The dynamic duo is back together.
Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl skated on the same line at the Edmonton Oilers’ morning skate Tuesday. The superstar forwards will lead their team in evening National Hockey League (NHL) action starting at 8 p.m. MT against the visiting Philadelphia Flyers.
McDavid and Draisaitl, who will skate alongside winger Zach Hyman, had centred their own lines over the first three games – all losses on home ice – to start the 2024-25 NHL season, the most-recent a 4-1 defeat on Sunday to the arch-rival Calgary Flames.
The team has scored just three goals this season, with three players — McDavid (two assists), Jeff Skinner (one goal, one assist) and Mattias Ekholm (two assists) — leading the statistical charges with two points each. Three others have one point each, including Draisaitl with one goal so far.
Oilers head coach Kris …