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22-35-8, .800 p/g | Ranks | 34-22-8, 1.188 p/g |
Western Conference: 14th | Western Conference: 7th | |
29th | P/G | 9th |
26th | ST | 27th |
28th | ES | 9th |
29th | Goal | 6th |
Fat, Drunk And Stupid Is No Way To Go Through Life, Son
The Oilers yielded fifty shots in Sunday's 4-2 loss to the Kings. It's their fifteenth game of the season where Edmonton has allowed 40 or more shots. While Ben Scrivens was very good, the Oilers aren't going to win the lion's share of anything when they're allowing fifty shots and scoring two goals. Since joining the Oilers, Ben Scrivens has faced 372 shots in ten games (or just over 37 per game), nearly five more per game than the Oilers season average of 32.6. The fact that Ben Scrivens is playing lights out right now is a welcome sight. It's the only thing that keeps a 50 shot game from going completely off the grid.
The Oilers are saying
"We want to get a look at this young man and let him get his feet wet"
That's coach Dallas Eakins on defenceman Oscar Klefbom.
"It's very exciting...it's a dream come true so I will work hard every day to get my debut and I'm just looking forward to the first game"
THE DEEP END
Speaking of getting your feet wet, the Oilers might want to hand Viktor Fasth a life jacket, a snorkel, and a tank of oxygen, he's going in tonight. Fasth has appeared in 28 NHL games, never facing more than 38 shots per game. Any takers on 39 shots or more allowed tonight?
FUN FACT
The Oilers have yielded 40 or more shots fifteen times this year (they've had three where they've yielded 50 or more). Fun facts aren't always fun. I should've warned you.
The Opponent is saying
"It wasn't like we were that bad...we were competing, we had a couple shifts in the offensive zone, I think they thought they were going to take it to us physically. I think our guys responded to that. Our guys started being physical with their defencsemen and we really started to get our game"

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The Edmonton Oilers
Nail Yakupov - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Jordan Eberle
Taylor Hall - Sam Gagner - David Perron
Matt Hendricks - Boyd Gordon - Jesse Joensuu
Luke Gazdic - Ryan Smyth - Ryan Jones
Philip Larsen - Justin Schultz
Martin Marincin - Jeff Petry
Oscar Klefbom - Andrew Ference
Viktor Fasth
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The Minnesota Wild
Zach Parise - Mikael Granlund - Jason Pominville
Matt Moulson - Mikko Koivu - Charlie Coyle
Matt Cooke - Kyle Brodziak - Nino Niederreiter
Dany Heatley - Erik Haula - Cody McCormick
Ryan Suter - Jared Spurgeon
Marco Scandella - Jonas Brodin
Clayton Stoner - Nate Prosser
Darcy Kuemper