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GAME THREAD: Game 8/56 - Edmonton Oilers @ Winnipeg Jets

Oilers can close out four game road trip at 3-1 with a win tonight

By Jeff Chapman
Edmonton Oilers v Winnipeg Jets
Connor McDavid is tied with three other NHLers at the top of the scoring race with 10 points
Photo by Jonathan Kozub/NHLI via Getty Images

Edmonton Oilers (3-4-0, 4th in North) vs.

Winnipeg Jets (4-2-0, 3rd in North)

26 January 2021

Bell MTS Centre

6 PM MST

TV: Sportsnet West

Radio: 630 CHED

SB Nation Opponent: Arctic Ice Hockey

The Oilers needed every last second of Sunday’s game to secure a 4-3 victory. A win tonight will give them three on their four game road trip.

Let’s get down to funky town.

THREE THINGS TO LOOK FOR

  • The first line had a night on Sunday. McDavid had three assists (one as soon as the power play finished late in the game), Jesse Puljujärvi had an assist, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal. While the third line scored a goal on Sunday (!!), the Oilers would do well to have this line have another night like they did on Sunday.
  • Slater Koekkoek is a healthy scratch tonight, Caleb Jones draws in. Can Jones hold onto a roster spot after a four game absence?
  • The Oilers power play is a lacklustre 3/26 right now. Surely a goal comes tonight?

Let’s. Go. Oilers