Oilers sign Skinner to 3-year extension with $2.6M AAV

The Edmonton Oilers have their goaltending tandem locked up through at least 2025-26.

The Oilers signed goaltender Stuart Skinner to a three-year contract extension with an average annual value of $2.6 million, the team announced Monday.

Skinner has become the Oilers' No. 1 netminder this year due to his stellar play and the struggles of free-agent acquisition Jack Campbell. The 24-year-old has recorded a .915 save percentage and a 2.83 goals-against average in 19 appearances this season. He also ranks seventh among NHL netminders with 10.89 goals saved above expected, per Evolving-Hockey.

Campbell, who signed a five-year, $25-million contract with the Oilers this past offseason, has struggled to the tune of a .875 save percentage and 4.04 goals-against average in 14 games. He ranks 69th among 73 NHL netminders this season with minus-11.31 goals saved above expected.

Skinner is in the final year of a contract with a $750,000 cap hit before the extension kicks in next season. He'll be an unrestricted free agent when the extension ends.

The Oilers drafted Skinner, an Edmonton native, in the third round in 2017.