The Copper & Blue - Full Coverage: San Jose Sharks at Edmonton Oilers PreviewA site for fans of the Edmonton Oilers. Someday we'll get to write about an Oilers playoff game. Hopefully sooner than later.https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/13253/copper-fave.jpg2013-03-21T00:00:05-06:00http://www.coppernblue.com/rss/stream/38915112013-03-21T00:00:05-06:002013-03-21T00:00:05-06:00Oilers cough up lead, lose in shootout
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<p>THIS, is how not to coach with a lead.</p> <p><object width="640" height="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ltmMJntSfQI?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0">
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<p>Monty Python gave lessons in how not to be seen. Ralph Krueger should give lessons in how not to coach with a lead. He did it again and it's getting tiresome. <span>Logan Couture</span> owning the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.coppernblue.com/">Oilers</a> is also getting tiresome.</p>
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<p>SJS take Corsi 57-48. NSchultz +6, Ebs +4, Smytty +3. Hemsky -13, Hall -10, Horcoff/Fistric -9.</p>
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<p align="center"><b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.boysonthebus.com/2013/03/20/game-notes-oilerssharks-mar-20/">Possession Report</a></b><font color="#cc6600"><b> via Boys on the Bus</b></font></p>
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<b>More Numbers </b>Time On Ice: <a href="http://timeonice.com/default.html?GameNumber=20441&submit=Go" target="new">Shift Chart</a> - Time On Ice: <a href="http://timeonice.com/H2H1213.html?GameNumber=20441&submit=Go" target="new">Head-to-head Icetime</a> - Time On Ice: <a href="http://timeonice.com/shots1213.php?gamenumber=20441" target="new">Possession Report</a> - Time On Ice: <a href="http://www.timeonice.com/faceoffs1213.php?gamenumber=20441" target="new">Faceoff Report</a>
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<p>Ralph Krueger talks all about the physical play of the bottom line and praises them for it. So <span>Nail Yakupov</span> went out and took a run at <span>T.J. Galiardi</span>. <span>Tommy Wingels</span> jumped in, but Yakupov wouldn't be deterred and went after <span>Brad Stuart</span> as well. If nothing else, the Tatar is pain to play against. But there was more. His touch pass to <span>Sam Gagner</span> on the power play in the first was beautiful. Yakupov's release is fast when shooting and when passing.</p>
<p>Sam Gagner scored on the power play, but that's not why he's here. His work in killing off <span>Nick Schultz</span>' penalty in the second was fun to watch. He pulled off a nice stick lift on <span>Patrick Marleau</span> (I think, could be wrong this) and then hustled to the corner to retrieve a puck and get it out of the zone. His PK numbers aren't sustainable, but his play is. All of a sudden he has a talent for the PK.</p>
<p>The two Oilers that seemed to be everywhere tonight were <span>Magnus Paajarvi</span> and <span>Jordan Eberle</span>. Paajarvi was all over every zone and played one of his best games in the NHL. He drew a penalty, he set the screen on the Gagner goal and used his size in battles, even taking on <span>Douglas Murray</span> on the boards. He back-checked, he was in the right place to break up passes. It's interesting to see fans of other teams react to how good Pajaarvi is, and that happened on Twitter tonight. Eberle, on the other hand was most apparent in the neutral zone and offensive zone. He made a number of slick plays and passes that may not have resulted in anything, but he was controlling play when he was on the ice.</p>
<p><span>Ladislav Smid</span> had two shots on goal! Through the first 20 games of the season, the shot-shy defender had 5 shots on goal. Through the last 9 games, he has 10 shots on goal!</p>
