The Edmonton Oilers will not have the services of defenseman Darnell Nurse for their final game of the 20245-25 NHL regular season. That’s after the league imposed a one-game suspension on the veteran blueliner following an incident in the second period of last Monday’s game against the visiting Los Angeles Kings at Rogers Place in Edmonton.

EDMONTON -- Mattias Ekholm will not be available for the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference First Round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Los Angeles Kings because of an undisclosed injury.

For the fourth consecutive year, the Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings will meet in the opening round of the postseason. The Pacific Division combatants hav