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42-23-12, 96 points, 1.246 p/g	Ranks	43-25-9, 95 points, 1.234 p/g
Pacific DIvision - 1st		Pacific Division - 2nd
8th	Points per Game	9th
12th	Special Teams	9th
20th	Shots on Goal	8th
7th	Goals Against per Game	4th

A Way To First?

The Oilers pinned three goals on San Jose, including this ridiculous shorthanded goal by Connor McDavid en route to a 3-2 victory.  Edmonton's win coupled with Anaheim's overtime loss to the Jets brings the Oilers to within one point of the Ducks, who are atop the division with 96 points.

A regulation win will put the Oilers atop the Pacific with just four games left in the season.

Let's go to the tape.

The Oilers are saying

"We are going to be playing these teams eventually, whether it is the first round, second round, third round, whatever.."

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That's Patrick Maroon after Edmonton's 3-2 victory over the Sharks on Thursday night.

While Connor McDavid had the beauty shorthanded marker, Pat Maroon had two goals of his own.  Maroon's 27 goals on the season are tied for second place with Leon Draisaitl, just one behind Connor McDavid.

The opponents are saying

"Yeah, it's disappointing...We didn't play a full 60 minutes.  You take your foot off the gas in this league, you're going to get burned if you sit on your heels.  You can't sit back and receive a hockey game.  We did that in the final frame."

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That's Ducks forward Corey Perry, who had an two goals in Anaheim's 4-3 overtime loss to the Jets on Thursday.

Perry's two goals put him at 51 points on the season, good for third on the Ducks behind Ryan Kesler and Ryan Getzlaf.

Have some of this

• Ryan Getzlaf had four assists against the Rangers earlier this week.  That's half as good as Sam Gagner versus the Blackhawks.  Getzlaf leads the Ducks with 66 points (14-52-66) in 69 games.
• Connor McDavid's ridiculous goal furthers his lead to 91 points on the season.  He leads Patrick Kane by four points (87) and Sidney Crosby by seven (84).
• A win for the Oilers will give Cam Talbot his fortieth of the year.  (39-21-8, .921 SV% / 2.37 GAA / 7 SO).  Look for John Gibson (23-16-8, .921 SV% / 2.28 GAA / 5 SO) as the Ducks play their first of a back-to-back.
• The Oilers will be without Tyler Pitlick (knee).  The Ducks are without forward Ryan Garbutt (shoulder) and defenceman Simon Despres (concussion)
• #GOILERS