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Tonight, the Oilers face off against a Ducks team that has gone 4-0-1 in their last five. Mark Fayne finds himself out of the doghouse er..press box, and back out on the ice for his second game in a row. His name has been in trade talks recently so hopefully he has a strong showing tonight. This Oilers group has begun to trend in the right direction, so hopefully we see it continue tonight.
How to Watch
Time: 8:00 PM MT
TV: Sportsnet One
Radio: 630 CHED
What to watch for
Mark Letestu finds himself on the second line tonight for the second game in a rowalongside Nail Yakupov and Benoit Pouliot. Despite the fact that Letestu has been buried in the defensive zone (-37.53 ZSO% relative to the team), he is 2nd worst on the roster with a 39% CF%. In the Blackhawks game, Letestu reduced Yakupov and Pouloit's possession numbers. Let's see how they respond tonight.
The opposing view
From Anaheim Calling:
With an off-day to stew about the overtime winner for Arizona, created by a blind drop pass, Ryan Getzlaf figures to come out particularly inspired tonight. The Ducks captain has been ruthless against Edmonton in recent seasons, scoring 4 goals (all of them game-winners) with 10 assists in the 14 meetings since the 2011-12 campaign.
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Projected Line Combinations
Forwards | |||||
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Taylor Hall | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | Leon Draisaitl | |||
Benoit Pouliot | Mark Letestu | Nail Yakupov | |||
Teddy Purcell | Anton Lander | Jordan Eberle | |||
Luke Gazdic | Andrew Miller | Iiro Pakarinen | |||
Defence | |||||
Darnell Nurse | Andrej Sekera | ||||
Oscar Klefbom | Mark Fayne | ||||
Griffin Reinhart | Eric Gryba | ||||
Goalies | |||||
Anders Nilsson | |||||
Cam Talbot |