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The Oilers could really use a win here. They'll get an opportunity tonight against a Calgary Flames team ranked 13th in the West, just one spot over the last place Oilers. Not coincidentally, the Oilers are now ranked last in the NHL in points after the Sabres (!) defeated the Maple Leafs in Buffalo.
Keep an eye on these lines, as they'll be updated if the Oilers want to take a decent hockey player and stuff him in the minors for a guy who's probably not ready for prime time. These things happen though, you know, to give the team the best chance to win the draft lottery game.
So c'mon, Oilers. Just one win (coupled with a Sabres loss in regulation tonight in Toronto) will put you back in 29th.
You can do it!
The Edmonton Oilers
Taylor Hall - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Jordan Eberle
Nail Yakupov - Sam Gagner - Ales Hemsky
Ryan Smyth - Boyd Gordon - David Perron
Luke Gazdic - Will Acton - Jesse Joensuu
Andrew Ference - Jeff Petry
Nick Schultz - Oscar Klefbom
Anton Belov - Philip Larsen
Devan Dubnyk
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The Calgary Flames
TJ Galiardi - Matt Stajan - David Jones
Michael Cammalleri - Joe Colborne - Lee Stempniak
Sven Baertschi - Sean Monahan - Jiri Hudler
Tim Jackman - Mikael Backlund - Brian McGrattan
TJ Brodie - Chris Butler
Kris Russell - Dennis Wideman
Ladislav Smid - Shane O'Brien
Reto Berra