EDMONTON — With the Edmonton Oilers’ season on the line, Connor McDavid was listed as a game-time decision Tuesday morning.

McDavid missed morning skate along with third-line centre Jason Dickinson — also a game-time decision — on the same day the Oilers captain was named as a finalist for the Ted Lindsay Award. He was joined by Nikita Kucherov and Macklin Celebrini as nominees to be named the “most outstanding player in the NHL,” as voted by fellow members of the NHLPA.

“Least surprising news I’ve heard this morning,” quipped Leon Draisaitl.

It’s not about individual awards in Edmonton, of course. The Oilers' season is on the line in Game 5 against Anaheim Tuesday night (Sportsnet, Sportsnet , 10 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. MT), and their top centreman and best player is too injured to take part in a morning skate. McDavid’s blades won’t touch the ice between the end of Game 4 and warmups before Game 5.

Dickinson, Edmonton’s third-line centre, has missed half the series and limped through the other half. Draisaitl is nursing a bad knee and the fourth-line centre Adam Henrique is lost for the series.

“We talked about it when we lost Leon at the end of the season,” said head coach Kris Knoblauch. “We were missing an incredible player and we're not the same team without him, and everyone needed to step up. I thought for the most part, everyone did.

“Now, we have some guys who are banged up, and they're........

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