In one more home game before we all tuck off to gorge ourselves on festive fowl et al, the Edmonton Oilers (9-10-1, 6th Pacific) are in town to give thanks to our San Jose Sharks (11-7-3, 2nd Pacific). This may come as a shock to those of you who have been following the NHL for the past few decades, but the Oilers are struggling. Losers of six of their last seven games, Edmonton has experienced a free fall down the division standings, after an early run caused no shortage of misplaced optimism.
Connor McDavid is very good.