1/4/2006
It'll be a battle of a couple of snarly teams tonight at Rexall Place as the Oilers host the defending Stanley Cup Champion Los Angeles Kings. The Oilers had one of their worst periods in franchise history on Tuesday when they allowed 6 goals in the 1st period to the San Jose Sharks en route to a 6-3 loss. The Kings, meanwhile, surrendered 3 goals in the 3rd period in a 3-1 loss to Colorado. Here are tonight's line combinations:
Taylor Hall - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Jordan Eberle
Nail Yakupov - Sam Gagner - Ales Hemsky
Ryan Smyth - Shawn Horcoff - Magnus Paajarvi
Teemu Hartikainen - Eric Belanger - Lennart Petrell
Nick Schultz - Justin Schultz
Ladislav Smid - Jeff Petry
Ryan Whitney - Mark Fistric
Devan Dubnyk
Yann Danis
Scratches: Darcy Hordichuk, Corey Potter
Injured: Ben Eager, Ryan Jones, Andy Sutton, Theo Peckham, Nikolai Khabibulin
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