The Edmonton Oilers wrap up their 2022 exhibition games Friday at Rogers Place with a 7:00 p.m. contest against the Seattle Kraken.
You can stream the game on EdmontonOilers.com or listen live on the Oilers Radio Network, including 630 CHED.

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PRE-GAME REPORT

EDMONTON, AB - It's the final tune-up for the Edmonton Oilers before a rigorous 82-game regular-season schedule.
Hopefully, a long run in the Stanley Cup Playoffs follows.
The Oilers host the Seattle Kraken at Rogers Place on Friday night in what will be their eighth and final pre-season contest of their exhibition schedule that's seen the players and coaches put in the work during a difficult Training Camp to solidify their roster spots and prepare themselves for the grind of a long campaign.
"Training Camp's not an easy time of year with some of the day-of travel and day-back travel," Head Coach Jay Woodcroft said. "With what was asked of our players, the intensity of work that was being done on the ice on a daily basis, it's not easy. But I believe it lays the foundation for the start of your season."
"It wasn't an easy camp for our players, so to get through that and continue to get better, and I think we're a better team now than we were two weeks ago, we've got a lot of work done.
While it was a valuable experience for both veterans and rookies to go through a full Training Camp and get their legs under them ahead of the sprint to the regular season, Woodcroft found plenty of learning moments during his first full Camp as head coach after being appointed behind the bench mid-season after a tough January stretch.
The bench boss addressed the day's business with his players over the course of two-plus weeks at Training Camp, building the framework for how he hopes to see his team operate over 82 games in the regular season from mid-October to mid-April.
"We understood it last year by the end of it what he was expecting and looking for from us, so it's almost a refresher," Defenceman Tyson Barrie said. "He's adding new things, but for the new guys coming in, they get it now too. It was a long enough camp to implement everything he wanted and it should let us hit the ground running for Game 1."
Leaving the Stanley Cup Playoffs out of his assessment was planned by Woodcroft, who doesn't believe in factoring the postseason into their discussions this early until they can take care of business in the regular season.
If you focus on the day-to-day and worry about the game that's immediately in front of you, the rest should follow.

"You notice I said that, an 82-game schedule, rather than the postseason, because I have a firm belief that we begin the race with 31 other teams that starts today," he said. "The NHL regular season starts today with the games in Europe, and we want to make sure that we carry those lessons that we've learned on that run into this season to help propel us.
"We can't worry about Game 83 now, we've got to take care of our daily process. If we do and we draw on those lessons, I think it sets us up down the road. But we've got to take care of the day's business."
Edmonton will ice a veteran lineup tonight, injury or illness permitting, in what will be a close look at how the Oilers could deploy their lineup this upcoming Wednesday against the Vancouver Canucks in their season-opener at Rogers Place.
Forwards Kailer Yamamoto and Warren Foegele will be absent from the lineup tonight, while both Philip Broberg and Markus Niemelainen, who are engrained in competition for one of the final spots on the blueline, will sit out.
Goaltender Jack Campbell will start for the Oilers tonight and will play the full 60 minutes between the pipes.
"I don't want to speak for the coaches or the management, but I think they're putting together a good lineup tonight and we're gearing up for our last game to be ready to go next week, forward Leon Draisaitl said. "Eight pre-season games are a lot of games, it's been a longer camp, but I think we're in a good spot and we're looking forward to getting going."

Training Camp began with a total of 52 players and has dwindled down to just 28 -- including 17 forwards, nine defencemen and two goalies -- after forward Mattias Janmark and defenceman Dmitri Samorukov were placed on waivers Friday afternoon.
Tonight's pre-season finale is the last opportunity for some to impress, while others who can consider themselves more established in the lineup look to iron out some of the final wrinkles and put principle during Training Camp into practice before points are on the line in the regular season.
"I think it'll be the first game where we have close to the full lineup, so it's always an exciting game to see where you're at and the work you've put in over Camp," Barrie said. "I think we're all excited and then obviously in a couple of days, it really starts. We need a good game tonight and need to be sharp in every area that we can."
"We've got a pretty good understanding of what makes us successful in terms of the system and style we want to play, so we'll just keep adding little things to it."
BUILDING BELIEF
If an appearance in the Western Conference Final last season means anything to this group, it's that the belief they have in one another is justified.
"I think the expectation and the pressure has been here now, even before I got here," defenceman Tyson Barrie said. "That's nothing new, but I think the thing that's maybe changed in here is that you can feel the belief in here now."
It was a successful run for the Oilers, the deepest the club has been since a Game 7 defeat to the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2006 Stanley Cup Final, but it's a clean slate for all 32 teams and Edmonton has to prove that their last post-season stint wasn't just an aberration.
"We know we're capable of a lot, but there's a lot of work that needs to be put in to get to that," Draisaitl said. "You don't get handed anything in this league, so we have to make sure that starting next week on Wednesday that we're ready to go and ready to work for what we deserve.
"I think if we do that, we stick to our game plan and we work and compete as a team, I think our skill will take over. There's lots of excitement in our group, but we have to work for that first."

