This in from Tony Brar of Edmonton Oilers TV, the line-up for tonight’s game against the Mammoth of Utah, with rookie Noah Philp back in the line-up but the forward lines otherwise staying the same as they were in the Vancouver game. Article content

EDM lines & pairings — Morning Skate vs. UTA: Article content Article content

RNH – McDavid – Mangiapane

Podkolzin – Draisaitl – Roslovic

Savoie – Henrique – Frederic

Howard – Tomasek – Philp

Lazar – Hyman

Nurse – Bouchard

Ekholm – Walman

Kulak – Emberson

Regula – Stecher

Skinner

Pickard

My take

1. Knoblauch is going with a radical new approach: sticking with essentially the same forward lines as the team had against Vancouver, the one exception being the insertion of Noah Philp.

2. Knoblauch has been the NHL’s blender king

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