Edmonton is 5-0-1 and scores 4.83 goals a game, the most in the league, but 14 of those 29 goals came in its first two games: an 11-goal overtime loss to Vancouver and a 9-7 win at Vancouver. Since then, the Oilers have beaten Seattle 3-1, Anaheim 5-2, San Jose 3-1, and Los Angeles 4-1, and they have allowed five goals in those four games after allowing 13 in the first two. Utah is 5-2 and has allowed 19 goals in seven games, 2.71 a game, and tied for the ninth-fewest. The risk is that three of Utah’s last four games went OVER, including a 5-4 win over Toronto on Tuesday and a 6-1 loss at Boston. Edmonton has centers Nugent-Hopkins, Janmark, Dach, and Savoie on injured reserve, along with defenseman Regula, and Hyman is day-to-day, which thins the group that produced those early totals. Edmonton’s last three games finished 7, 4, and 5 total goals, and I'm playing the UNDER in Edmonton tonight.
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