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Todd McLellan was fired from his Edmonton Oilers coaching job on Tuesday and replaced by Ken Hitchcock.
McLellan is the NHL's fourth coach (John Stevens, Los Angeles Kings, Chicago Blackhawks Joel Quenneville, St. Louis Blues Mike Yeo), who was sacked this season while he was not in the lineup. there had been none.
The Oilers (9-10-1) have lost two straight games and six of their last seven games (1-6-0) and are in sixth place in the Pacific Division. They allowed 3.30 goals per game (24th tied) and are 27th on penalties (74.2%).
Edmonton faces the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center on Tuesday (at 10:30 pm, NBCSN, NBCSCA, SNW, NHL.TV).
"We had some breakdowns that should not happen at this point of the season," said the center. Leon Draisaitl said after a 6-3 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights at Rogers Place on Sunday. "It seems that every time we get points, we change our game. It's something we have to work on, stop playing and improve ourselves."
McLellan, 51, was named Oilers coach on May 19, 2015 after seven seasons with the San Jose Sharks (2008-15) and three years as assistant to the Detroit Red Wings, where he won the Stanley Cup in 2008. -24 in four seasons and finalist for the Jack Adams Award in 2016-17 after the Oilers finished 47-26-9 (103 points) to reach the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time in 10 seasons. Edmonton lost to the Anaheim Ducks in seven games in the second round of the Western Conference.
Edmonton native, Hitchcock, 66, is the third winning coach in NHL history (823-506-119, 88 games) in 22 seasons with the Dallas Stars, the Philadelphia Flyers, the Columbus Blue Jackets and the St. Louis Blues. He led the Stars to the Stanley Cup in 1999 and won the Jack Adams Award with the Blues in 2011-12.
Hitchcock has won two division titles and the President's Trophy twice (1997-98, 1998-99 with Dallas). He recorded a 86-82 record in 168 playoff games and helped his teams reach the finals of the conference five times, as well as the Stanley Cup finals twice (1999, 2000).
He retired from training last season after the Stars lost 42-32-8 and failed to qualify for the playoffs but remained in the organization.
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