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45-26-9, 99 points, 1.238 p/g	Ranks	30-41-9, 69 points, .869 p/g
Pacific DIvision - 2nd		Pacific Division - 7th
9th	Points per Game	29th
11th	Special Teams	29th
9th	Shots on Goal	29th
8th	Goals Against per Game	23rd

Two If By Sea

Milan Lucic's natural hat trick helped to propel the Oilers to a 4-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night.  The victory was also Cam Talbot's 41st of the season, which is a new season record for the Oilers.  Connor McDavid scored his 30th goal of the year, and things went just dandy for the Oilers en route to a win.

The Oilers will face off against the Canucks tonight.  They'll return to the comfy confines of Rogers Place tomorrow to take on the these Same Canucks.  If the Oilers win twice in regulation (and the Ducks lose to the Kings tomorrow), then Your Edmonton Oilers will be Pacific Division Champions.

Let's start with a win tonight, eh?

The Oilers are saying

"We're lucky to have him at this time of the year.  This is exactly what we brought him in for"

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That's head coach Todd McLellan on Milan Lucic after Edmonton's 4-2 victory over the Sharks.

Lucic's first half of the season wasn't good.  He struggled mightily on a line with freakin' Connor McDavid, but things have changed for the (much) better as of late.  He's got 13 points (9-4-13) over the last sixteen games dating back to the beginning of March.  If the Oilers can figure out the whole 'Klefbom fires puck, Lucic cleans up' routine, they'll be doin' just fine.

The opponents are saying

"I thought three of the four goals were nice bounces...One of those nights that's like, what's goin' on?"

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That's Canucks goalie Ryan Miller on yielding four goals to Arizona on Thursday.

36-year old Ryan Miller will become an unrestricted free agent in two games.

Have some of this

The Canucks are very bad.  They do however, have a few things that Are Not Bad™.  Bo Horvat is one of those things, and he leads the Canucks in scoring at age 21.  (20-31-51)

Connor McDavid now has 97 points (30-67-97) with two games against Vancouver on his plate.  I'm sure he'll preach team accountability and how it's a team game, but there's a pretty good chance he hits 100 points by the end of tomorrow's game.

I think we'll see Laurent Brossoit by the time this weekend over, but I've got Cam Talbot  (41-22-8, .919 SV% / 2.40 GAA / 7 SO). between the pipes tonight.  The Canucks will likely counter with Ryan Miller (18-28-6, 2.80 GAA / .914 SV% / 3 SO)

The Oilers will be without Tyler Pitlick (knee).  The Canucks will be without goalie Jacob Markstrom (knee), Sven Baertschi (undisclosed), Jack Skille (ankle), Joseph Cramarossa (foot), Markus Grandlund (wrist), Brendan Gaunce (upper body), Anton Rodin (knee), Derek Dorsett (shoulder) and defencemen Erik Gudbranson (wrist).

CROWN ME: It's simple, really.  Win tonight, win tomorrow.  And hope Anaheim drops their season finale to the Kings.  Win the Division.  Get home ice.  WIn.  Win some more.

#GOILERS