The Oilers, however, have a few teams they want to measure up against, also. They will face one of those teams when they meet ...

The Edmonton Oilers captain is looking forward to facing the Minnesota Wild and their star left wing, Kirill Kaprizov, at Xcel Energy Center on Thursday (8:30 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+, SNW).

They tell a story, especially when it comes to a weekly power rankings, like the Super 16. They give us an indication beyond the eye test for why a team is having success or, in the case of a handful ...