The Edmonton Oilers (40-21-3) host the Colorado Avalanche (42-20-5), who have won five straight, on Saturday, March 16 at 10:00 PM ET on ESPN+ and ALT.
Oilers vs. Avalanche Game TV Channel & Live Stream
- Date: Saturday, March 16, 2024
- Time: 10:00 PM ET
- TV: Altitude Sports (Regional restrictions may apply)
- FREE NHL LIVE STREAM: Watch Oilers vs. Avalanche for free with a trial to Fubo!
Oilers and Avalanche Stats, Key Players, and Injuries
Oilers Insights
- The Oilers’ 227 total goals (3.6 per game) make them the fifth-best scoring team in the league.
- The Oilers have allowed 181 total goals (2.8 per game), the seventh-fewest in NHL action.
- Their +46 goal differential is fifth-best in the league.
- The 51 power-play goals the Oilers have scored this season (on 190 power-play chances) are the seventh-most in the NHL.
- The Oilers rank second in the league with a 26.84% power-play conversion rate.
- The Oilers have scored seven shorthanded goals this season (ninth among NHL teams).
- The Oilers’ 79.81% penalty-kill success rate ranks 14th in the league.
- The Oilers have the seventh-best faceoff win rate in the NHL, at 52.7%.
- The Oilers have a 10.6% shooting percentage as a team, which ranks ninth in the league.
- The Oilers have shut out opponents four times this season. As a team, they are averaging 19.3 hits and 13.5 blocked shots per game.
Oilers Key Players
- Connor McDavid is one of Edmonton’s leading contributors this season with 106 points. He has averaged 0.4 goals per game, shooting 12%.
- Leon Draisaitl has 86 points (33 goals, 53 assists) to add to the team’s offensive efforts.
- With 66 points through 63 games (46 goals and 20 assists), Zach Hyman has been an important part of Edmonton’s offensive efforts this season.
- Stuart Skinner (30-13-3) has a 2.6 goals against average and a save percentage of .907 for Edmonton.
Oilers Injuries
Mattias Ekholm: Undisclosed (Questionable)
Avalanche Insights
- The Avalanche are the league’s top scorers, with 249 goals (3.7 per game).
- The Avalanche have allowed 201 total goals this season (three per game), 15th in the league.
- They have the third-best goal differential in the league at +48.
- With 59 power-play goals, the Avalanche lead the NHL (on 237 power-play chances).
- The Avalanche have the league’s sixth-best power-play percentage (24.89).
- The Avalanche have seven shorthanded goals (ninth in league).
- The 81.36% penalty-kill percentage of the Avalanche is ninth in the NHL.
- At 48.2%, the Avalanche have the NHL’s 23rd-ranked faceoff win rate.
- With a shooting percentage of 11.4%, the Avalanche are fourth in the league.
- This season, the Avalanche have shut out their opponents four times.
Avalanche Key Players
- Nathan MacKinnon has collected 42 goals and 73 assists in 67 games for Colorado, good for 115 points.
- Mikko Rantanen has helped lead the offense for Colorado this season with 34 goals and 56 assists.
- Colorado’s Cale Makar is among the leaders on the team with 73 total points (17 goals and 56 assists).
- Alexandar Georgiev has a .901 save percentage (40th in the league), with 1344 total saves, giving up 148 goals (2.8 goals against average). He has compiled a 34-15-3 record this season.
Avalanche Injuries
Gabriel Landeskog: Knee (Out For Season), Zach Parise: Lower Body (Questionable), Artturi Lehkonen: Illness (Questionable), Jonathan Drouin: Lower Body (Questionable), Logan O’Connor: Lower Body (Out For Season), Pavel Francouz: Groin (Out For Season)