Mattias Ekholm will miss his second straight game when the Oilers host the Dallas Stars on Saturday (10 p.m. ET, CBC, SN, CITY, Victory+).
The defenseman missed his first game of the season, a 3-2 overtime win against the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday for what Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch initially called "maintenance," before specifying Saturday it was an injury.
The undisclosed injury is expected to keep Ekholm out for at least one more game, when Edmonton visits the Buffalo Sabres on Monday.
"It's an injury," Knoblauch said. "He will be joining us on the road trip, but whether he's playing that first game in Buffalo or sometime when we're in New York (next week) … we expect he will be with us."
Defenseman John Klingberg will also miss his second game in a row with an undisclosed injury.
Defenseman Jake Walman will make his Oilers debut Saturday after he was acquired in a trade with the San Jose Sharks on Thursday.
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