Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Evan Bouchard scored to give the Edmonton Oilers a 2-1 lead over the Los Angeles Kings after the first period in Game 3 of the first-round, best-of-seven series.

Nugent-Hopkins (illness) will not play Friday versus the Sharks, Tony Brar of Oilers TV reports.

Nugent-Hopkins (illness) will be in the lineup versus Los Angeles on Monday, Jason Gregor of Sports 1440 Edmonton reports.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored three goals for his ... who moved to 4-0-1 in their last five games despite playing without star forwards Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl.

Nugent-Hopkins wears lots of hats for the Oilers ... on the power play and short-handed into an empty net. "Ryan's playing his best hockey of the year right now; a lot more confidence playing ...

Between Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (5) and Zach Hyman (4), the pair ... Nugent-Hopkins right now — I’m not here to say he’s been playing well either, by the way — but he’s probably had very ...

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This in from TSN’s Ryan Rishaug ... And Daniel Nugent-Bowman of the Athletic reports: “Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said Philp is in and Nugent-Hopkins is out with an illness.