McDavid Injury Watch Starts to Tilt the NHL’s Power Balance

Any time McDavid shows up on an injury report, the whole league notices. Sportsnet says he is day-to-day with a lower-body injury, which is the kind of wording that keeps both opponents and Oilers fans refreshing their screens. The real question is not just whether he plays, but how much this changes the rhythm of a team that usually runs on one of the sport’s most dangerous engines.