Skinner will start between the pipes in Friday's road preseason matchup with the Kraken, Tom Gazzola of TSN.ca reports.

EDGE Analysis

Skinner will be replaced by Olivier Rodrigue at some point during Friday night's contest. Mike Smith and Mikko Koskinen are locked in as the Oilers' top-two netminders, so Skinner will likely begin the 2021-22 campaign in the minors.