The Edmonton Oilers will travel to Detroit, Michigan to face the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena on Thursday with the puck scheduled to drop at 7:00 PM ET and will air on Bally Sports Detroit.

Edmonton enters this game on an eight-game winning streak following Tuesday’s 2-1 win on the road against the Chicago Blackhawks which improves their record of 21-15-1 and 43 points which puts them in 4^th place in the Pacific Division and gives them the 8^th best record in the Western Conference. The Oilers are once again one of the best teams offensively in the NHL as they rank 4^th in goals per game and have the 5^th best power-play success rate with an average of 3.64 goals per game and a power-play success rate of 26.05%. 

Connor McDavid is one of the best players in the NHL and leads the team in assists and points with 40 assists and 55 points with the assists being tied for the 2^nd most in the league and the points being tied for the 6^th most points. Edmonton has been a middle-of-the-pack team defensively as they are allowing an average of 3.14 goals per game and have a penalty-kill percentage of 80.31% which ranks 16^th and 14^th in the NHL. The Edmonton Oilers will look to extend their winning streak to nine games when they travel to face the Detroit Red Wings.

The Detroit Red Wings enter this game with a record of 20-16-4 and 44 points which puts them in 5^th place in the Atlantic Division and puts them in 12^th place in the Eastern Conference, however, Detroit is on a three-game winning streak following a 3-2 win on the road against the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday. Like the Oilers, the Red Wings have been one of the highest-scoring teams in the league as they rank 5^th in goals per game with an average of 3.6 goals per game and have a power-play success rate of 21.88% which ranks 12^th in the NHL. 

Alex DeBrincat has been one of the best players on the team as he leads the team in goals and points while being tied for the most assists with 17 goals, 21 assists, and 38 points. However, the Red Wings have been one of the worst teams defensively in the NHL as they are allowing an average of 3.4 goals per game which ranks 25^th in the league. The Detroit Red Wings will look to extend their winning streak to four games when they host the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday.

BookMaker has the Edmonton Oilers listed as -170 moneyline favorites on the road against the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday. Edmonton is 5-4-1 in the last ten and 2-0-1 in the last three meetings. The Oilers have won by an average margin of .1 goals per game over the last ten and 1.33 goals per game over the last three games in the series.

Both teams are two of the highest-scoring teams in the NHL this season with Edmonton averaging the 4^th most and Detroit averaging the 5^th most with an average of 3.64 goals and 3.6 goals per game. The over has been the trend most recently in the series, hitting in three straight matchups. As a result, I am taking the over 7 goals when the Edmonton Oilers travel to face the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday.