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The Edmonton Oilers have not won a New Year’s Eve game in more than three decades.

Hard to fathom, but as the Oilers get ready to host the Vancouver Canucks Saturday, the last time they beat a team on Dec. 31 was 1985, 4-3 over the Philadelphia Flyers at what was then Northlands Coliseum.

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In their NHL history, the Oilers are 2-14-1 on New Year’s Eve tilts. The other win was 1982, 8-1 in Vancouver. The tie was 2-2 in Calgary in 2001.

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This will only be the fourth time the Oilers have had a home game on Dec. 31.

The others were last year (1-0 loss to the Ducks, ’88 against Montreal, 4-2 loss and the ’85 victory over Bobby Clarke and the Flyers.

The Oilers will go with the same lineup that beat Los Angeles Thursday night which means Cam Talbot in net for his league-leading 34th start, Matt Benning in for Andrej Sekera on the back-end, and Jesse Puljujarvi on the third-line right wing slot with fellow rookie Drake Caggiula.