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After a successful opening night that saw the Oilers defeat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3, tonight marks the return of Hockey Night in Canada as the Vancouver Canucks (1-0-0) meet the Edmonton Oilers (1-0-0) in a Northwest Division clash. Right now, four of the five Northwest Division teams are tied for first place with two points. Colorado is on the outside looking in with no points. CANUCKS TO WAT football west CH: Shawn Horcoff also had a strong game Wednesday creating a number of chances around the net. Although he came away with nothing to show for it, its only a matter of time before he breaks out... Ty Conklin is on the hot seat tonight. With Jussi Markkanen set to return from injury, the competition will soon begin for the coveted position of number-one netminder.ROSTER UPDATES: Horcoffs goal 24 se football west conds into the game set a new team record for fastest goal at the start of a season. The fastest season-opening goal in the NHL was scored at 10 seconds by current Oilers scout Kent Nilsson, then of Minnesota, in a 4-4 tie with Quebec on Oct. 11, 1986... Chris Pronger led the Oilers with 26:39 of ice-time Wednesday night for the first of whats expected to be many evenings throughout the2005-06 sea football west son.QUOTABLE: on the crowd noise and pyro-laced intro just before the teams season opener. LAST MEETING: The Oilers embark on a short two-game trip out to California where they will meet the Anaheim Mighty Ducks Monday and Los Angeles Kings Tuesday. The teams next home game is on Friday when the Dallas Stars come to town. Game time is 7:00 p.m. football west
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