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Oscar Klefbom will return to the Oilers lineup tonight against the San Jose Sharks, but he won’t be there long.

The Edmonton Oilers defenceman will be shutting down his season as early as next week when he undergoes surgery for a shoulder that’s been bothering him all season.

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“He will have a clean up done,” said Oilers coach Todd McLellan. “It will happen as early as next week. All the details have to be sorted out, but once he gets the procedure done, he will not finish the year.”

Klefbom missed the last two games, during which time he received a cortisone shot and took some time to discuss his situation with doctors and advisors to asses the future of his season.

The consensus is that he get this fixed now so he has more time to recover before next season.

“Obviously, it’s going to be tough for us to make the playoffs, so if I’m going to do something, now is the time to do it,” he said. “Obviously, I don’t want to go through what I did this season with my shoulder.