The Edmonton Oilers continue their six-game homestand to start the season on Thursday night against the Carolina Hurricanes at Rogers Place.
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PRE-GAME REPORT

EDMONTON, AB - In the eye of the storm of a tough season-opening six-game homestand for the Edmonton Oilers, nothing gets easier with the Carolina Hurricanes coming into Rogers Place.
We're just over a week into the regular season and the Oilers have started 1-2-0 after beating the Vancouver Canucks in their home opener before dropping back-to-back results to the Calgary Flames and Buffalo Sabres.
After the starts to their games were emphasized in practice following their first two contests, the middle stretch of their defeat to the Sabres on Tuesday night left the Blue & Orange in a two-goal deficit that couldn't be erased by a 23-5 third-period shot advantage.
Tonight, blending everything they've focused on over the past few practices and games into a full 60-minute effort against one of the NHL's top clubs will be paramount.
"I think we haven't played a full 60 minutes to our capabilities yet," Head Coach Jay Woodcroft said. "We've had good spurts, good periods of play, and that third period was one of them. I think when you take a little bit of a macro view on those three games, you realize that we've played in essentially three one-goal hockey games. You look for patterns and you try and find areas that can improve.
"Certainly we're not sitting where we'd like to be, but there's been a lot of really good teachable moments there and we're going to need to better against one of the league's best teams here tonight."

Carolina boasts plenty of talent in all areas of their roster, and their synchronicity with one another -- including between some returning talent in Sebastien Aho and Andrei Svechnikov, new additions like Brent Burns, and strong goaltending in Frederik Andersen -- has launched the Eastern Conference powerhouse to a 3-0-0 start while outscoring opponents 11-3 in their first three games.
"They're a really good team," goaltender Jack Campbell said. "They're playing really well and obviously top to bottom -- forwards, defence and goaltending -- they're strong and it's a great challenge. I can't wait to get in there."
Campbell will be back between the pipes against Carolina for his third start that'll mark the first of three difficult matchups for the Oilers to close out this homestand against the Hurricanes, St. Louis Blues and Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Oilers aren't looking beyond Thursday's clash with the Canes in their bid to get their season on the right track, as every next game is the next opportunity for them to execute on the lessons learned from their previous contests.
"The key to that is just focusing on today," Campbell added. "It's cliché, but we're playing some good teams and the only way to take care of business is by focusing on today. We got a big test tonight, and I think the boys will be ready."
You want to play against some of the best teams in the league. Carolina is one of the best, probably in the top five of the league, and have been for the last couple of years. So they're a team that's going to make you do it right."
Carolina's consistency from bottom to top represents the next big challenge for the Oilers early in the new campaign.
"I think no matter if you're playing against their first line or their fourth line, you know exactly how they're going to play," forward Zach Hyman said. "They play hard, they make few mistakes, they have an elite defensive end, they've got a great goalie in Freddie, and they just come at you in waves. I think they're a great team to play against for us to just go against that level of consistency every shift.
"You have to do it the right way. You can't cheat or think it's going to be easy, because that's the team that works every shift and they have an elite penalty kill as well."
THE SOUP THICKENS
After resetting and recalibrating after a tough last start, Campbell will be back in goal for the Oilers against Carolina on Thursday night.
The 30-year-old conceded four goals on 11 shots in Saturday's 4-3 defeat to Calgary before giving way to Stuart Skinner, who made 31 saves in relief against the Flames and earned the next nod to start in goal versus Buffalo.
While it wasn't an ideal appearance for Campbell last time out, it provided plenty of teaching moments for the Port Huron, Mich. product to take in ahead of his return to the crease tonight against the Canes.
"Absolutely. You can always find positives in anything, and for me, it was just working on some details and having a couple of really good days of practice," he said. "That's what we did and ready to get in there tonight."
Campbell assessed the positives and negatives during discussions with Goaltending Coach Dustin Schwartz, who's been a real resource to the Oilers netminders when it comes to preparation and picking out parts of their games that can improve.
Despite that, you still have to tip your cap now and then to your opponents who can still have their good moments.

"He does a great job of pre-scouting and kind of giving us their tendencies," Campbell said of Schwartz. "But it's still hockey at the end of the day. Sometimes things happen, you're not unpredictable I guess, but that's part of the game and it's our job to be ready for anything. So I'm just excited to get out there and battle.
It's a process of self-assessment that Campbell has had to refine during his journey to becoming an NHL starter that's had plenty of stops along the way through the ECHL, AHL, and different back-up and starter roles around the NHL.
"I think he's a guy who's been around for a while and hasn't had the most orthodox path to being a number one goalie," Hyman said. "He's been through the ups and downs of trying to become an NHL goalie, then trying to become a backup, then trying to become a starter, and now becoming a full-time starter and one of the best in the league.
Often characterized as one of the nicest teammates you'll ever encounter in a locker room, or one of the nicest people you'd ever meet on the street for that matter, Campbell's blend between professionalism on the ice and persona in public further endears him to his teammates and fans as a goaltender who's great for the club both on and off the ice.
"I think he's been able to find that balance of when you meet him," Hyman added. "He's just this really nice guy, just so friendly, and then when you're on the ice with him, you see how competitive he is and how much he pushes himself and wants to be the best version of himself. We're excited to have him in there tonight."
Jack is a very endearing teammate," Woodcroft said of his netminder. "I think I've said this before, but I think the team plays hard for Jack and we should expect a good response not only from him personally but from the team."
LINEUP NOTES
Coach Woodcroft said during his morning media availability that forward Dylan Holloway is day-to-day and won't suit up tonight against the Hurricanes after absorbing a hard check in the second period of Tuesday's loss to Buffalo.
Forward Derek Ryan, who was a healthy scratch against the Sabres, will jump back into the lineup as Edmonton's 11th forward. Holloway's absence means the Oilers are left with 18 skaters for tonight and will deploy an 11-forward, seven-defencemen set-up in front of Campbell.
The loss of Holloway is leading to some shuffling in the Oilers forward group, with right wing Jesse Puljujarvi expected to drop to the third line with Warren Foegele and Ryan McLeod -- a line with plenty of speed, size, and goalscoring ability.

