OILERS (22-33-6) at KINGS (35-20-4)
TV: 10:30 p.m. ET; SN360, FS-W, NHL.TV
Season series: The Los Angeles Kings are 3-0-0 against the Edmonton Oilers, most recently earning a 5-2 win at Rexall Place on Dec. 29. Tanner Pearson has two goals and two assists in the three games for Los Angeles; Taylor Hall has two goals and one assist for Edmonton.
Oilers team scope: One day after expressing displeasure with several players following a 4-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators at Rexall Place, coach Todd McLellan conducted a spirited practice and was happy with the results. "I think we had a choice to make this morning; we could come to the rink and pout and be down on ourselves or we can come and work, and I think for the most part the guys made the right choice and I'm happy for that," McLellan told the Oilers website Wednesday. "I'd like to see that carry over into the game [Thursday] night." Edmonton recalled right wing Jujhar Khaira from Bakersfield of the American Hockey League. He has two assists in 12 games for the Oilers this season. Goalie Anders Nilsson could start; Cam Talbot has lost his past four games and allowed at least three goals in each.
Kings team scope: It's the second of a three-game homestand for Los Angeles, which opened with a 2-1 win against the Calgary Flames on Tuesday. The Kings next face the challenge of containing Oilers rookie center Connor McDavid, who has a four-game point streak. "We've only played him once. He's a high-end player," coach Darryl Sutter told LA Kings Insider on Wednesday. "He's 18 years old playing in a men's league, and his production, if he'd played every game, his production is with the top handful of guys in the League." Forward Jordan Nolan, who is day-to-day with an undisclosed injury, skated as a defenseman during practice; he is not expected to play. Goalie Jonathan Quick is likely to make his fifth straight start.
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