ll make his second NHL start against a Blue Jackets team that has lost four of their last seven.

Laurent Brossoit
The Oilers have acquired Patrick Maroon from the Ducks for Martin Gernat and a 2016 fourth round pick.

Maroon, 27, has picked up just 13 points (4G / 9A) in 56 games this season after posting 34 (9G / 25A) in 71 last season. With the acquisition of Jamie McGinn, Maroon became expendable. He should get a bigger opportunity in Edmonton.

Pat Maroon
The Oilers have signed goaltender Laurent Brossoit to a two-year contract extension.

Brossoit, 22, will get a shot with the Oilers for the rest of the season after they traded Anders Nilsson to the Blues. He has gone 15-9-3 with a 2.69 GAA, .919 SV% and three shutouts with Bakersfield (AHL) this season. He gets two more years with the Oilers before becoming a restricted free agent in 2018-19.

Laurent Brossoit
Weber (lower-body) is not on the ice for warmups; will miss his third straight game.

Weber remains day-to-day and the Predators have not provided a clear update on his status, but he will miss his third straight game tonight vs. the Blues. The Predators have a back-to-back coming up on Monday and Tuesday, so monitor his status during Monday’s morning skate.

Shea Weber
Brossoit will make his season debut on Saturday.

Brossoit stopped 49 of 51 shots in an Oilers win in his NHL debut last April. Tonight will be his second career NHL game with Cam Talbot out with an illness. The 22-year-old netminder has gone 14-8-3 with a 2.70 GAA and .921 SV% in 26 starts with Bakersfield (AHL) this season.

Laurent Brossoit
The Ducks sent Anton Khudobin to San Diego (AHL) on Wednesday.

Anton Khudobin was expected to serve as John Gibson’s backup for a second straight game, but Frederik Andersen was deemed healthy enough to dress, so Khudobin was reassigned. Khudobin has gone 4-4-1 with a 2.60 GAA and .911 SV% in nine games with San Diego.

Anton Khudobin
Foligno (upper-body) has been placed on IR; out indefinitely.

Foligno left Friday’s game with an upper-body injury that he suffered when he was hit hight by Hurricanes’ forward Brad Malone. He looked dazed, so the immediate concern was a concussion and his movement to IR suggests that could be the case. With Foligno out, the Blue Jackets have recalled Kerby Rychel from Lake Erie (AHL).

Nick Foligno