Pickard left Saturday's game against the Kraken midway through the first period after a collision in the crease.

Calvin Pickard left with an injury and did not return in the Oilers' 5-4 win over Seattle. The injury bug was biting across the NHL on Saturday night. On a night when Montreal Canadiens Patrik Laine and David Reinbacher left the arena on crutches, the Edmonton Oilers may have lost their backup goaltender as they beat the Seattle Kraken 5-4.

The Edmonton Oilers may be facing an unexpected goaltending dilemma after netminder Calvin Pickard left Saturday night’s preseason game against the Seattle Kraken due to an apparent injury.

The Oilers welcomed the Seattle Kraken to Rogers Place for Edmonton’s fifth of eight pre-season games as we inch toward opening night on October 9th. The good news is that they won the game by a 5-4 final score.

Rule No. 1 in any training camp is don’t get hurt. Results don’t matter, personal stats don’t matter. The only objective other than getting the timing down is to stay healthy for the start of the regular season.

Edmonton Oilers netminder Calvin Pickard left the team’s Saturday night pre-season game injured after a teammate collided with him in the first period.

Edmonton Oilers netminder Calvin Pickard had his night cut unexpectedly short on Saturday. The 32-year-old goaltender was forced to leave Saturday’s pre-season game against the Seattle Kraken in the first period after he was run into by teammate Noah Philip and crashed hard to the ice.