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Edmonton Oilers (27-19-8, 62 pts) vs San Jose Sharks (27-21-3, 57 pts)
Venue: Rogers Place
Date: Thursday, January 29th
Time: 9:00 pm ET \/ 8:00 pm CT \/ 7:00 pm MT<\/p>\n

TV: \/ NBC Sports California \/ Sportsnet
Radio:
San Jose Sharks \u2013 Sharks Audio Network
Edmonton Oilers \u2013 CHED 880 AM<\/p>\n

Edmonton Oilers News & Notes:<\/p>\n

The Oilers are second in the Pacific Division with 62 points and a 3-2 record in their current eight game homestand.<\/p>\n

San Jose Sharks News & Notes:<\/p>\n

The Sharks have won two games in a row and have the second Wild Card spot in the Western Conference with 57 points.<\/p>\n

Sharks Projected Lines:<\/p>\n

Graf\/Celebrini\/Smith
Regenda\/Wennberg\/Toffoli
Eklund\/Misa\/Gaudette
Goodrow\/Ostapchuk\/Reaves<\/p>\n

Orlov\/Klingberg
Ferraro\/Liljegren
Dickinson\/Desharnais<\/p>\n

Nedeljkovic<\/p>\n

Edmonton Oilers Projected Lines:<\/p>\n

Nugent-Hopkins\/McDavid\/Hyman
Podkolzin\/Draisaitl\/Mangiapane
Howard\/Roslovic\/Savoie
Frederic\/Lazar\/Janmark<\/p>\n

Ekholm\/Bouchard
Nurse\/Emberson
Walman\/Stastney<\/p>\n

Jarry<\/p>\n

Players To Watch:<\/p>\n

San Jose Sharks<\/p>\n

19-year-old Centerman Macklin Celebrini<\/a>, playing for Team Canada at this year\u2019s Winter Olympics, has 78 points through 51 games in his sophomore NHL season.<\/p>\n

Edmonton Oilers<\/p>\n

26-year-old defenseman Evan Bouchard<\/a> is third on his team in points with 56 through 54 games. On Saturday night last week, he became the first NHL defenseman since Bobby Orr to record 6 points and 8 shots on net in a single game. When his defense partner, Mattias Ekholm<\/a>, had a three goal game this past Monday, the Oilers became the first NHL team to have a defenseman record a hat-trick in two straight games.<\/p>\n

Injury Report:<\/p>\n

San Jose Sharks<\/p>\n

D \/ Shakir Mukhamadullin<\/a> \/ IR
C \/ Philipp Kurashev<\/a> \/ IR
C \/ Ty Dellandrea<\/a> \/ IR
LW \/ Kiefer Sherwood<\/a>\/ IR<\/p>\n

Edmonton Oilers<\/p>\n

C \/ Adam Henrique<\/a> \/ IR<\/p>\n

Next Game:<\/p>\n

San Jose Sharks \u2013 January 31 at Minnesota Wild
Edmonton Oilers \u2013 January 31 vs Calgary Flames<\/p>\n

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