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ABOUT THE OILERS

— C Connor McDavid (foot) didn’t finish the game after blocking a shot in 4-1 win over Montreal Saturday. X-rays came back negative and McDavid is expected to play tonight in Winnipeg. The victory brought the 17-17-2 Oilers back to .500 for the first time since Game 2 of the regular season. McDavid leads the club with 43 points in 36 games, including 14 goals.

— G Cam Talbot made 29 saves against the Canadiens and has now won seven straight, a career best winning streak.

— D Andrej Sekera (knee) played his first two games since May 5 prior to the Christmas break and was a welcome addition to the Oilers back end, going pointless while averaging 18:06 of ice time. D Oscar Klefbom (upper body) has been placed on injured reserve and his status is uncertain for tonight’s game against the Jets.

— LW Mike Cammalleri has been a good addition since being acquired from Los Angeles, scoring seven points in 15 games with the Oilers.

— Edmonton’s power play is operating at 16.83 per cent, which is good for 22nd overall in the NHL. The team’s penalty killers have been 72.81 efficient, which is 31st and dead last in the league. The Oilers are fourth overall in shots per game (34.61), 27th in shots against per game (30.17), 11th in goals for per game (3.00) and 21th in goals-against (3.11).

EDMONTON OILERS

1 Laurent Brossoit G

33 Cam Talbot G

2 Andrej Sekera D

4 Kris Russell D

6 Adam Larsson D

13 Mike Cammalleri LW

16 Jujhar Khaira RW

18 Ryan Strome C

19 Patrick Maroon LW

25 Darnell Nurse D

27 Milan Lucic LW

29 Leon Draisaitl C

44 Zack Kassian RW

55 Mark Letestu C

58 Anton Slepyshev LW

62 Eric Gryba D

77 Oscar Klefbom D

81 Yohan Auvitu D

83 Matt Benning D

88 Brandon Davidson D

91 Drake Gaggiula LW

93 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C

97 Connor McDavid (C) C

98 Jesse Puljujarvi RW

Head coach: Todd McLellan

Assistant coaches: Jay Woodcroft, Jim Johnson, Ian Herbers

Goaltending coach: Dustin Schwartz

Video coach: Jeremy Coupal

Skating coach: David Pelletier

WINNIPEG JETS

35 Steve Mason G

37 Connor Hellebuyck G

3 Tucker Poolman D

5 Dmitry Kulikov D

7 Ben Chiarot D

8 Jacob Trouba D

9 Andrew Copp LW

13 Brandon LW

15 Matt Hendricks C

16 Shawn Matthias LW

17 Adam Lowry C

18 Bryan Little C

26 Blake Wheeler (C) RW

27 Nikolaj Ehlers LW

29 Patrik Laine RW

40 Joel Armia RW

44 Josh Morrissey D

55 Mark Scheifele (A) C

56 Marko Dano LW

57 Tyler Myers D

71 Julian Melchiori D

81 Kyle Connor LW

85 Mathieu Perreault LW

Head coach: Paul Maurice

Assistant coaches: Charlie Huddy, Jamie Kompon, Todd Woodcroft

Goaltending coach: Wade Flaherty

Video coach: Matt Prefontaine