Edmonton Oilers, Stuart Skinner #50 (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)
In the first game of the season against the Sens, Edmonton Oilers head coach Dave Tippett would give Stuart Skinner his 1st NHL start. He should thank his lucky stars he was in the right place at the right time because this was quite unlikely to come for him otherwise.
It took an injury to Mike Smith and Anton Forsberg being picked up on waivers, but Skinner can at least say he made it to the NHL. I can’t find any information on when Smith is projected to come back, so I can’t confidently speculate on that.