Records helper Tuesday ...

The Edmonton Oilers too to the ice for practice today with coach Knoblauch mixing up the lines for a different look and without Mattias Ekholm or Kasperi Kapanen present.

Back at practice ...

Ekholm barely had a chance to get his hands — still clutching his stick after having taken a swipe at the bouncing puck — up to absorb the blow as his helmet appeared to make first contact ...

Defenceman Mattias Ekholm was the only player not on the ice ... keeping my legs moving and being effective and having a good stick all over the ice and hoping to put that into play here." ...

Mattias Ekholm had a goal and an assist, and Mattias Janmark also scored for the Oilers. who have won 11 of 14 and oved back into first place in the Pacific Division — one point ahead of idle Vegas.

When Leon Draisaitl saw teammate Connor McDavid get a silver stick for hitting 1,000 points ... there to corral the rebound and drop it to Mattias Ekholm, who scored his fourth goal of the season ...

Mattias Janmark, Corey Perry and Mattias Ekholm also tallied for the Oilers ... His shot from the right point caromed off Perry's stick and into the net.