The relief of a long playoff run is renewed in the form of excitement for the new season, with the Oilers carrying the hopes of a ravenous fanbase and the hopes of an entire dressing room that there will be reward at the end of this campaign.
"It was nice to win a couple of rounds and take it a little bit off a pedestal for us," Barrie said. "We were right there. We were in the Conference Final, so I think the belief in this room is definitely there now and we understand how good of a team we can be. We're just excited to get going and just stack wins together and get ourselves in a spot to get into the playoffs. Then, we go from there."
A total of 13 forwards and six defencemen currently with the Oilers played minutes in last season's loss to the Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference Final, with the chemistry having a whole off-season and another Training Camp to develop further and players have settled into their roles. A new goalie tandem in Jack Campbell and Stuart Skinner will debut, meaning there will be adjustments to be made in the defensive zone, but with the exception of a few positions, it's a very familiar Oilers team this time around.
"I don't think we've changed too much," Draisaitl said. "We've got a few guys who came back, which is nice. I think everyone knows where they're slotting in right now. Obviously we have a new goalie tandem, which will be an adjustment in terms of communication, especially with the defencemen. Other than that, I think our team is pretty much very similar to last year. I think we're all just excited to get going."
-- Jamie Umbach, EdmontonOilers.com

PREVIEW

OILERS vs. KRAKEN
STREAM: 7:00 p.m. MT; televised on EdmontonOilers.com
Oilers Team Scope
The Oilers cap off their preseason schedule on Friday at Roger Place against the Kraken.
The two team got together back on September 26 at Climate Pledge Arena, with Seattle pulling out the 3-0 shutout victory.
The game featured few players who are still currently in camp with the Oilers, with Tyson Barrie, Derek Ryan, and Kailer Yamamoto being the only skaters to have played a significant amount of games in the Blue & Orange. Between the pipes, it was the goaltending tandem of Ryan Fanti and Olivier Rodrigue who stopped 24 of 27 Kraken shots in the eventual loss. Neither goalie will be around for the Friday's contest, with the goaltending tandem of Jack Campbell and Stuart Skinner officially cemented with
Calvin Pickard being placed on waivers with the purpose of being assigned to Bakersield
.

Edmonton is coming off a 5-4 OT loss to the Canucks in Abbotsford, BC on Wednesday night. It's safe to say the Abbotsford crowd got their money's worth in that game, with Vancouver capitalizing three times on eight powerplay opportunities. Connor McDavid looked ready for the regular season, consistently dancing around Canucks defenders and scoring the typical highlight reel goal we've all become accustom to.
Stuart Skinner had a solid game between the pipes despite the five goals allowed -- turning aside several Canucks breakaways and making a couple big stops in the loss.
A win over the Kraken would allow the Oilers to finish the preseason with an even 4-4 record, before starting their regular season on October 12.
Kraken Team Scope
Seattle will also wrap up their preseason on Friday when they head to Rogers Place for a date with the Oil.
The Kraken have had an abbrieviated preseason, only playing in six exhibition games compared the the Oilers eight. They last played on Monday in Calgary against the Flames, with the Alberta team picking up the 4-1 victory. Seattle's only goal in that contest was scored by top prospect Matty Beniers, who notched his third of the preseason. The 19-year-old is expected to be a fixture in the Kraken's top-six after a dynamite debut last season, scoring nine points (3G, 6A) in his first 10 NHL games in '21-22.
Between the pipes on Monday, it was veteran netminder Martin Jones who allowed four goals on 25 Flames shots in the loss. Jones was one of the goaltenders who saw action when the Oilers and Kraken last met back on September 26, combining with Joey Daccord on a 29 save shutout.
It was the aformentioned Beniers that opened the action with the game's opening tally. The centre took the puck down by the right circle and sniped a hard shot over the shoulder of Rodrigue. Seattle would add goals by Ryan Donato and Morgan Geekie on the night to pick up the 3-0 victory. The Kraken currently sport a 4-1 exhibition season record, with their only blemish being Monday's loss to the Flames.