When the Edmonton Oilers visit the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night, top free-agent acquisition Jeff Skinner will be watching from the press box.
The forward will be made a healthy scratch for the second time this season amidst a failure to find his offensive game with his new team, per play-by-play analyst Jack Michaels. Josh Brown will be the second healthy scratch while Derek Ryan and Troy Stetcher slot into the lineup.
Skinner signed a one-year, $3 million contract with the Oilers on July 1 after he was bought out by the Buffalo Sabres.
A five-time 30 goal-scorer and one-time 40 goal-scorer, Skinner has struggled this season with Edmonton, scoring just seven goals and 15 points with a minus-10 rating, leading to being bumped from the Oilers' top-six.
He's averaging a career-low 12 minutes 36 seconds per game.
Watch the Oilers take on the Blackhawks on Hockey Night in Canada starting at 7 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. MT.
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