Tonight at 8 p.m. ET, the Vancouver Canucks (12-6-0, 24 points) and Edmonton Oilers (6-10-2, 14 points) take the ice live from Rexall Place in Edmonton for the fourth of five meetings against each other this season. The game can be live streamed here. Vancouver fans can hear all of the action on Team 1040 while Edmonton fans can do the same on CHED 630.
Vancouver currently sits in third place in the Pacific Division and has won two of its last three games while Edmonton is in last place in the division and is looking to avoid a four-game skid in the third match of a five-game home stand. The Canucks have defeated the Oilers in all three prior meetings this season, including a 3-2 triumph most recently on Nov. 1.
The Canucks have played well this season, but are coming off of a rough 5-0 loss to the Arizona Coyotes on Friday. Vancouver lamented its lack of chances after the loss.
"Shots were 12-3 [in the first period], but I can't think of any scoring chances," Canucks forward Daniel Sedin said via NHL.com. "You can shoot from outside all you want, but in this league you're not going to score from there. We had a lot of shots, but we had no guys in front of the net and got no rebounds. That's not good enough."
Daniel Sedin and his brother Henrik Sedin have paced the Canucks atop the scoresheet and have combined for two goals and nine assists against the Oilers this season. Henrik has a team-best 17 points off of five goals and 12 assists while Daniel has four tallies and 12 helpers for 16 points.
Nick Bonino has also had a solid campaign to this point, finding the twine seven times and adding seven assists for 14 points.
The Oilers are also coming off of a tough loss to the Coyotes as they fell 2-1 to Arizona on Sunday in a game that saw Taylor Hall score his team-best seventh goal of the year after missing six games with an MCL injury. It was the third straight loss for Edmonton.
"It was a close game for the most part," Hall told NHL.com. "It was just one of those games where we were just a bounce away from being there, but those are the games we have to find a way to win somehow."
Hall is second on the team with 11 points while Jordan Eberle (four goals, nine assists) and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (five markers, eight helpers) lead the Oilers with 13.
In net, Edmonton is likely to turn to Ben Scrivens, who is 4-7-1 with a 2.94 goals-against average and a .899 save percentage thus far this season.
Vancouver is probable to counter with Ryan Miller in between the pipes and the netminder is 11-3-0 with a 2.65 GAA and a .902 save percentage. His 11 victories are tied for second in the NHL.
The Canucks look to avoid a two-game losing streak while the Oilers hope to avoid losing a fourth consecutive game when the lights come up tonight at Rexall Place in Edmonton.
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