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<p>He may have scored a goal thanks to a complete defensive and goaltender breakdown, but <span>Ryan Jones</span> was again the most frustrating player on the ice. He just floats. If he was on your rec league team, you'd end up fighting your own teammate.</p>
<p>Sam Gagner had another sub-40% evening in the faceoff circle.</p>
<p><span>Devan Dubnyk</span> looked shaky tonight. He certainly has to stop Tommy Wingels goal, but he kicked out a few big rebounds and blocked two into traffic. He was also beaten cleanly twice and rescued by the post both times.</p>
<p><span>Mike Brown</span> skated around a puck to make a hit which led to Mark Fistric getting hit because he had to rush to play the puck.</p>
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<p>This might be the first time I've ever put <span>Taylor Hall</span> in this category. Hall did his best Ryan Jones imitation tonight, basically falling a lot. It works from time to time and Hall gets the call. But he's falling so often now that he's taking himself out of the play from time to time as well. </p>
<p>It's time for the nightly review of Ralph Krueger's shortcomings. Where oh where do we start? Let's start with putting the fourth line Mike Brown - <span>Ryan Smyth</span> - <span>Lennart Petrell</span> on the ice with the 3rd pairing <span>Ryan Whitney</span> - <span>Mark Fistric</span> with 10 minutes to go and a 1 goal lead? Krueger could've changed to Paajarvi and Yakupov, but chose to send out Brown and Petrell instead. He had the Schultz combination available to him, but came back with Fistric and Whitney. You've got a one-goal lead in a game you really need to hang in a playoff race and you're icing these black hole quadruplets? The ensuring shift was great fun. Ryan Smyth and Mark Fistric were battling away on the board while Mike Brown stood nearby to watch. Ryan Whitney hung out in the slot, not guarding much. And while the goal was a soft one from Devan Dubnyk, the sequence leading to the goal was predictable.</p>
<p>Then there's the handling of Nail Yakupov. Yakupov's big hit on Galiardi came with 6:17 to go in a tie game. It was his last shift of the game. He was replaced with Petrell for the first two Gagner shifts after the benching, then Jordan Eberle. Krueger wants physical play, commitment to defense, yet benches Yakupov directly after the big hit. He's admitting that the line he's putting on the ice isn't going to score by putting Petrell out there with them and more than that, the Petrell line is going to give up more shots than it attempts. </p>
<p>Another weird decision, and I don't want to read too much into it, is his placement of Lennart Petrell on the first PK pairing. Maybe he wanted to have Ryan Smyth out with Sam Gagner for faceoffs, but Petrell shouldn't be the first choice when Smyth is rested, which he was. The Oilers were short-handed tonight for 2:38. During that time, they gave up 5 shot attempts. Petrell was on for 1:49 of that total and all 5 shot attempts came with him on the ice. That's a -165/60 shot attempt differential. Ryan Smyth and Sam Gagner were on for the other :49 seconds and gave up zero shot attempts. Petrell has a reputation for being a good penalty killer, but he's not actually good short-handed - Paajarvi is a better option at all times, as is Smyth. Krueger could even try Taylor Hall - he would be hard-pressed to be worse than Petrell on the PK. I guess we can take solace in the fact that Mike Brown and Ryan Jones weren't out.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><font color="#cc6600"><b>The Copper & Blue Three <span class="sbn-auto-link">Star</span><span class="sbn-auto-link">s</span>:</b></font></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">★★★ - <span class="sbn-auto-link"><span>Shawn Horcoff</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">★★ - Jordan Eberle</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">★ - Paajarvi</p>
https://www.coppernblue.com/2013/3/21/4130344/oilers-lose-from-ahead-to-the-sharks-in-a-shootoutDerek Zona2013-03-20T17:09:08-06:002013-03-20T17:09:08-06:00Hopkins Out, Hall or Petrell to Centre?
