OILERS (15-18-2) at CANUCKS (13-14-9)
TV: CBC
Season series: Lauri Korpikoski scored at 1:46 of overtime and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 on Oct. 18. Nail Yakupov scored in regulation for the Oilers, and goaltender Anders Nilsson made 33 saves. Matt Bartkowski scored for the Canucks and goalie Ryan Miller made 22 saves.
Oilers team scope: Edmonton is 9-6-1 since Nov. 20 in part because of a 2.75 goals-against average in that span, which is below their season average of 3.03. Nilsson has a 2.47 GAA and .919 save percentage in 12 games during that span. Cam Talbot has played four games in that stretch but had 44 saves in a 3-1 victory against the Winnipeg Jets on Monday. Coach Todd McLellan said no one has lost faith in Talbot despite the disparity in playing time. "Because [Nilsson] had that run doesn't mean that the group in the room or the coaching staff or anybody else didn't believe in Cam," McLellan told the Oilers website Tuesday. "We just ran a hot goalie for a while, and maybe we'll do that again because obviously Cam played tremendous." The Oilers play back-to-back games on the road coming out of the break; they have lost four of their past five away from Rexall Place.
Canucks team scope: Vancouver comes out of the break with seven straight home games. Their 14 home games are the second-fewest in the Western Conference, and their five home wins are tied for the fewest in the League. Part of having success at home will be staying out of the penalty box; the Canucks have been shorthanded 125 times, second-most in the League. That includes giving the Tampa Bay Lightning 10 power plays in a 2-1 victory Tuesday. "If the [penalty kill] wasn't on, that was going to be a 5-1 game or something like that," forward Jannik Hansen told the Vancouver Province. The Canucks killed nine of 10 Lightning power plays, but for the season they're 22nd on the penalty kill at 79.2 percent.
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| GP | Record | Home | Road | L10 | G/GP | GA/GP | PP% | PK% | PIM/GP | S/GP | SA/GP | FO% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 35 | 15-18-2 | 10-5-1 | 5-13-1 | 7-3-0 | 2.54 | 3.03 | 17.6 | 81.3 | 7.7 | 28.7 | 31.4 | 49.9 |
 | 36 | 13-14-9 | 5-6-3 | 8-8-6 | 4-5-1 | 2.47 | 2.81 | 17.2 | 79.2 | 12.0 | 29.5 | 30.5 | 45.6 |
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