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GAME THREAD: Edmonton Oilers vs. New York Rangers

Yamamoto, Lagesson set to make season debuts for Oilers

By Jeff Chapman
NHL: Preseason-Winnipeg Jets at Edmonton Oilers
William Lagesson (pictured) and Kailer Yamamoto will make his season debut for the Oilers tonight.
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Edmonton Oilers (20-17-4) 5th, Pacific vs

New York Rangers (19-15-4) 6th, Metro

31 December 2019

Rogers Place

700 PM MST

TV: Sportsnet Oilers (SNP, SN1, SNE)

Radio: 630 CHED

SB Nation Opponent: Blueshirt Banter

THREE THINGS TO LOOK FOR

  • There are two new faces on this roster today. Kailer Yamamoto and William Lagesson will be making their season debuts, and not a moment too soon. Yamamoto is a fresh face on a club that’s got too many deck chairs being shuffled about. William Lagesson will make his season debut alongside Adam Larsson. Can these two help shake it up?
  • The Rangers have the fifth worst goals allowed per game (3.27). The Oilers have the fifth worst scoring rate while at five-on-five (2.18/60). Can the Oilers spring a couple early ones on the Rangers?
  • Mikko Koskinen will look to have a bounce-back effort after getting pulled against the Flames, Can the Oilers get sixty minutes from him tonight?

Let’s. Go. Oilers.