10:07 pm
December 11

Hurricanes @ Oilers

Who will WIN this matchup?

Carolina Hurricanes (18-6-1)

@ Edmonton Oilers (16-9-0)

 

Starting Goalies:

Frederik Andersen (CAR): Confirmed

Mikko Koskinen (EDM): Confirmed

 

Current odds:

Carolina Hurricanes: (+100)

Edmonton Oilers: (-120)

 

• The Carolina Hurricanes have a pattern of playing with an almost desperate nature that has resulted in success in road games. They’ll encounter a team Saturday night that is bound to be displaying a form of desperation when they take on the host Edmonton Oilers. The Oilers have lost four straight games, including the past three at home. This is the fourth game in a six-game homestand.

• The Hurricanes have been on a roll on the road, winning twice this week. They’ve collected victories in seven of their last 10 road games (7-2-1), including a 2-1 overtime decision Thursday at Calgary.

• This game in Edmonton marks the midway point of Carolina’s five-game road trip.

• Edmonton’s latest setback came in Thursday night’s 3-2 result against the Boston Bruins.

• Oilers forward Warren Foegele will be playing against his former team. Carolina received defenseman Ethan Bear in return in the trade for Foegele. Bear sat out Thursday night’s game because of illness, so his availability will be in question going into this matchup.

• Edmonton has concerns regarding defenseman Kris Russell, who left the Boston game with an apparent upper-body injury and was placed on injured reserve Friday.

• Carolina remains without defensemen Tony DeAngelo and Brett Pesce. They’re out of the COVID protocol, but Canada requires a 14-day quarantine following a positive test, so they can’t rejoin the Hurricanes until next week’s game at Minnesota.

• Part of the fallout is a heavy workload load for defenseman Jaccob Slavin, who logged more than 32 minutes Thursday.

4/10
Confidence
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Edmonton Oilers
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