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OILERS TO WATCH: The top line has been gettin’ it done. Ales Hemsky had a goal and an assist last night to extend his point streak to four games. He’s scored 6-7-13 in 19 games vs. San Jose...Shawn Horcoff continues to put up the points after missing two games. He had a goal and an assist last night and has five points over a three-game point-scoring streak...Robert Nilsson was held off the scoreboard last night but was a speedy force all night.

SHARKS TO WATCH: Patrick Marleau scores one goal every two games vs. Edmonton. He’s got three goals in his last two games, 30 on the year and has scored 20-12-32 in 42 games vs. the Oilers...Since joining the Sharks, Joe Thorton leads all players in points (366) as of Monday as well as leading in points since 2002-03 (573). He leads the Sharks with 64 points and has 6-12-18 in 23 games vs. Edmonton.

ROSTER UPDATES: Edmonton—Lubomir Visnovsky (torn labrum) is out. Denis Grebeshkov (high ankle sprain) is out. Fernando Pisani (ankle) is doubtful. San Jose—Marcel Goc (lower body) is out; Brad Lukowich (hernia) is out; Jeremy Roenick (shoulder) is out; Torrey Mitchell (broken leg) is out.  
 
FAST FACTS: Craig MacTavish needs eight more wins for his 300th career NHL coaching victory...MacTavish enters tonight's game with a career record of 292-240-98 (.541) in 629 regular season games... MacTavish trails only Glen Sather on the Oilers list of career coaching wins and games...Sather compiled a 464-268-119 record in 842 games behind the Oilers bench...Edmonton is 6-7-0 in the first game of back-to-back sets and 6-5-1 in the second game...On Feb. 12, 2002, in Edmonton, the Sharks played their first penalty-free game in team history…Evgeni Nabokov's played in his 450th career game on Dec. 13 vs. St. Louis. He has the fourth- most games with one team among goaltenders in NHL history...Sharks’ forward Jody Shelley is second in the NHL in PIMs (1174) since he entered the league in 2001-02.