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Edmonton Oilers at San Jose Sharks

Sat Oct 101:00 PM PTESPN+San Jose, CA
By JR·2 min read
Oilers(3-0-1)
Sharks(2-1-0)
Saturday 10/101:00 PM

TLDR: Edmonton has played 4 games this season and given up 6 or more goals in 2 of them. It also scored 5 straight in a single period at Anaheim. The Sharks get their turn Saturday, and the biggest question is whether Macklin Celebrini is in the lineup for it.

10/10, 1:00 PMESPN+
Oilers
(3-0-1)
WWWL
Sharks
(2-1-0)
LWW

Edmonton arrives 3-0-1 with Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard scoring heavily, but Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins and Andersen are all out and Devon Levi is carrying the goaltending. San Jose won its first 2 games at home, then lost 5-0 in Dallas without Macklin Celebrini, whose day-to-day lower-body injury is the biggest variable here. The Sharks play in St. Louis first, and that game should clarify whether Celebrini can go Saturday.

Edmonton Oilers
  • Draisaitl, McDavid, Bouchard drove a 5-goal 2nd period
  • Levi blanked Anaheim after the 1st period
  • Has scored 5+ goals in 3 of 4 games
  • Hyman out roughly 2 weeks, Nugent-Hopkins on IR
  • Andersen out until maybe December, no veteran backup
  • Allowed 6 and 7 goals in the Vancouver games
San Jose Sharks
  • Beat Florida and Los Angeles in 1-goal home games
  • Home ice after a road trip to Dallas and St. Louis
  • Celebrini day-to-day, an injury they had been managing
  • Only 13 shots on goal without Celebrini in Dallas
  • Plays at St. Louis first, then a quick turnaround home

The Oilers come to SAP Center at 3-0-1, and they have won 3 straight since a 6-5 overtime loss to Vancouver in the opener. That run includes a 9-7 win in the rematch, which gives you an idea of the variance. Their last game showed both sides of this team. Anaheim led 2-0 after the 1st. Then Edmonton scored 5 straight in the 2nd, with Leon Draisaitl assisting on 4 of them, Evan Bouchard scoring twice and Connor McDavid adding 1. When the top of this lineup gets going, the game can be over inside 20 minutes.

They are winning with a short roster, though. Zach Hyman got hurt in the final preseason game against Calgary, played through the opener and is now expected to miss about 2 weeks. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins went on IR with a lower-body injury from practice, which Mike Babcock expects to be short-term. Matt Savoie is on long-term IR, and so are Mattias Janmark and Colton Dach. That pushes depth forwards into bigger roles, and Babcock admits he is still working out who those players are. In goal, Frederik Andersen's knee has him out until "maybe" December, so Devon Levi has been the starter. Against the Ducks he shut them out after the 1st period.

San Jose's answer starts and ends with Celebrini. The Sharks opened with 1-goal home wins over Florida and Los Angeles. Then Celebrini was scratched after warmups in Dallas and the team lost 5-0, putting only 13 shots on Jake Oettinger. Ryan Warsofsky called it day-to-day, but he also said this was "something we've been trying to manage here a little bit," so it is not a fresh tweak. San Jose also plays in St. Louis before this one, and that game should tell us a lot about whether Celebrini is in for Saturday.

Edmonton Oilers
(3-0-1)
10/08W@Ducks5-2
10/03WvsKraken3-1
10/02W@Canucks9-7
09/30LvsCanucks5-6
San Jose Sharks
(2-1-0)
10/06L@Stars0-5
10/04WvsKings5-4
10/02WvsPanthers4-3

These are two very different Sharks teams. With Celebrini, San Jose beat a Florida team and a Kings team in close games at home. Without him in Dallas, the offense barely registered, and Ty Dellandrea took his spot in the lineup. Edmonton's games have been wild: 11 goals in the opener, 16 in the Vancouver rematch, then 4 and 7. If Celebrini plays, San Jose has someone who can trade chances with McDavid and Draisaitl. If he doesn't, the Sharks will need to keep this a low-event game.

Both injury lists are long, but they hurt in different ways. Edmonton is missing depth: Hyman's net-front game, Nugent-Hopkins at center and a starting goalie, with plenty of top-end scoring still in the lineup. San Jose's list is mostly bottom-roster players like Gaudette, Barre-Boulet, Musty, Lund and Keyser, plus the one player the team is built around. Puck drop is 1:00 PM PT on Saturday, October 10, and the most important thing to watch before then is Celebrini's status coming out of St. Louis.

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