Getty Vancouver's Conor Garland leads his team in scoring for the young season.
The Edmonton Oilers (5-1-) look to get back to winning against the Vancouver Canucks (3-4-1) on Saturday night.
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The Oilers look to get back on track after seeing a five-game winning streak end against Philadelphia on Wednesday.
“I think we played a really solid game. We had them on our heels a lot, and I think a lot of that is the speed we can play with,” Oilers defenseman Tyson Barrie said per EdmontonOilers.com’s Jamie Umbach. “We watched some video and saw how committed everyone was moving their feet and not standing still, while being structured within that. That’s more the way we’d like to play. It was an unfortunate result, but if we play like that on most nights, we’ll get what we’re looking for.”
Edmonton’s high-octane offensive attack couldn’t get to five goals or more for the first time since the season opener against Vancouver. The Oilers beat the Canucks 3-2 in an overtime shootout to start the season on Oct. 13.
Vancouver and Edmonton meet again on Saturday for the second time this season. The Canucks haven’t fared as well lately with a two-straight losses to the Flyers and Minnesota Wild this week.
“It’s definitely frustrating,” Canucks defenseman Quinn Hughes said per Kevin Woodley of NHL.com. “Everyone in the room wanted that one. That was an important game. It’s still a young season, but that’s frustrating. I thought we were going to score late, but it didn’t work out.”
Conor Garland and J.T. Miller lead the Canucks in scoring with eight points apiece. Quinn Hughes has six points, and Bo Hovart has five.
Edmonton, meanwhile, has tons of firepower, with Connor McDavid leading the way at 15 points on six goals and eight assists. Leon Draisaitl has 12 points for second on the team. Jesse Puljujarvi and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins have nine points apiece.
The Oilers have strong goaltending, too, in Mikko Koskinen and Mike Smith. Koskinen went 3-1-0 with a .926 save percentage and a 2.26 goals against average in three starts. Smith has a 2-0-0 record with a .920 save percentage and 3.08 goals against average in three appearances.
Vancouver has solid goaltending form Thatcher Demko and Jaroslav Halak. Demko went 3-2-0 in his first six starts and allowed 2.62 goals per game and held a .921 save percentage. Halak had a .917 save percentage, 2.07 goals against average, and a 0-2-0 record in two appearances.