What - Game 25 (14-9-1)
When - 9:30 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 6
Where - Rogers Place; Edmonton, AB, Canada
How to Watch - TNT
The Carolina Hurricanes will continue their Western Canada road trip with a stop in Alberta to take on the Edmonton Oilers.
Carolina is coming off of a 2-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets, a game in which they outshot the Jets 43-22.
The Hurricanes are going to look to come out shooting and assert themselves as capable goal scorers.
After their season was seemingly in a free fall, the Oilers have started to turn the ship back on course and are winners of their last four.
Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid are coming back around and so are obviously going to be a handful.
However, they're still struggling with goals against, having allowed three or more goals in 15 of 22 games and in those 15 games, Edmonton is 2-12-1.
If you can get to them early, you can really stretch the game out.
Streaks
- Jalen Chatfield (1g, 2a), Martin Necas (1g, 3a) and Stefan Noesen 1g, 2a) have points in three straight games.
Milestone Watch
- Seth Jarvis is two points shy of 100 career points.
Game Notes
- The Canes lead the season series 1-0 over the Oilers, with a 6-3 win on Nov. 22.
- This will be the final meeting between the two teams.
- Carolina has averaged both the most shots per game (34.6) and allowed the fewest against per game (24.6) in the NHL so far this season.
Key Matchups
Starting Goalies
- Pyotr Kochetkov: 4-4-1; 0.881 Sv%; 2.83 GAA
- Stuart Skinner: 8-7-1; 0.881 Sv%; 3.16 GAA
Leading Scorers
- Goals - Teuvo Teravainen (11) / Zach Hyman (12)
- Points - Sebastian Aho (22) / Leon Draisaitl & Connor McDavid (29)
Power Play
- Carolina - 21.4% (15th)
- Edmonton - 26.6% (6th)
Penalty Kill
- Carolina - 77.2% (21st)
- Edmonton - 78.2% (19th)
Hurricanes Projected Lineup
Michael Bunting - Sebastian Aho - Seth Jarvis
Andrei Svechnikov - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Teuvo Teravainen
Jordan Martinook - Jordan Staal - Jesper Fast
Stefan Noesen - Jack Drury - Martin Necas
Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burns
Brady Skjei - Brett Pesce
Dmitry Orlov - Jalen Chatfield
Pyotr Kochetkov
Antti Raanta
Injuries and Scratches: Brendan Lemieux, Tony DeAngelo, Frederik Andersen (blood clotting issue)
Oilers Projected Lineup
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Connor McDavid - Zach Hyman
Evander Kane - Leon Draisaitl - Connor Brown
Warren Foegele - Ryan McLeod - Sam Gagner
Mattias Janmark - James Hamblin - Derek Ryan
Darnell Nurse - Cody Ceci
Mattias Ekholm - Evan Bouchard
Brett Kulak - Vincent Desharnais
Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard
Injuries and Scratches: Philip Broberg, Adam Erne, Philip Kemp, Ryan Fanti (hip), Dylan Holloway (knee)
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