"They played together last year in the playoffs and I think all three of them are big men, all skate well, and I think each one of them brings different elements," Woodcroft said. "Puljujarvi is obviously a big body that breaks up a lot of plays on the forecheck. Ryan is such a smooth skater through the middle of the rink and has good hands, and then obviously, he goes to hard areas when he's having success. I think you find him in hard areas, and that's what we're going to need from him -- continue to make hard plays along the wall, be around the blue paint, those type of things."
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, who's played primarily in a third-line role with Foegel and McLeod, is slated to get a look on the left wing of the second line with Leon Draisaitl and Zach Hyman. The trio featured together in the third period of Tuesday's loss and presents a good matchup for Carolina's second line of Svechnikov, Jesper Kotkaniemi and Martin Necas.
"I think it's important to be flexible. They were good in the third period there," Woodcroft added. "I think you also look at what's coming in and the way the other team lines up and what their strengths might be. You're trying to build your lines around how you're going to handle what the other team has to offer."
-- Jamie Umbach, EdmontonOilers.com

PREVIEW

OILERS vs. HURRICANES
STREAM: 7:00 p.m. MT; televised on Sportsnet West
Oilers Team Scope
The Oilers look to put the lessons learned over the last few days to good use when they invite the Carolina Hurricanes to town on Thursday night.
The slow starts that had plagued them in the first two games, didnt flare up on Tuesday night against the Sabres. Edmonton controlled the pace of play from puck drop, outshooting Buffalo by a 15-7 margin. However, the Sabres would take advantage of their lone powerplay of the period with Rasmus Dahlin doing the damage from the point.
Darnell Nurse would even the game at 1-1 with an excellent play off the rush, bursting up the ice to get on the other end of a Leon Draisaitl feed which the defenceman quicky tapped by Buffalo goaltender Eric Comrie.
Things would go south for the Oilers in the second period, where despite possibly being the better team, there were a pair of lapses which gave the Sabres all they would need for victory. First Tage Thompson would power through stick checks by Draisatil and Nurse to tuck his first of the season by Stuart Skinner. Shortly after, the Oilers would be caught with four skaters down low in the Buffalo zone and an errant feed would eventually end up on the stick of JJ Peterka on a breakaway and into the back of the Oilers net. Those two missteps -- along with an outstanding 46 save performance by local product Eric Comrie -- were enough to give the Sabres everything they needed to leave Edmonton with the two points.
"I think we can check at a higher level. We've had good moments of checking, but not enough and not enough consistency over a 60 minute game. That to me is a team wide thing," Head coach Jay Woodcroft said about the performance. "I think if you're looking at the game last night, to me it came down to about five or six minutes in that second period where we probably could have checked a little bit better, could have made a few better decisions. It didn't go our way, and we were made to pay. But as I said, I think there are positives to be taken out of that game, and certainly there's some teachable moments as well."

Hurricanes Team Scope
On the other hand, Carolina has no qualms with how they've started their season.
The Hurricanes are currently a perfect 3-0 so far and are coming off a 5-1 dismantling of the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena on Monday night. The Canes were lead by a couple three-point performances by Sebastian Aho (1G, 2A) and Andrei Svechnikov (2G, 1A), while Frederik Andersen only had to turn aside 22 of 23 shots to pick up the win.
Carolina are a year removed from a season where they recorded a franchise record 116 points with a 54-20-0-8 record. It was the aforementioned Aho who lead the team in scoring with 37 goals and 81 points in 79 games. While the Canes have several players that can hurt you on the scoresheet, they are even better at keeping you off of it, having allowed an NHL best 202 goals against (2.46 per game) last season. The trend has carried through into the early part of '22-23 with only three opponents finding the back of their net.
Between the pipes, Andersen is coming off a season where he finished fourth in the league in Vezina voting after posting a solid 2.17 goals-against average and a .922 save percentage with four shutouts.

By The Numbers
The Oilers have the league's best powerplay dating back to the '19-20 season with a 27.7 percent mark on the man advantage... Evander Kane has had his fair share of success against the Hurricanes with his 30 points in 33 games the most in his career against a single opponent... The Hurricanes are the only team in the NHL that Connor McDavid has not scored more than a single goal against -- his eight points (1G, 7A) being the lowest point total vs. any team... McDavid has started the seaosn with a three game point streak and has played at least 23 minutes in every game this season...
The Hurricanes have had the Oilers number in recent years, with a 7-2 record against the Alberta side since Fenruary 2017... Carolina has won the last four games between the two sides at Rogers Place... The Canes have won 13 straight games in October dating back to the 2019 season... Carolina went 13-2-1 against the Pacific Division last season, the best mark by any Eastern Conference team... Alex Svechnikov has recorded a point in each of the team's first three games thus far... Frederik Andersen is 17-1-2 in his career when playing the Oilers, with the 17 wins being the most against any opponent...
Injury Report
OILERS - Tyler Benson (knee) is on IR; Oscar Klefbom (shoulder) is on IR; Mike Smith (undisclosed) is on IR; Carter Savoie (lower-body) is on IR; Raphael Lavoie (undisclosed) is on IR; Vincent Desharnais (wrist) is on IR.
HURRICANES - Max Pacioretty (achillies) is on IR; Ondrej Kase (undisclosed) is day-to-day
-- Michael Arcuri, EdmontonOilers.com