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Oilers take on provincial rival Flames

Oct 17, 2008 - 10:09 AM Edmonton (2-0-0) at Calgary (1-1-1) 9:00 p.m. EDT

CALGARY, Alberta (Ticker) -- The Edmonton Oilers had better get used to their road uniforms.

Edmonton will play its second straight away from home and continue a stretch of 12 road games in 15 contests when it faces the Calgary Flames in the first game of a home-and-home series between the teams on Friday.

The Oilers have won each of their first two games by identical scores of 3-2, thanks in part to Shawn Horcoff and Dustin Penner. The duo has recorded a pair of goals for Edmonton.

Goaltender Mathieu Garon has been stellar in net, turning aside 68 of the 72 shots he has faced so far this season.

Todd Bertuzzi has been a force early on for Calgary, scoring three goals in as many games, including a pair of tallies in a 5-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday. The veteran left wing signed a free agent contract in the offseason after bouncing between three teams since the infamous incident on-ice assault on then-Colorado rookie Steve Moore.

Calgary will look to netminder Miikka Kiprusoff to improve his play between the pipes. The 2005-06 Vezina Trophy winner ranks second to last in the league with a 4.89 goals against average.

The provincial rivals will also meet Saturday in Edmonton.