1/20/2013
The Edmonton Oilers open the 2013 NHL Season with a date against Northwest Division rival Vancouver. The Canucks opened their season last night against Anaheim and were trounced by the Ducks with a final score of 7-3. The Oilers, meanwhile, skated in Edmonton on Saturday for their final pre-season practice before chartering to Vancouver in the afternoon. The Oilers last game, 288 days ago, was a 3-0 loss at Vancouver in their final game of the 2011-12 season. Here are the line combinations for tonight's tilt:
Taylor Hall - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Jordan Eberle
Nail Yakupov - Sam Gagner - Ales Hemsky
Ryan Smyth - Shawn Horcoff - Teemu Hartikainen
Ben Eager - Eric Belanger - Lennart Petrell
Nick Schultz - Justin Schultz
Ladislav Smid - Jeff Petry
Ryan Whitney - Corey Potter
Devan Dubnyk
Yann Danis
Scratches: Magnus Paajarvi, Darcy Hordichuk, Mark Fistric
Injured: Ryan Jones, Andy Sutton, Theo Peckham, Nikolai Khabibulin
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