This afternoon Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch addressed the media and confirmed Evander Kane's status for Game 1. Evander Kane has missed the entire 2024-25 NHL regular season due to an injury suffered during last year's Stanley Cup Playoffs. Despite missing the entire season, Kane's status for the beginning of this year's Stanley Cup Playoffs has remained up in the air. After returning to practice over the last several days there has been optimism that Kane would be able to return for Game 1. Now this afternoon with just over 24 hours before the Oilers take on the Kings head coach Kris Knoblauch has confirmed Kane's game status. <h3>Kris Knoblauch Confirms Evander Kane's Status For Game 1</h3> In a new press conference ahead of Game 1, head coach Kris Knoblauch was asked for updates on several injured Oilers. While Knoblauch remained tight lipped for the most part on who we will see he did confirm that Evander Kane is not quite ready to return for the Oilers. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/SportsnetSpec/status/1914039346468102258'><div style='border:1px solid #CCCCCC;border-radius:10px;padding:20px;width:300px;'>Loading from Twitter ...</div></a></blockquote></div> <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/kgill39/status/1914041495449190668'><div style='border:1px solid #CCCCCC;border-radius:10px;padding:20px;width:300px;'>Loading from Twitter ...</div></a></blockquote></div> This comes as a bit of a surprise for the Edmonton Oilers as the original plan for months now had been that <a href='https://www.hockeylatest.com/nhl-team/edmonton-oilers/evander-kane-breaks-silence-on-return-to-oilers-lineup-ahead-of-stanley-cup-playoffs' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Kane would return for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.</a> Months ago when the trade deadline was looming it looked like Kane could have even returned then. Now several months later at the most crucial time Kane remains out of the lineup. As more updates are provided on Kane's status for the rest of the series we will pass the latest news along to you.