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2011-09-24T22:14:00.001-06:00

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2011-09-24T22:13:00.002-06:00

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Sunny P Tickets

2011-09-11T22:12:00.001-06:00

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Update

2008-11-26T22:27:00.001-07:00

Hey all. So, I realize that I haven't posted for a while, but I've run into a few problems, but I will be back to posting this weekend. Check back on the weekend, or early next week.

Goaltending

2008-11-22T17:08:00.015-07:00

Okay, so in a dialogue with David Staples (Cult of Hockey) and Antony Ta (Strange Deadfellows) regarding Roloson's goaltending and his inconsistency.

Here's a look at some goaltending stats. When I'm looking at the win/loss streaks - those aren't team wins/losses - those are the goalies stats - meaning how many streaks of 3 or more games they had when starting.

Also, since I'm going back a few years, I'm not looking solely at 3+ game losing streaks - I'm looking at 3+ game non-win streaks and non-loss streaks - this is to include ties. So, essentially what I'm doing is seeing how many times a goalie went on a winless, or lossless streak of 3 or more starts.

The number in brackets after the number of streaks represents the longest streak without a loss, or the longest streak without a win - for example, 8 starts without a loss, or 8 games without a win.

Year............Player.......Games Started(in relief)........Record........3+ Game Non-Loss/Non-Win Streaks
'01-02......Roloson.........40 (5)................................14-20-7.........................2(4) / 5(7)
'01-02......Salo................68(1)....................................30-28-10......................4(8) / 4(4)
'01-02......Luongo...........56 (2)................................16-33-4.........................1(4) / 6(7)

'02-03......Roloson........47 (3)................................23-16-8.........................4(8) / 2(3)
'02-03......Salo...............65 (0)................................29-27-8........................7(6) / 3(7)
'02-03......Luongo..........62 (3)...............................20-34-7........................2(4) / 10(5)

'03-04......Roloson........46 (2)...............................19-18-11.........................5(5) / 5(4)
'03-04......Salo...............46 (3)...............................18-21-7..........................4(4) / 4(6)
'03-04......Luongo..........72 (0)................................25-33-14.......................6(5) / 10(5)

POST LOCKOUT YEARS.
These stats simply look at winning streaks and losing streaks. Shootouts and OT loses/wins are simply counted as a win or loss.

'05-06......Roloson........42 (1)................................14-24-5.........................0(2) / 5(6)
'05-06......Luongo..........73 (2)................................35-30-9.......................3(6) / 6(10)
'05-06......Garon............61 (2)...............................31-26-3........................4(5) / 5(6)
'05-06......Kiprusoff.......73 (1)...............................42-20-11......................4(7) / 3(3)

'06-07......Roloson........62 (2)...............................27-34-6.........................1(5) / 7(5)
'06-07......Luongo..........75 (1)...............................47-22-6.......................8(7) / 3(3)
'06-07......Garon............28 (4)................................13-10-6........................2(3) / 2(6)
'06-07......Kiprusoff.......74 (0)................................40-24-9......................6(6) / 5(4)
'06-07......Budaj..............53 (4)................................31-16-6.......................4(5) / 3(4)
'06-07......Backstrom.....36 (5)...............................23-8-6........................4(7) / 3(5)

'07-08......Roloson........38 (5)................................15-17-5.........................1(3) / 3(5)
'07-08......Luongo...........73 (0)................................35-29-9.......................6(4) / 6(4)
'07-08......Garon............44 (3)................................26-18-1........................3(4) / 2(3)
'07-08......Kiprusoff.......76 (0)................................39-26-10.....................4(6) / 5(5)
'07-08......Budaj..............30 (5)................................16-10-4.......................2(3) / 1(3)
'07-08......Backstrom.....57 (1)...............................33-13-8........................5(4) / 1(4)

'08-09......Roloson.........9 (0)................................3-3-2.........................0(2) / 1(3)
'08-09......Luongo..........18 (0).............................11-5-2........................1(3) / 0(2)
'08-09......Garon............7 (1)...............................3-5-0.........................1(3) / 1(4)
'08-09......Kiprusoff.......19 (0)............................11-7-1........................1(6) / 0(2)
'08-09......Budaj..............15 (1).............................6-9-0........................2(3) / 2(5)
'08-09......Backstrom......16 (0)............................11-4-1........................2(4) / 0(1)

