If you’re a Battle of Alberta fan, tonight’s the night.

The Edmonton Oilers visit the Calgary Flames at the Scotiabank Saddledome for game two, and if last game said anything, it’s that this one should be worth watching.

Last game, in Edmonton on Tuesday, Leon Draisaitl scored a hat trick — all three goals on the power play — passing Glenn Anderson for third in Oilers franchise history with 419 career goals. Connor McDavid had five assists, becoming the first player with 67 or more points entering the holiday break since Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr in 1995-96. And if you care about the score too, the Oilers won 5-1.

But there’s more.

Trent Frederic fought Kevin Bahl after a blindside hit on Zach Hyman. Frederic had been a healthy scratch the game before, came back in, and immediately decided it was time to throw hands. It was the seventh time in Battle of Alberta history that a fight broke out on the day before Christmas Eve.

Mackenzie Weegar took a two-minute minor for whacking away Darnell Nurse’s stick, then earned a 10-minute misconduct and got kicked out for bashing his stick in protest toward the referee.

So yeah, Calgary should be upset. They sure looked like it.

We can only hope that carries over into tonight.

McDavid is playing the best hockey of his career right now. He’s on an 11-game point streak with 31 points. He’s leading the NHL with 67 points through 38 games. The puck follows him everywhere. Defenders can’t keep up. It’s not fair, Calgary thinks so.

Draisaitl ended a nine-game goalless drought with his hat trick but had nine assists over his previous four games before that. He’s on a five-game point streak. He now sits third in Oilers franchise history with 419 career goals behind Wayne Gretzky and Jari Kurri.

The Oilers went 3-for-6 on the power play Tuesday. Their man advantage registered 40.5 percent in December.

Calgary remembers.

The Flames are 15-18-4 and outside the playoff picture. But they’ve been good at home lately—5-1-0 at Scotiabank Saddledome since December started with 26 goals in those six games. They’ve outscored opponents 13-2 in third periods at home this month. Dustin Wolf has been solid with a .926 save percentage on home ice.

Not only did Calgary get embarrassed at Rogers Place in front of their own fans who travelled to Edmonton, but so did Wold. They’ll want to return the favour on home ice.

Tonight’s game starts at 8 PM MST. And we can only hope that intensity carries over into tonight. Because if Calgary comes out as upset as they looked leaving Rogers Place on Tuesday, this game could get very entertaining very quickly.

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