The Oilers return home looking to get back on the winning side of things with a game against the Colorado Avalanche.
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PRE-GAME REPORT

EDMONTON, AB - Edmonton's snowy landscape was a welcomed sight Friday morning when the Oilers returned from their four-game eastern road swing.
It started out as a successful tour but the Orange & Blue were feeling the heat by the end of it, losing back-to-back to the Washington Capitals and Tampa Bay Lightning then getting sunburnt in Sunrise by the Florida Panthers.
Thursday's match concluded a sequence that had the team play nine games in 15 days. There's been plenty of travel so far in the Oilers season but fatigue should not be an issue on Sunday as the club looks to snap their three-game slide against the Colorado Avalanche.
"We're a refreshed team and we should be ready to play," said Oilers Head Coach Todd McLellan.
"We've got to get back to our winning ways and that's certainly the goal tonight."
Edmonton is 5-0-1 against the Avalanche in their past six meetings.
SNAP THE SKID
The Oilers hope they cease their losing ways but Colorado enters Edmonton on a skid of their own, having dropped five in a row. The visitors haven't registered a victory away from Pepsi Center since Oct. 22, when the Avs defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1.
So, one club's fortunes are bound for a turnaround.
"When you lose a few in a row, you want to stop it as quickly as possible," said Oilers defenceman Darnell Nurse. "This is a really good team we're playing with a lot of very talented players. It's going to take a good start and then we'll have to build off that."
The Oil have shown resilience in the 2018-19 campaign. Twice this year the club has reversed two-game slides with three-game winning streaks, including at the beginning of the season when the squad began 0-2-0.
That ability to battle back has many members of the Oilers confident that they can break the current funk.
"We've already seen it in this group early on in the season," said goaltender Cam Talbot, set to start in net on Sunday. "Good teams stop these slides quickly, don't let them linger and that's what we're going to try to do tonight."
MARQUEE MATCHUP
Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen, Gabriel Landeskog.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid, Ty Rattie.
The firepower featured on each team's top line could melt ice in an instant. But viewers will watch them blaze up and down it instead on Sunday.
The Avalanche trio have combined for 27 goals and 64 points in '18-19, which is the highest amount by three teammates in the National Hockey League. Rantanen is tied with Patrice Bergeron of Boston for the League-lead in points with 24. MacKinnon trails his linemate by two marks, with both he and Landeskog placing in a tie for third in goals among the NHL with 11 each.
"That MacKinnon line is as good a line as there is in the League right now," McLellan admitted in his pre-game avail. "They're full of confidence, they're veteran players, they complement each other well and they're playing at a high level.
"But it just goes to show you, you got to win or lose as a team."
By comparison, Edmonton's first line have combined for 43 points on the season. That's been in part due to Rattie's lineup absence, as he owns three points in six games while McDavid and Nugent-Hopkins have put up 23 and 17, respectively, in 16 games.
Scoring aside, the Oilers right winger believes puck management and awareness will be crucial in the marquee matchup.
"Realizing the safe areas and if you have to get it in deep or if you can make a play because if you turn it over in the neutral zone or anywhere else, that line can do some damage," Rattie said of matching up with the Avs' main unit.
"Whoever manages the puck the best tonight is probably going to have the best outcome."
SEARCH FOR SCORING
The Oilers have been outscored 13-5 during their current batch of losses but that doesn't necessarily mean the offence has gone dry.
There's been no shortage of opportunities at the net for the Oil. The club threw 33 shots at Capitals backup Pheonix Copley last Monday, ran into Andrei Vasilevskiy - the League's best penalty killer - in Tampa on Tuesday then were robbed by the glove hand of Roberto Luongo on Thursday.
Rattie has been buzzing around the opposition's net in his recent outings, raising his hands in celebration prematurely a few times. Vasilevskiy dove across the paint to stop what appeared to be an open-net goal in Tampa and Luongo shut the shades on the forward in Sunrise.
"My mindset is it's a good thing if you're getting the chances," Rattie, who has one goal and two assists in six games, said. "If you're not getting the chances, you're not in the right spot or doing the right thing."
Alongside McDavid and Nugent-Hopkins, the Airdrie, AB, native's confidence remains steadfast.
"Our line is getting the chances," he reiterated. "We ran into two hot goalies at the end but we have to bear down."
LINEUP NOTES
The Oilers held an optional skate on Sunday. Lineup formations for the game will most likely be the same combinations as Saturday's practice.
Saturday's lines:
Nugent-Hopkins - McDavid - Rattie
Rieder - Draisaitl - Chiasson
Lucic - Strome - Caggiula
Khaira - Brodziak - Kassian
Klefbom - Larsson
Nurse - Russell
Garrison - Benning
Talbot
-- Paul Gazzola, EdmontonOilers.com

PREVIEW

OILERS (8-7-1) vs. AVALANCHE (7-6-3)
TV: 7:30 p.m. MST; Televised on Sportsnet One
Head-to-Head:
Tonight's game is the first of three meetings between the two teams this season. The next two meetings will be in Colorado, December 11 and April 2.
Oilers had a 2-0-1 record against the Avs last season with their lone loss coming in overtime. Connor McDavid led both teams in scoring with seven points (6G, 1A), scoring six of the Oilers 10 goals against Colorado.
Oilers team scope:
The Oilers are in the midst of a three-game losing streak, having dropped decisions to the Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning and Washington Capitals on their recent four-game road trip.
Connor McDavid is third in the NHL in scoring with 23 points, one point behind Colorado's Mikko Rantanen and Patrice Bergeron of Boston.
McDavid leads the Oilers with 10 goals on the season, tied for eighth in the NHL in that category. Leon Draisaitl also has 10 goals to tie with McDavid.
Avalanche team scope:
The Avalanche have dropped five straight games and six of their last seven. Prior to that, the Avs had started the season 6-1-2. Now they sit 7-6-3.
Rantanen, as mentioned above, is tied for first in the NHL in scoring with 24 points through 16 games (5 goals, 19 assists). Nathan MacKinnon is fourth with 22 points (11 goals, 11 assists). MacKinnon is tied for the Avalanche lead with 11 goals. Gabriel Landeskog also has 11 markers.
By the Numbers:
Oilers are 3-2-1 this season at home while the Avalanche are 4-4-2 on the road, having dropped each of their last four road games. ... Edmonton is unbeaten when leading after one period (2-0-0) and when leading after two (4-0-0). ... Oilers are 4-2-0 against the Central Division this season while Colorado is 0-1-2 against the Pacific Division.
Injury Report:
OILERS - Andrej Sekera (achilles) is out
AVALANCHE - Conor Timmens (head) is out; Anton Lindholm (upper body) is out; JT Compher (head) is out; Sven Andrighetto (lower body) is out
-- Marc Ciampa, EdmontonOilers.com