TOTALS
Name - Games Started - Wins/losses/ties - Lossless Streaks (3 games or more)/Winless streaks - GS/Lossless Streaks/ GS/Winless Streaks
Roloson........284 GS.............115-150-26..................13/28.............21.8/10.1.......-11.7
Luongo.........429 GS.............189-212-25...................27/41.............15.9/10.5........-5.4
Salo...............179GS.............77-76-25.......................15/11...............11.9/16.3.......+4.4
Garon...........140 GS.............73-69...........................10/10..............14.0/14.0......0
Kiprusoff......242 GS............132-108........................15/13..............16.1/18.6.......+2.5
Budaj............98 GS................53-45........................8/6.................12.3/16.3.......+4
Backstrom..109 GS...............67-40.........................11/4................9.9/27.3........+17.4

For the second last column here, you would ideally want a low first number, and a high second number. That would mean that a goalie has MORE 3 or more game LOSSLESS streaks than they do WINLESS streaks. The last number there is simply the +/- for the goalies Lossless/Winless ratio. This number is meant to show consistency - to an extent. A high number means this goalie is capable of winning 3 or more games in a row, but does not lose 3 or more games very often. One note on this - Luongo's numbers since the lockout are considerably better than before. After the lockout he has a +2.6 rating.

What I was hoping this would show (and it clearly does) is that Roli goes on far more "losing" streaks than he does "winning" streaks. Just consider the fact that since the lockout Roli has only had 2 winning streaks of 3 games or more. At the same time he has had 16 streaks where he's lost 3 or more games - and this is all in 151 starts.

On the other hand Garon has 10 winning streaks and 10 losing streaks since the lockout in only 140 starts. So, Garon has had more winning streaks and fewer losing streaks, in fewer starts than Roli since the lockout. To me that shows a level of consistency for Garon that Roli simply cannot match.

NAME.................WIN%...............Streak +/-
Roloson...............40.5%..................-11.7
Luongo................44.1%...................-5.4
Salo......................43.0%..................+4.4
Garon..................52.1%....................0
Kiprusoff.............54.5%...................+2.5
Budaj...................54.0%...................+4
Backstrom..........61.5%..................+17.4

Again, since the lockout, Luongo has a winning percent of 53.6%, and a +/- of +2.6

Post game stuff

2008-11-21T09:03:00.003-07:00

Hey all. So as mentioned before, I was at the game last night with Antony from Strange Deadfellows. We met David Staples from Cult of Hockey at the game as well last night.

I will have a statistical post game synopsis later today. I left my USB key at work, so I didn't have access to my files, but I should have it up sometime this afternoon - after lunch.

Also, for those have problems with the blog, let me know how it's looking. Is the text too small? Is it squished? What browser are you using, and if you know your monitor resolution, let me know that as well.

Game # 20 - Pre-Game Info - vs. Detroit Red Wings - Thursday November 20, 2008

2008-11-19T23:58:00.002-07:00

Edmonton Oilers @ Detroit Red Wings

Thursday November 20, 2008 @ 7:00pm
T.V. - P.P.V

2008-09 Winning Percentage

2008-09 Goals For Per Game

2008-09 Goals Against Per Game

2008-09 PP%

2008-09 PK%

2008-09 Shots/Game

2008-09 Shots Against/Game

THIS TIME LAST YEAR
After 19 games last season: 15 Points
After 19 games this season : 19 Points

After 19 games last season: 39 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)
After 19 games this season : 49 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)

After 19 games last season: 60 Total Goals Allowed (SO goals not counted)
After 19 games this season : 57 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)

LAST YEAR vs. Detroit
4 GP - 2-2
2 Shootout Wins
GF: 9 GA: 12
PP Stats: 2/17 = 11.8%
PK Stats: 14/19 = 73.7%
Shots For = 90 = 22.5 per game
Shots Against = 154 = 38.5 per game

At Home
1-1
1 Shootout Win
GF: 4 GA: 5
PP Stats: 1/9 = 11.1%
PK Stats: 7/10 = 70.0%
Shots For = 45 = 22.5 per game

Shots Against = 77 = 38.5 per game

News and Notes
A) In his last 4 games against the Oilers, Osgood (who is starting tonight) has a record of 1-3

B) As it has been rumored all day, Smid will be back in the lineup tonight, and he will be playing at the forward position.

