Jeff Skinner, Jamie Oleksiak set for NHL hearings

Jamie Oleksiak of the Seattle Kraken and the Buffalo Sabres' Jeff Skinner are scheduled for hearings with the NHL Department of Player Safety on Saturday.

Oleksiak is facing discipline for an illegal check to the head of the Capitals' Alexander Alexeyev during Friday night's 4-1 Washington win. The incident occurred in the second period when Oleksiak elbowed Alexeyev shortly after the latter scored his first NHL point on