NHL: Oilers’ Jeff Skinner trying to work way out of slump [Video]

There’s little doubt Jeff Skinner is in his coach’s doghouse.

The winger signed by the Edmonton Oilers this summer to a $3-million contract to play among their top-six forwards was a healthy scratch for his team’s game Sunday, a 5-3 loss to the Anaheim Ducks.

Not only that, Skinner – a 363 career goal-scorer who has notched 30-plus goals in a campaign six times over his 14 seasons in the National Hockey League – hasn’t been a regular alongside the likes of star centremen Leon Draisaitl or Connor McDavid in more than a month.

Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch said Monday it was Skinner’s “turn” to be a scratch and didn’t say if he would be back in the lineup for Tuesday night’s New Year’s Eve game at home against the Utah Hockey Club.

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