C) Roli the goalie will get the start in net again tonight

D) I will be at the game tonight with Antony Ta of Strange Deadfellows

Game # 19 - Post-Game Info - vs. Columbus Blue Jackets - Tuesday November 18, 2008

2008-11-18T22:39:00.001-07:00

Edmonton Oilers 7
(Souray, Cogliano, Pouliot, Gilbert, Penner, Horcoff, Visnovsky / Roloson)

@

Columbus Blue Jackets 2
(Huselius, Nash / Leclaire)

Faceoffs:
Offensive Zone: 4/12 - 33%
Deffensive Zone: 12/26 - 46%
Neutral Zone: 11/21 - 52%

Total: 27/59 - 46%

PP: 1/2 - 50%
PK: 7/15 - 42%

Horcoff: 10/19 - 53%
Cogliano: 4/12 - 33%
Penner 2/4 - 50%
Brodziak: 2/5 - 40%
Pouliot: 4/9 - 44%
Gagner: 4/7 - 57%

Points (G-A-Pts):

Horcoff- 1-2-3
Hemsky - 0-3-3
Gagner - 0-2-2
Gilbert - 1-1-2
Visnovsky - 1-1-2
Souray - 1-1-2
Cogliano - 1-1-2
Pouliot - 1-0-1
Penner - 1-0-1
Strudwick - 0-1-1
Cole - 0-1-1

Ice Time:

Forwards--------------Defencemen
Horcoff: 23:21-----------------------Souray: 23:50
Hemsky / Moreau: 19:06------------------- Gilbert: 22:55

Penner: 17:36-------------------------Staios: 20:17

Reddox: 15:30------------------Strudwick: 18:25
Cogliano: 14:39------------------Grebeshkov: 16:51
Pouliot: 13:28----------------------Visnovsky: 16:48

Even Strength Ice Time:

Forwards--------------Defencemen
Hemsky: 16:21-----------------------Visnovsky: 16:13
Horcoff: 15:35-------------------Grebeshkov: 15:43

Moreau: 14:28-------------------------Souray: 15:42

Cole: 13:18------------------Gilbert: 15:35
Penner: 13:13------------------Staios: 14:07
Cogliano: 12:59------------------Strudwick: 13:36

PowerPlay Ice Time

Forwards--------------Defencemen

Hemsky: 2:45-----------------------Souray: 2:45
Horcoff: 2:45-------------------Gilbert: 2:27
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Shorthanded Ice Time

Forwards--------------Defencemen
Horcoff: 5:01--------------------Staios: 6:10
Moreau: 4:38-------------------Souray: 5:23
Brodziak: 4:03-------------- Gilbert: 4:53
Pouliot: 3:00-------------- Strudwick: 4:49
Reddox: 2:34------------------Grebeshkov: 1:08

Shots + Shots that were blocked + Missed Shots (Total - 19+13+6 = 38)
Souray - 4+1+1 = 6
Horcoff - 4+1+1 = 6
Hemsky - 1+2+1 = 4
Penner - 3+0+0 = 3
Moreau - 1+2+0 = 3
Reddox - 1+1+1= 3
Nilsson - 1+2+0 = 3

Hits (22 total)
Moreau, Reddox, Penner, Cole - 3

Giveaways (2 total)
Hemsky, Strudwick - 1

Takeaways (6 total)
Brodziak - 2

Blocked shots (18 total)
Moreau, Gilbert, Visnovsky, Staios, Pouliot - 3

Game # 19 - Pre-Game Info - vs. Columbus Blue Jackets - Tuesday November 18, 2008

2008-11-17T23:54:00.000-07:00

Edmonton Oilers @ Columbus Blue Jackets

Tuesday November 18, 2008 @ 5:00pm
T.V. - TSN

2008-09 Winning Percentage

2008-09 Goals For Per Game

2008-09 Goals Against Per Game

2008-09 PP%

2008-09 PK%

2008-09 Shots/Game

2008-09 Shots Against/Game

THIS TIME LAST YEAR
After 18 games last season: 15 Points
After 18 games this season : 17 Points

