The Edmonton Oilers held an optional skate at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Fla. on Monday. The Florida Panthers held an optional skate at the Baptist Health Iceplex in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

After missing Sunday's practice, Edmonton Oilers top-line winger Ryan Nugent-Hopkins returned to the ice on Monday morning. However, his status for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers remains up in the air.

"Ryan will be a game-time decision," said coach Kris Knoblauch. "He will take warm-up and we'll decide from there."

Nugent-Hopkins was not available to the media.

Winger Jeff Skinner is on standby in case Nugent-Hopkins is unavailable.

"He's been a true professional," Knoblauch said of Skinner, who has suited up just twice during Edmonton's playoff run. "When we've needed him, he's been ready to play ... if he is playing tonight, I have confidence that he'll give us a good game."

The coach pointed out that Skinner scored a goal when pressed into action in Game 5 of the Western Conference Final against the Dallas Stars.

Knoblauch did acknowledge that the absence of Nugent-Hopkins would make it trickier to load up Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl on the same line. The Oilers have played the superstars together at times in both games in this series with Nugent-Hopkins shifting to the second-line centre spot.

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