Early look · NHL 2026-27

Pittsburgh Penguins at Edmonton Oilers: game preview

PittsburghPenguins2026-27: 2-1-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 41-25-16 · 98 pts · 10that

EdmontonOilers2026-27: 2-0-1 · 5 pts · 2025-26: 41-30-11 · 93 pts · 14th

Puck drop13 Feb · 7:00 PM ET

VenueRogers Place

All-time meetings91 completed

BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26

The thesis

Five points apart last season

Pittsburgh finished last season 10th in the league on 98 points. Edmonton finished 14th on 93.

Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.

Head-to-head

Meeting number 92

Across 91 completed games, Edmonton lead the head-to-head 51-35-5.

All-time record51-35-5Edmonton's record in the series

Meetings played91This is number 92

2025-26 series—

Last 53-2Edmonton

Last 5 meetings

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DateResultShotsPower playWinner

22 Jan 2026PIT 6 – EDM 2——PIT

16 Dec 2025EDM 6 – PIT 4——EDM

9 Jan 2025EDM 3 – PIT 5——PIT

25 Oct 2024PIT 0 – EDM 4——EDM

10 Mar 2024EDM 4 – PIT 0——EDM

Head-to-head finder

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DatePittsburghEdmonton

16 Dec 202514-9-9 · 37 pts15th16-12-6 · 38 pts14th

22 Jan 202625-14-11 · 61 pts9th25-19-8 · 58 pts13th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 16 Dec 2025, Pittsburgh were 15th in the league and Edmonton 14th. By 22 Jan 2026 it was 9th and 13th.

Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Pittsburgh out-attempted Edmonton 114 to 111

Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.

Pittsburgh Penguins

114 att · 53 on goal · 10 G · 18.9%

Crease10 att · 1 G

Slot55 att · 7 G

Wing34 att · 1 G

Point13 att · 1 G

Neutral zone2 att · 0 G

Edmonton Oilers

111 att · 55 on goal · 8 G · 14.5%

Crease11 att · 2 G

Slot33 att · 2 G

Wing51 att · 3 G

Point15 att · 1 G

Neutral zone1 att · 0 G

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Edmonton have created the better chances, last 10 games

Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.

PittsburghEdmonton

3.58xG for per game3.31

2.47xG against per game2.10

59.2%xG share61.2%

+4.3FinishingGoals minus expected goals+7.1

−0.6GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed−7.7

This season: 3 games for Pittsburgh, 3 for Edmonton. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every team’s xG →

Special teams

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.

All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings

Pittsburgh

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2740.0%

Power play · 2025-2624.1% · 7th

Power play · last 5 meetings—

Penalty kill · 2026-27100.0%

Penalty kill · 2025-2681.4% · 6th

Faceoffs · 2026-2745.5% · 87/191

Drawn · 2026-2710 (3.33/gm)

Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-276 (2.00/gm)

PP goals · last meetings0

Edmonton

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2725.0%

Power play · 2025-2630.6% · 1st

Power play · last 5 meetings—

Penalty kill · 2026-2757.1%

Penalty kill · 2025-2677.8% · 20th

Faceoffs · 2026-2751.7% · 91/176

Drawn · 2026-2712 (4.00/gm)

Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-277 (2.33/gm)

PP goals · last meetings0

Skaters

Skaters to watch

Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.

Goaltending

Who has stopped this matchup

Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

Pittsburgh

Expected starter after their game on 2 Feb: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Edmonton

Expected starter after their game on 12 Feb: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Pittsburgh crease

PIT · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 10 Feb

Arturs Silovs.8862 GP · 2-0-0 · GSAx −0.5

Sergei Murashov.9121 GP · 0-1-0 · GSAx −0.5

No appearances against Edmonton in the last meetings.

Edmonton crease

EDM · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 10 Feb

Devon Levi.8102 GP · 2-0-0 · GSAx −3.6

Tristan Jarry.7391 GP · 0-0-1 · GSAx −4.1

No appearances against Pittsburgh in the last meetings.

Totals

Scoring rates point to about 7.1 goals

No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.

Goals in the last 5 meetings

22 Jan 20268 · PIT 6–2 EDM

16 Dec 202510 · EDM 6–4 PIT

9 Jan 20258 · EDM 3–5 PIT

25 Oct 20244 · PIT 0–4 EDM

10 Mar 20244 · EDM 4–0 PIT

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA

Pittsburgh5.002.673.573.27

Edmonton5.674.673.443.28

Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.

Scoring rates suggest7.1Goals in this game

Last 5 meetings6.8Goals per game

Line—No total posted yet

Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

12 on the injury lists

Pittsburgh · injuries

Bryan RustUpper BodyIRReturn7 Oct

Justin BrazeauLower BodyIRReturn7 Oct

Ryan GravesKneeIRReturn24 Oct

Edmonton · injuries

Alec RegulaUndisclosedIRReturn24 Oct

Atro LeppanenUndisclosedIRReturn17 Oct

Frederik AndersenKneeIRReturn30 Dec

James StefanUndisclosedIRReturn10 Oct

Jason DickinsonFootIRReturn7 Oct

Matt SavoieLower BodyIRReturn24 Nov

Mattias JanmarkUndisclosedIRReturn15 Oct

Ryan Nugent-HopkinsLower BodyIRReturn13 Oct

Zach HymanUndisclosedOutReturn17 Oct

Latest moves

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3 Oct · PIT

Activated C/RW Benjamin Kindel from injured reserve. Placed C/LW David Gustafsson on waivers.

1 Oct · PIT

Assigned F Rutger McGroarty to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).

30 Sep · PIT

Reinstated C Blake Lizotte from injured reserve.

1 Oct · EDM

Placed F Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on injured reserve. Placed D Alec Regula on long-term injured reserve. Recalled F Josh Samanski under emergency conditions.

27 Sep · EDM

Placed G Matt Tomkins on waivers for the purpose of assignment to Bakersfield (AHL).

25 Sep · EDM

Loaned D Tomas Cibulka, Fs Connor Clattenburg, Quinn Hutson, Viljami Marjala, William Nicholl and Aku Raty and G Connor Ungar to Bakersfield (AHL). Waived for the purpose of assignment to Bakersfield Ds Josh Brown and Riley Stillman and F Eduards Tralmaks.

Injury report

Pittsburgh · 2026 draft

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#22Liam RuckRound 1 · Medicine HatRW

#39Markus RuckRound 2 · Medicine HatC

#54Tomas GalvasRound 2 · LiberecD

#86Pierce MbuyiRound 3 · Owen SoundLW

Full draft

Edmonton · 2026 draft

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#58Rudolfs BerzkalnsRound 2 · MuskegonC

#84Malcom GastrinRound 3 · Modo Jr.LW

#133Andrew RobinsonRound 5 · WindsorD

#180Caden HarveyRound 6 · WindsorC

Full draft

Saturday 13 February · the full slate

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Pittsburgh Penguins at Edmonton Oilers: game preview

Five points apart last season

Meeting number 92

Last 5 meetings

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

Pittsburgh out-attempted Edmonton 114 to 111

Pittsburgh Penguins

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton have created the better chances, last 10 games

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

Pittsburgh

Edmonton

Skaters to watch

Forwards to watch

Defencemen to watch

Who has stopped this matchup

Pittsburgh crease

Edmonton crease

Scoring rates point to about 7.1 goals

Goals in the last 5 meetings

Scoring rates

12 on the injury lists

Pittsburgh · injuries

Edmonton · injuries

Latest moves

Pittsburgh · 2026 draft

Edmonton · 2026 draft

Saturday 13 February · the full slate