After 18 games last season: 37 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)
After 18 games this season : 42 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)

After 18 games last season: 56 Total Goals Allowed (SO goals not counted)
After 18 games this season : 55 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)

LAST YEAR vs. Columbus
4 GP - 3-1-0
1 Shootout Win, 1 Overtime Win
GF: 10 GA: 9
PP Stats: 2/15 = 13.3%
PK Stats: 16/18 = 88.9%
Shots For = 94 = 23.5 per game
Shots Against = 139 = 34.8 per game

On The Road vs. Columbus
1-1
1 Overtime Win
GF: 4 GA: 5
PP Stats: 1/6 = 16.7%
PK Stats: 6/7 = 85.7%
Shots For = 45 = 22.5 per game

Shots Against = 64 = 32.0 per game

News and Notes
A)

B)

Game # 18 - Post-Game Info - vs. Detroit Red Wings - Monday November 17, 2008

2008-11-17T17:33:00.005-07:00

Feel free to rate how you feel the Oil did tonight!
I will have combined stats for tonight and tomorrow's game up tomorrow evening after the game.

David Staples of the Cult Of Hockey asked if could rate the game tonight, so here are my rankings:

Gagner - (6) The only thing keeping Gagner from receive a 5 was that he had 3 shots on net, and was 50% in the faceoff dot, with 8 wins. For the most part, I didn't notice him at all.

Hemsky - (5) Could really take a page out of Datsyuk and Zetterburg's books - they're so useful and dangerous in all situations, and never quit. 1 shot, 3 giveaways. That's why he gets a 5. Not too much keeping him from 4 tonight.

Moreau - (5) Bad call on the penalty in the first - I didn't think it was a penalty. Had a nice hit in Lilja. No shots on net. Looked flatfooted for most of the night.

Horcoff - (5) Still looks a step behind. Cement hands on the 5-on-3 PP. However, he did do well on the PK. 5 shots directed on net, 1 hit, 2 giveaways.

Cogliano - (7) - Good speed on the 2-on-1's - would have liked to see some finish though. I thought he was the best Oiler tonight that wasn't named Roloson or Souray. He's lucky he didn't get a 6 with a 20% in the faceoff dot. However, he did have his legs, and I thought showed a lot of hustle.

Nilsson - (6) Showed some good hustle, had a few decent chances, but couldn't finish. 3 shots on net, but I'm still not sold. There were a few bad decisions with the puck, luckily none of them ended up in the net. Wasn't the worst Oiler tonight, but could have played better.

Pisani - (6) Had 2 hits, and 1 shot on net in limited action. Not a second liner game, but a Pisani game. He's on the 2nd line, but isn't a 2nd line player - which is in no way his fault. Hopefully he's not too badly hurt, although it looked pretty bad.

Cole - (4) - Was given 2 hits on the stat sheet, but I didn't notice him at all. He's getting a 4 because he had over 4 minutes on the PP, and did absolutely nothing. Horcoff played roughly the same game but got a 5 because he at least contributed on the PK.

Reddox (6) - Piss and vinegar indeed. Looked like he was flying early on. Didn't notice him too much in the later half of hte game, but had 3 hits, and did a good job on the PK.

Stortini - (4) - Lost the fight. Didn't do too much else.

Brodziak - (5) Looked flat footed on the second Wings goal. 29% in the faceoff dot, zero hits a game after being benched for not being physical enough.

Pouliot - (5) HIT THE NET!! Three missed shots, 1 shot that was blocked, no hits, no shots on net, 1 blocked shot. Nothing much else. Had a bit of energy, but I still don't know what he's doing on the team. What is his role?

Souray - (7) Bad penalty on Holmstrom, but a great job on the 2nd PP to keep the puck in and get shots on net. Can't blame him on his second penalty. Directed 10 shots on net - second only to Hossa who had 12. Played solid all night long. Along with Cogs, the best Oiler out there.

