Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday featured the Battle of Alberta, with a Canadian NHL club record at stake in Calgary.

For hockey fans, it doesn’t get much better than that on a freezing January night when the Oilers take on the Flames in an attempt to win 13 games in a row.

“Their will to defeat the Edmonton Oilers never wanes. And we always have the desire to defeat the Calgary Flames,” head coach Kris Knobaluch of Edmonton stated on Friday.

“But now that we’re on a roll and they’re pursuing us in the postseason, the rivalry will certainly get even stronger. It will be fantastic

“Our only goals are to enter, score two points, and leave. We anticipate intense competition. We can’t wait for it. We’re prepared for combat.”

These days, it’s difficult to defeat the Flames as well. With seven victories in their previous ten games, Calgary is only four points behind Edmonton.

It’s a difficult building to play in and a divisional game. Therefore, we need everyone to put up a strong team effort,” defenseman Darnell Nurse stated.

“They’re a good team, playing some pretty good hockey right now too, so for us it’s not going to be an easy task.”

According to shooter Leon Draisaitl, the Oilers are constantly “amped up

“We know that we have the opportunity to write history. We still just want to play our game, though, he said to reporters.

“Right now, we’re in the moment and we’re just looking to get better and bank more points.”

Despite the Oilers’ two-game losing streak, Knoblauch expressed his admiration for his team’s willingness to adhere to their strategy, maintain their good attitude, and offer and accept constructive criticism.

“I believe that when things are going well, maturity comes easily. Things are going fairly nicely right now,” he remarked.

When things do get difficult, rough, and don’t go our way, then we’ll be able to judge how mature we are. Actually, that’s the test of

Edmonton’s hot streak has propelled them to sixth in the Western Conference, while their provincial rivals are ninth

Kraken’s Yanni Gourde suspended two games for charging Oilers’ Mattias Ekholm

Yanni Gourde, a forward for the Seattle Kraken, has been suspended by the NHL for two games for pushing Mattias Ekholm, a defenseman for the Oilers, during Thursday’s game in Edmonton.

The incident happened in the third period at 16:23. Gourde’s charging during the play resulted in a significant penalty.

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Edmonton secured its 12th consecutive victory, winning the match 4-2.

According to the terms of the collective bargaining agreement between the NHL and the NHL Players’ Association, Gourde will forfeit US$53,819.44 in compensation.

He will miss home games Sunday against Toronto and Jan. 24 against Chicago.

He will be eligible to return Jan. 26 against the visiting St. Louis Blues.