Our Penguins vs. Oilers predictions call for an Edmonton victory, but we also think goals will be hard to come by.

Tristan Jarry will make his first home start for the Oilers when the Blue & Orange go with 11 forwards & seven defencemen on Tuesday night for a meeting with the Devils at Rogers Place

Draisaitl (personal) will be back in the lineup for Thursday's home matchup versus the Penguins, Tony Brar of Oilers TV reports.

The Pittsburgh Penguins will be getting a key player back into their lineup when they face the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday.

The Edmonton Oilers welcomed back Kasperi Kapanen on Tuesday night. The big winger has impressed with his size, speed and skill since arriving in the fall of 2024 on waivers. Kapanen returns from injury at an opportune time. The Oilers need what he brings to the game.

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The Edmonton Oilers had a tough, road-heavy schedule to start the season. With 17 of their first 26 games away from Rogers Place, they needed to survive that stretch and land in a playoff spot, knowing there would be plenty of home games remaining.

There's a lot to discuss, with the Oilers loss to Pittsburgh offering an interesting backdrop for the conversation.

The <a href=" Oilers' schedule has finally eased up. The brutal stretch of back-to-backs and grinding road trips is mostly behind them. But if you look at what's ahead, something feels off. They're playing a lot of one-game road trips sandwiched between home games.

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Draisaitl will take a leave of absence for the next week & will be unavailable to face the Canucks while Ryan Nugent-Hopkins takes his place as second-line centre on Saturday for his 999th NHL game