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<p><span>Ryan Nugent-Hopkins</span> just walked out of the building and left in truck.Not feeling well, out tonite.</p>
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<p>Ryan Rishaug reported that Ryan Nugent-Hopkins left Rexall Place two-and-a-half hours before the scheduled start of the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.coppernblue.com/">Oilers</a> game against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.fearthefin.com/">San Jose Sharks</a>.</p>
<p>With Hopkins out, and the Oilers already short of centres, Ralph Krueger has his work cut out for him in constructing an effective lineup. <span>Ryan Smyth</span> is already playing out of position at centre between <span>Mike Brown</span> and <span>Lennart Petrell</span>. That leaves Lennart Petrell as Krueger's only option at centre, unless he moves <span>Taylor Hall</span> into the middle and replaces Smyth with Petrell and ices a lineup something like this:</p>
<p>Ryan Smyth - <span>Shawn Horcoff</span> - <span>Ales Hemsky</span></p>
<p><span>Ryan Jones</span> - Taylor Hall - <span>Jordan Eberle</span></p>
<p><span>Magnus Paajarvi</span> - <span>Sam Gagner</span> - <span>Nail Yakupov</span></p>
<p>Mike Brown - Lennart Petrell - <span>Teemu Hartikainen</span></p>
<p>The Oilers are in a tough spot, to be sure, especially after passing on <span>Adam Hall</span> via the waiver wire last week. <span>Eric Belanger</span> is not scheduled to come back, but might the Oilers rush him back with just two centres on the roster?</p>
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<p>The Sharks are drifting in the doldrums, the Oilers are moving, ever so slowly, towards contention.</p> <p>The Oilers have a heartbeat and the <a href="https://www.fearthefin.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Sharks</a> can't possibly be as bad as they've been over the last 10 games.</p>
<h3>Team Reports</h3>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.coppernblue.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Oilers</a> Report</strong>: <span class="sbn-auto-link">If the Oilers somehow manage to make the playoffs, Shawn Horcoff should win the Hart Trophy. Even if they don't, but they manage to play .450-.500 hockey the rest of the way, Horcoff deserves the Hart. </span></p>
<p><strong><span class="sbn-auto-link"><span class="sbn-auto-link"><span class="sbn-auto-link">Sharks</span></span></span> Report:</strong> <span class="sbn-auto-link">Injuries and ineffectiveness had created some odd wrinkles in the Sharks lineup, but one constant since entering the lineup has been rookie defenseman <span>Matt Irwin</span>. </span><a href="http://www.fearthefin.com/2013/3/20/4125596/matt-irwin-nhl-rookie-defensemen-hamilton-brodin-schultz-dillon" target="_blank">Irwin has been one of the best rookie defenseman in the league to this point</a><span class="sbn-auto-link"> and his shooting rates are out of this world. </span></p>
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<h3><strong>Expected Line Combinations</strong></h3>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sbn-auto-link"><span>Taylor Hall</span></span> - <span>Shawn Horcoff</span> - <span>Ales Hemsky</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sbn-auto-link" style="color: #292929; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: #292929;"><span class="sbn-auto-link"><span>Ryan Jones</span></span></span> - <span>Ryan Nugent-Hopkins</span> - <span>Jordan Eberle</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sbn-auto-link"><span class="sbn-auto-link"><span class="sbn-auto-link"><span class="sbn-auto-link"><span>Mike Brown</span></span></span></span></span> - <span>Ryan Smyth</span> - <span>Lennart Petrell</span><span class="sbn-auto-link" style="color: #292929; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: #292929;"></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span>Ladislav Smid</span> - <span>Jeff Petry</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sbn-auto-link"><span>Nick Schultz</span></span> - <span>Corey Potter</span><span class="sbn-auto-link" style="color: #292929; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: #292929;"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sbn-auto-link"><span class="sbn-auto-link"><span>Ryan Whitney</span></span></span> - <span>Justin Schultz</span><span class="sbn-auto-link"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sbn-auto-link"><span>Devan Dubnyk</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Scratches</strong>: <span>Theo Peckham</span><span class="sbn-auto-link"></span>, <span>Teemu Hartikainen</span>, <span>Mark Fistric</span><span class="sbn-auto-link"></span></p>
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<h3>Broadcast Information</h3>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Radio - 630 CHED</div>
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<h3>By The Numbers</h3>
