Oilers rule out F Brown for Game 4 vs. Stars

Oilers guardant Connor Brown volition not play successful Game 4 of the Western Conference finals against the Dallas Stars connected Tuesday, Edmonton manager Kris Knoblauch confirmed Monday.

Brown did not enactment successful the greeting skate aft leaving Sunday's Game 3 aft a thunderous deed from Stars defenseman Alex Petrovic. As Brown tried to determination the puck on the boards successful the 2nd play of an eventual 6-1 Edmonton win, Petrovic came down from the acold broadside of the violative portion and caught Brown with a forceful cheque that sent him to the ice.

Brown was already dealing with an undisclosed wounded that made him a game-time determination for Game 1 of the bid and caused him to miss the greeting skate up of Game 2. However, helium played successful the archetypal 3 games of the series.

Knoblauch did not accidental however overmuch clip Brown is expected to miss.

Brown, 31, has 8 points (five goals, 3 assists) successful 14 playoff games. He totaled 30 points (13 goals, 17 assists) and a plus-9 standing portion playing successful each 82 games during the regular season.

Knoblauch said it's undecided if seasoned defenseman Mattias Ekholm volition play successful Game 4 arsenic helium remains day-to-day with an undisclosed injury. Ekholm, 35, afloat participated successful signifier but has logged lone 1:52 of crystal clip since March 26.

The Stars pb 2-1 successful the best-of-seven series, which volition instrumentality to Dallas for Game 5 connected Thursday night.