Pre-Scout: Will the Oilers and Flames have jump or turkey legs in Battle of Alberta rematch?

Do you have memories of Christmas where you and your brother would wrestle in the basement? Maybe over a game of mini-sticks, stealing a gift, or just because?

Well, that’s what the Edmonton Oilers game against the Calgary Flames on Tuesday reminded me of — an older brother doing the ol’ ground-and-pound on the scrappy younger brother.

Once Leon Draisaitl snapped his 8-game goalless drought with 17 seconds left in the first period to take a 2-1 lead, the result was never in doubt. It ended 5-1 for the Oilers, where every time you looked up from Tibb’s Eve dinner, Edmonton had the puck.

“I don’t think that was a very good night for us,” Calgary coach Ryan Huska said post-game. “I feel like we gave them way too much room, through the neutral zone in particular, for us. I thought their top players did a really good job and I don’t think we handled them all that well tonight.

“You have to stay on top of them, for one. If they have room to skate and nobody is in front of them, they’re the best players in the game. They’re dangerous. Then the power play as well, you can’t give them that many opportunities, they’ll make you pay.”

One-sided attack

The Flames got a fortuitous bounce off of Darnell Nurse to get Mackenzie Weeger his third goal of the season to equalize in the 1st period, but otherwise, they didn’t........

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