Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers live stream online
Today’s NHL schedule sees the Canucks welcome the Edmonton Oilers in what should be an entertaining match at the General Motors Place in Vancouver, BC. If you plan to watch Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers live, stream online, or on TV today then first check out our Canucks vs Oilers match preview.
Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers
The Vancouver Canucks go into this one with a 73% points percentage, and naturally as favorites over the Oilers. Alain Vigneault will be sure to keep an eye on how their Northwest division foes collected 33 points in 39 games played this season but he will know that a lot of it will come down to containing Dustin Penner and Sam Gagner. The Vancouver goal differential is 1 this season (good for number 1 in the NHL), and better than the Edmonton Oilers’s negative goal margin of -0.69 in the 2010-2011 NHL season.
Playing on the road, the Oilers will need to play to their strengths and their 5 short handed goals is their strongest statistical attribute (and 7th best in the whole league in that area). Tom Renney’s team is 13-19 this season and today will hope to improve their 33 point total to climb further up in the standings.
Vancouver are number 1 in the league in the ‘faceoff win %’ departement and Tom Renney and his coaching staff will therefore certainly want to balance out Vancouver’s 56.2 faceoff win % this season. The Canucks have a 95% winning percentage when leading after the first period, so getting off to a good start will be important.The fans in the General Motors Place are in for a treat today and if you want to join them and watch Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers online live streaming on NHL ‘Center Ice’ or on your TV – then make sure to tune in at 22:00 ET today.