A pair of superstars will hit the ice at Rogers Place tonight with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Sidney Crosby visiting the Edmonton Oilers and Connor McDavid.<\/p>\n
This is a tough schedule spot for Pittsburgh, and Edmonton is without go-to scorer Leon Draisaitl, so my Penguins vs. Oilers predictions and top NHL picks<\/a> are calling for this game to stay Under the number.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Penguins vs Oilers prediction<\/p>\n Penguins vs Oilers best bet: Under 6.5 (-110)<\/p>\n The Edmonton Oilers<\/a> have allowed two goals through three games since star center Leon Draisaitl took leave from the team, and the Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> are playing the second leg of a back-to-back road set.<\/p>\n Edmonton superstar Connor McDavid<\/a> obviously can\u2019t play the entire game, and the Oilers have only scored 1.36 goals per 60 minutes at 5-on-5 without No. 29 or No. 97 on the ice this season.<\/p>\n No Draisaitl is a huge hit to the Edmonton attack, and the Penguins could also be without No. 1 defenseman Erik Karlsson (lower body), so there\u2019s potential that both teams will be missing key drivers of their offenses.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n I also value the Pens ranking fifth in penalty-kill percentage, and the Oilers checking in above average at 11th.<\/p>\n Penguins vs Oilers same-game parlay<\/p>\n This is a tough schedule spot for Pittsburgh, and Edmonton has won 14 of its past 16 games by 2+ goals while also allowing the fifth-fewest goals per game during the 16-9-3 stretch.<\/p>\n Turning to Oil winger Ryan Nugent-Hopkins<\/a>, he\u2019s marked the scoresheet in seven of his past 10 games and has long-standing chemistry with McDavid. The duo has clicked for a dominant 6.34 goals and 6.18 expected goals per 60 minutes over the past three seasons.<\/p>\n Penguins vs Oilers SGP<\/p>\n Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Over 0.5 points<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Penguins vs Oilers odds<\/p>\n Moneyline: Penguins +150 | Oilers -180<\/p>\n Puck Line: Penguins +1.5 (-165) | Oilers -1.5 (+140)<\/p>\n Over\/Under: Over 6.5 | Under 6.5<\/p>\n Penguins vs Oilers trend<\/p>\n The Penguins have only cashed the Over in 10 of their last 25 away games for -4.15 units and a -15% ROI. Find more\u00a0NHL betting trends<\/a> for Penguins vs. Oilers.<\/p>\n How to watch Penguins vs Oilers<\/p>\n Location<\/p>\n Rogers Place, Edmonton, AB<\/p>\n Date<\/p>\n Thursday, January 22, 2026<\/p>\n Puck drop<\/p>\n 9:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n TV<\/p>\n SportsNet Pittsburgh, Sportsnet West<\/p>\n Penguins vs Oilers latest injuries<\/p>\n Odds are correct at the time of publishing and are subject to change. This article originally appeared on Covers.com<\/a>, read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pair of superstars will hit the ice at Rogers Place tonight with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Sidney…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5113],"tags":[155,146,642,5,370,4,118,1469,100,5216,3591,15,768,2171],"class_list":{"0":"post-425189","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-penguins","8":"tag-connor-mcdavid","9":"tag-edmonton-oilers","10":"tag-erik-karlsson","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-leon-draisaitl","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-penguins","15":"tag-pittsburgh","16":"tag-pittsburgh-penguins","17":"tag-pittsburghpenguins","18":"tag-rogers-place","19":"tag-ryan-nugent-hopkins","20":"tag-sidney-crosby","21":"tag-the-penguins"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115949049231580825","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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