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Only days away from the start of the regular season the Oilers faceoff against the Vancouver Canucks in the final preseason game of the 2014/15 season.
When And Where
The game starts at 8:00PM and is in Vancouver at Rogers Arena
How To Tune In
The game is on TV. The Oilers Tweeted last game that the game would be broadcast on SportsNet 1 tonight but Tweeted out that it will be on SportsNet West earlier today. So I'm not 100% sure which one it will be on.
LIVE TONIGHT: @VanCanucks host the @EdmontonOilers in NHL preseason action at 10pmET/7pmPT on Sportsnet East, Ontario, West & Pacific
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) October 4, 2014
What To Watch For With The Oilers
Centres, centres and more centres. The Oilers are still short 2 legitimate NHL centres so they decided to play 7 of them tonight. It also appears that the face punchers have been removed from the lineup with maybe the exception of Will Acton who is moonlighting as winger tonight.
What To Watch For With The Canucks
Either way, the Canucks have 2 more cuts to make by Tuesday, while they're at the 23 man limit right now, that's not counting Bo Horvat and Frank Corrado, both injured at the moment. There's a possibility that the Canucks will be without a couple regulars tonight, according to the Vancouver Sun. Kevin Bieksa didn't skate yesterday, and Tom Sestito left practice early after an issue with his neck.
Line Combinations
Edmonton Oilers
Anton Lander - Leon Draisaitl - Nail Yakupov
Matt Hendricks - Jujhar Khaira - Tyler Pitlick
Teddy Purcell - Boyd Gordon - Jordan Eberle
Will Acton - Bogdan Yakimov - Mark Arcobello
Keith Aulie - Martin Marincin
Darnell Nurse - Brad Hunt
Oscar Klefbom - Justin Schultz
Ben Scrivens
Viktor Fasth
Vancouver Canucks
Daniel Sedin - Henrik Sedin - Radim Vrbata
Chris Higgins - Nick Bonino - Alex Burrows
Nicklas Jensen - Shawn Matthias - Zack Kassian
Derek Dorsett - Linden Vey - Jannik Hansen
Dan Hamhuis - Luca Sbisa
Alexander Edler - Christopher Tanev
Ryan Stanton - Yannick Weber
Ryan Miller