McDavid injury: Oilers’ Draisaitl needs to be ‘at his absolute best’ [Video]

The world’s best hockey player and star captain of the Edmonton Oilers appears to be out of action for at least one game, but it could be for longer.

Connor McDavid went into the boards left skate first Monday night in Columbus after he was tripped up by Blue Jackets defenceman Ivan Provorov on McDavid’s first shift of the game.

The Oilers star got up and carefully left the ice on his own.

The National Hockey League team announced during the first period McDavid would miss the rest of the game because of a lower-body injury.

Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch told media after the eventual 6-1 loss to the Blue Jackets that McDavid would return to Edmonton for evaluation. The Oilers are slated to play the third of a four-game road trip on Thursday in Nashville against the Predators.

McDavid flew with the team after the game to Nashville on Monday night before he took a charter to Edmonton.