Calgary Flames vs. Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton, Alberta; Saturday, 10 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: The Edmonton Oilers host the Calgary Flames after Connor McDavid's hat trick against the Vancouver Canucks in the Oilers' 5-3 win.
Edmonton went 49-27-6 overall and 29-8-1 in division games last season. The Oilers averaged 3.5 goals on 34.0 shots per game last season.
Calgary had a 50-21-11 record overall and went 17-11-3 in Pacific Division play last season. The Flames committed 313 total penalties last season, averaging 3.8 per game and serving 9.1 penalty minutes per game.
INJURIES: Oilers: Tyler Benson: out (knee), Vincent Desharnais: out (hand), Raphael Lavoie: out (undisclosed), Oscar Klefbom: out (shoulder), Kailer Yamamoto: day to day (undisclosed).
Flames: Mathias Emilio Pettersen: out (undisclosed), Oliver Kylington: out (undisclosed), Martin Pospisil: out (undisclosed).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
