The Edmonton Oilers and the Vancouver Canucks meet in NHL action from Rogers Arena on Saturday night.
The Edmonton Oilers will be out to bounce back from their first loss of the season in a 5-3 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers in their last game. Connor McDavid leads the Oilers with 15 points and 7 goals with 8 assists as well this season while Leon Draisaitl has a 12 points with 4 goals, 8 assists and a team-best +7 plus/minus rating. Jess Puljujarvi and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each have 9 points with Nugent-Hopkins logging a team-high 9 assists and Zack Hyman has 6 goals for the Oilers as well this season. Mikko Koskinen has gone 3-1 with a 2.62 GAA and a .926 save percentage for the Oilers this season while Mike Smith is 2-0 with a 3.08 GAA and a .920 save percentage this season.
The Vancouver Canucks will try to rebound from a 2-1 loss at the hands of the same Flyers in their last matchup. Conor Garland has a team-high 8 points with 3 goals, 5 assists and a team-high +3 plus/minus rating while J.T. Miller also has 8 points with a team-high 7 assists. Quinn Hughes has 6 points with 4 assists and Bo Horvat has a team-high 4 goals this season. Miller leads the Canucks with 4 power play points while Alex Chiasson has a team-best 2 power play goals this season. Thatcher Demko’s posted a 3-2-1 mark in 6 games for the Canucks with a 2.62 GAA and a .921 save percentage while Jaroslav Halak is 0-2 with a 2.07 GAA and a .917 save percentage this year.
Edmonton is 9-2 in their last 11 road games and 9-3 in their last 12 games against a team with a losing record while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 road games. Vancouver is 7-16 in their last 23 games overall and 1-5 in their last 6 home games while the under is 4-0-1 in their last 5 division games.
This is a fantastic all-Canadian matchup between two young and up and coming teams. With that said, the goaltending isn’t all that great on the two sides in my opinion and I think the offenses are going to have a field day in this one. Give me the over.