Vancouver Canucks forward Jonathan Lekkerimaki and teammates visit the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday at 10 p.m. EST in Edmonton, seeking to end a four-game losing streak.
The Canucks are 3-14-1 overall and 3-4-0 in Pacific Division play. The Oilers are 11-3-3 overall and 6-0-1 against Pacific Division opponents.
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Edmonton is 11-0-3 this season when scoring three or more goals. Over their last 10 games, the Oilers are 6-2-2 and average 3.9 goals while allowing 2.8 per game. Vancouver is 1-8-1 over its last 10 contests, averaging 2.7 goals and allowing 4.3 per game.
This is the third meeting between the teams this season. The Oilers won 9-7 in their previous matchup. Leon Draisaitl scored two goals in that game.
Evan Bouchard leads Edmonton with 10 goals and 20 assists. Draisaitl has nine goals and 10 assists over his last 10 games. Lekkerimaki has six goals and eight assists for Vancouver; Liam Ohgren has five goals over the same span.
Edmonton Oilers goaltender Tristan Jarry is day to day with illness. Seven other Oilers are out: Alec Regula (undisclosed), Devon Levi (undisclosed), Atro Leppanen (undisclosed), Isaac Howard (lower body), Zach Hyman (neck), Frederik Andersen (knee), and Matt Savoie (lower-body). Mattias Janmark is also out with an undisclosed injury.
Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko is out with a hip injury. Filip Chytil (upper body), Akil Thomas (undisclosed), Mackenzie MacEachern (undisclosed), and Tom Willander (lower body, day to day) are also unavailable.
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