The Edmonton Oilers will be without Stuart Skinner when they take on the Kraken in Seattle on Thursday. Skinner left the team’s 4-3 loss to the Dallas Stars in the third period on Wednesday after getting clipped by Mikko Rantanen.

Skinner (head) won't travel with the Oilers for their road game Thursday in Seattle, Tony Brar of Oilers TV reports. Skinner got clipped in the head by Mikko Rantanen in the third period of Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Stars.

Edmonton Oilers veteran winger Corey Perry delivered a harsh assessment of his team’s failure to respond after Stuart Skinner took a knee to the head in Wednesday’s 4–3 loss to the Dallas Stars. Skinner exited midway through the third period after colliding with Mikko Rantanen.

The team’s starting goaltender is injured, and its elder statesman is second-guessing how he should have handled the aftermath.

Stuart Skinner left that same game with a head injury and won't travel with the team to Seattle on Thursday, so the Oilers called up Olivier Rodrigue from the AHL. To make room for the young netminder,

Edmonton Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner suffered his second hit to the head in less than a week, and concussion concerns are growing bigger even though he cleared the protocol ahead of Wednesday's matchup,