<p>Through 28 games, Sam Gagner has had a >=50% faceoff percentage 11 times. In 7 of those instances, he's been above 55%. 17 times, his faceoff percentage has been <50%. In 16 of those instances, he's gone <=40%.<br>By line, the Oilers shots per game:<br>Line 1: 7.2<br>Line 2: 6.9<br>Line 3: 6.1<br>Line 4: 2.5<br><br>At even strength:<br>Line 1: 5.2<br>Line 2: 5.0<br>Line 3: 4.0<br>Line 4: 1.9</p>
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<li>The Oilers have jumped up to 22nd in shots per game at 27.9</li>
<li>The Oilers are 30th in shots against per game at 33.6</li>
<li>The Oilers are last in shot differential per game at -5.7</li>
<li>The biggest jump from one spot to another on the shot differential list is between Washington, 29th place at -4.4, and Edmonton in 30th place.</li>
<li>Only two teams in the bottom ten in shot differential per game are currently in a playoff spot - Toronto and Anaheim.</li>
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<p>Lines and pairings for San Jose's visit to Rexall</p> <p>Check back throughout the day as we'll post updates when they become available.</p>
<p>Check out Jonathan Willis' <a href="http://oilersnation.com/2013/3/16/the-edmonton-oilers-new-practice-lines">analysis of the lineup here</a>.</p>
<p>The Oilers expected lineup based on recent practices and team updates:</p>
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<p><span class="sbn-auto-link"><a href="https://www.fearthefin.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">San Jose Sharks</a></span> expected lineup:</p>
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<td class="td-first"><span>Douglas Murray</span></td>
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<td class="td-last"><span>Logan Couture</span></td>
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<td class="td-first"><span>T.J. Galiardi</span></td>
<td class="td-first"><span>Scott Gomez</span></td>
<td class="td-last"><span>Tommy Wingels</span></td>
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<td class="td-first"><span>Adam Burish</span></td>
<td class="td-first"><span>Andrew Desjardins</span></td>
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<p>The slumping Sharks roll into Rexall</p> <center>
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<td style="text-align: center;"><b>12-10-6, 1.07 p/g</b></td>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><b>The opposing view</b>: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fearthefin.com/">Fear The Fin</a><b>, </b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.battleofcali.com/">Battle of California</a></b></div>
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<p><b>Top Story:</b> The Oilers have vaulted into a tie for 10th in points earned per game thanks to some luck and the return of <span>Shawn Horcoff</span>. Edmonton is 4-6 in their last 10 games, but 3-1 since Horcoff came back. The Sharks, meanwhile, can't buy a win. They're 3-7 in their last 10, lost two straight, they've got a negative goal differential and have become a two-man team. Stop Thornton, stop Couture and the Sharks struggle. Ryane Clowe has become a huge liability for the Sharks.</p>
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<p><b>The Oilers are saying</b>:</p>
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<p>I'm sorry what is record since certain very handsome sex machine Russian Kaptain come back to likeup? Just check on that thank you.</p>
— S Horcov (@SHorcov) <a href="https://twitter.com/SHorcov/status/313477630840156161">March 18, 2013</a>
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<p><b>The Opponent is saying</b>:</p>
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<p>"Do you remember...when Ryane Clowe could play the puck from the bench better than he currently is on the ice?"</p>
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<p>--<a href="http://www.fearthefin.com/2013/3/14/4102756/sharks-vs-kings-fuck-this-past-year/in/3870433" targer="_blank">Fear The Fin on Clowe</a></p>
<p><b>Key matchup: </b></p>
<blockquote>"Two notes worth mentioning. First, Todd McLellan started the game with Thornton on the ice and Krueger came out with the Horcoff line. My thought was "Oh, Krueger’s going to run the same matchup that Renney did." Thornton’s line left the ice at 0:37. They came back out at the 1:32 mark though and Krueger didn’t bother trying to maintain the Horcoff matchup. McLellan next threw the Thornton line onto the ice at ES at the 7:03 mark of the first, as Horcoff’s line was at the end of a shift."</blockquote>
<p>--<a href="http://www.mc79hockey.com/?p=5225" target="_blank"><b>Tyler Dellow</b>, on Ralph Krueger's unwillingness to match lines</a>.</p>
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<td>knee</td>
<td class="td-last">01/16/2013</td>
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<td>groin</td>
<td class="td-last">03/09/2013</td>
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<td>shoulder</td>
<td class="td-last">03/19/2013</td>
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<td>neck</td>
<td class="td-last">03/07/2013</td>
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<td class="td-first"><span>Tim Kennedy</span></td>
<td>undisclosed</td>
<td class="td-last">03/11/2013</td>
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