GAME THREAD: Edmonton Oilers vs. Carolina Hurricanes

Oilers need to get back on track with a win today.

By Jeff Chapman@NewWaveOil Jan 20, 2019, 6:37pm MST

NHL: Calgary Flames at Edmonton Oilers — Lucic has scored three goals this calendar year. Things are looking up.

Edmonton Oilers (23-22-3) (6th, Pacific)

Carolina Hurricanes (22-20-5) (5th, Metro)

7:30 PM MST

Rogers Place

TV: Sportsnet 360

Radio: 630 CHED

SB Nation Opponent: Canes Country

Oilers on the tail end of a back-to-back looking to get back into the win column.

Talbot starts in goal tonight for #Oilers. Hitch expects all 23 players to take warm-up, then lineup will be determined.
Added "we had both officials talk to us yesterday and say they missed a call on him (McDavid). That was good on them. That was very professional."
— Reid Wilkins (@ReidWilkins) January 20, 2019

Well, that makes the lineup card easy. Everybody’s in. For now, at least.

THREE THINGS TO LOOK FOR

What we do know? Cam Talbot is set to get the start for the Oilers in net. Talbot’s last outing was a 3-2 loss to the Coyotes eight days ago. Talbot is 2-3 in his last five.
Milan Lucic has four goals in eight games so far in the 2019 calendar year. That’s not too bad. Is he finally getting some normalcy to his game?
Oilers have tonight’s game and a game against Detroit before hitting the All-Star Break. With St. Louis, Arizona, Vancouver and Anaheim all vying for two wild card spots, can the Oilers keep pace in the Western Conference with a win tonight?

Oilers vs CAR:

RNH-McDavid-Puljujarvi
Lucic-Draisaitl-Chiasson
Khaira-Cave-Yamamoto
Rieder-Brodziak-Kassian

Nurse-Russell
Jones-Larsson
Manning-Benning

Talbot
— Jack Michaels (@EdmontonJack) January 21, 2019