Game Thread: Edmonton Oilers at Vancouver Canucks - Preseason Game #3

What you need to know

Edmonton Oilers Preseason Record: 2-0-0
Vancouver Canucks Preseason Record: 0-0-1
Puck Drop: 8:00PM MST
Television: Sportsnet West and Sportsnet One
The Opposing View: Nucks Misconduct

Tonight's Storyline

McDavid. McDavid. McDavid.

After an excellent performance at the World Cup of Hockey, Connor McDavid has returned to Edmonton. He joined the Oilers at practice yesterday and tonight we get to see him in action for the first time this preseason as the Oilers take on the Canucks in Vancouver. McDavid is scheduled to be playing between Milan Lucic and Jordan Eberle tonight, so we won't just be getting our first look at him, we'll also be getting our first look at what could well end up being the Oilers' top line this season.

Line Combinations

From edmontonoilers.com:

Forward Lines
Milan Lucic – Connor McDavid – Jordan Eberle
Patrick Maroon – Drake Caggiula – Kris Versteeg
Benoit Pouliot – Jere Sallinen – Anton Slepyshev
Taylor Beck – Jujhar Khaira – Tyler Pitlick

Defence Pairs
Griffin Reinhart – Dillon Simpson
Joey Laleggia – David Musil
Darnell Nurse – Brandon Davidson

Goalies
Jonas Gustavsson
Nick Ellis