Carolina Hurricanes at Edmonton Oilers

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Carolina Hurricanes

8-2-1

Edmonton Oilers

7-1-1

Carolina visits Edmonton after Deslauriers' 2-goal game

Carolina Hurricanes (8-2-1, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Edmonton Oilers (7-1-1, in the Pacific Division)

Edmonton, Alberta; Thursday, 9 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Carolina Hurricanes visit the Edmonton Oilers after Nicolas Deslauriers scored two goals in the Hurricanes' 6-3 win against the Vancouver Canucks.

Edmonton has a 7-1-1 record overall and a 2-1-1 record in home games. The Oilers have gone 7-0-1 in games they score three or more goals.

Carolina is 8-2-1 overall and 6-1-0 on the road. The Hurricanes serve 9.4 penalty minutes per game to rank ninth in the league.

The teams meet Thursday for the first time this season.

INJURIES: Oilers: Alec Regula: out (undisclosed), Atro Leppanen: out (undisclosed), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins: out (lower-body), Frederik Andersen: out (knee), Jason Dickinson: out (lower-body), Matt Savoie: out (lower-body), Mattias Janmark: out (undisclosed).

Hurricanes: Mark Jankowski: out (lower-body), Taylor Hall: out (upper body), Seth Jarvis: out (shoulder), Jordan Staal: out (calf).

Regular Season Series

Series starts 10/22

Statistics

CAR		EDM
2.46	Goals Against Average	3.00
22.4	Shots Against per Game	26.6
89.2	Penalty Kill Percentage	74.1
4	Power Play Goals Against	7
0	Short Handed Goals Against	0
3.82	Goals For per Game	4.56
34.1	Shots per Game	25.2
10	Power Play Goals	9
22.7	Power Play Percentage	31.0
2	Short Handed Goals	2
103	Penalty Minutes	82

Edmonton Oilers Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Jason Dickinson, C	Out	Oct 16
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C	Injured Reserve	Oct 16
Alec Regula, D	Injured Reserve	Oct 1
Matt Savoie, C	Injured Reserve	Oct 1
Frederik Andersen, G	Injured Reserve	Sep 29