Oilers host the Canucks to start 2022 season

Updated Oct. 12, 2022 10:10 a.m. ET
Associated Press

Vancouver Canucks vs. Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton, Alberta; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EDT

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Oilers -195, Canucks +161; over/under is 6.5

BOTTOM LINE: The Edmonton Oilers host the Vancouver Canucks in the season opener.

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Edmonton went 49-27-6 overall and 29-8-1 in division play a season ago. The Oilers committed 291 total penalties last season, averaging 3.5 per game and serving 8.1 penalty minutes per game.

Vancouver had a 40-30-12 record overall and went 13-6-7 in Pacific Division play last season. The Canucks scored 246 total goals last season (58 power-play goals and five shorthanded goals).

INJURIES: Oilers: Vincent Desharnais: out (hand), Oscar Klefbom: out (shoulder).

Canucks: Tyler Myers: out (lower body), Ilya Mikheyev: out (lower-body), Travis Dermott: out (concussion), Phillip Di Giuseppe: out (lower body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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