This has been a real bad season so far for Edmonton. But the Oilers still have Connor McDavid and are in a good spot to pick up a home win. They draw the Avalanche playing for the fourth time in six days - all at different locations. Colorado has dropped 28 of its last 41 road games.

The Avalanche are a big fat and happy after rallying from three goals down to beat the Canucks, 5-4, in overtime this past Tuesday on the road.

The teams have split in two meetings this season, but the Oilers have a plus 9 rating against Colorado's three top scorers, Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen and Gabriel Landeskog.

Edmonton also has a good history versus expected starting Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov. He's 1-5 with a 4.44 GAA and .866 save percentage lifetime against the Oilers.