Visnovsky - (5) Really bad pass early in the first, and never really got any better. 1 shot, 1 hit, 1 blocked shot. The Wings directed 67 shots on net. He's got to do a better job than that. Didn't do much tonight.

Staios - (5) You could have told me he wasn't playing tonight, and I would have believed you. He had one decent pinch, blocked 2 shots, but didn't do much else.

Strudwick - (6) - Solid on the PK all night, directed 3 shots on net, blocked another 3. I'm (__) <--- this close to giving him a 7, simply based on the subpar play of everyone else. It's not like some of the guys played terrible, but they all played kinda crappy. Grebeshkov - (6) A few good passes, but well below his regular standard of play. I normally have him at a steady 7 most nights, but did not look good on the Franzen goal. Was also on the ice on the first PP goal against.

Gilbert - (6) - Nice play on the PK 5-3. Nice job knocking the net off the posts and not getting called for it on the PK. Him and Grebby did not look good on the Franzen goal, but overall I didn't think he played too poorly. I think a 5.5 might be better for both him and Grebby, but I'll round up.

Roloson - (7) I only got two looks at the second goal, and I don't really know what to think about it. On the first goal, I don't think he had much chance. Roli looked like he was playing with a lot of confidence, and I thought he had really good rebound control. Can't blame him at all when the Wings directed 67 shots to the net. 37 saves deserves a 7.

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Game # 18 - Pre-Game Info - vs. Detroit Red Wings - Monday November 17, 2008

2008-11-16T21:37:00.005-07:00

Edmonton Oilers @ Detroit Red Wings

Monday November 17, 2008 @ 5:30pm
T.V. - Sportsnet

2008-09 Winning Percentage

2008-09 Goals For Per Game

2008-09 Goals Against Per Game

2008-09 PP%

2008-09 PK%

2008-09 Shots/Game

2008-09 Shots Against/Game

THIS TIME LAST YEAR
After 17 games last season: 13 Points
After 17 games this season : 17 Points

After 17 games last season: 37 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)
After 17 games this season : 42 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)

After 17 games last season: 56 Total Goals Allowed (SO goals not counted)
After 17 games this season : 51 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)

LAST YEAR vs. Detroit
4 GP - 2-2
2 Shootout Wins
GF: 9 GA: 12
PP Stats: 2/17 = 11.8%
PK Stats: 14/19 = 73.7%
Shots For = 90 = 22.5 per game
Shots Against = 154 = 38.5 per game

On The Road
1-1
1 Shootout Win
GF: 5 GA: 7
PP Stats: 1/8 = 12.5%
PK Stats: 7/9 = 77.8%
Shots For = 45 = 22.5 per game

Shots Against = 77 = 38.5 per game

News and Notes
A)

B)

C)

Game # 17 - Post-Game Info - vs. Colorado Avalanche - Saturday November 15, 2008

2008-11-15T23:51:00.002-07:00

Hey all. So, I was at the game tonight with my girlfriend and her father - her mom was supposed to come, but couldn't make it out. I won't be doing a post game tonight, but will hopefully get it done tomorrow after the parents leave.

I did want to let everyone know that if you were watching the game tonight, I personally started the Lets Go Oilers chant 3 times. It was all me! Once was at about the 14 minute markish of the first period - the last Lets Go Oilers of the first. The second one was at the 11:30ish mark of the second, and I got another one going in the third. It was awesome.

As for the game - I still hate Pouliot, and I'm still not a fan of Nilsson, but I do recognize he had a good game.
I still think something's wrong with Horcoff's shoulder - and this has nothing to do with the empty net miss. There's something missing in his game.

Anyways, I thought it was a pretty good game overall, but I really want to hear/see what people thought of those two final penalties. I thought the first one was deserved, but I have no idea what happened on Pisani's penalty.

Was it as bad as I thought it was? Did the ref royally screw up? I thought the officiating was pretty poor...

Game # 17 - Pre-Game Info - vs. Colorado Avalanche - Saturday November 15, 2008

2008-11-14T18:38:00.005-07:00

Colorado Avalanche @ Edmonton Oilers

Saturday November 15, 2008 @ 8:00pm
T.V. - CBC HNIC

2008-09 Winning Percentage

2008-09 Goals For Per Game

2008-09 Goals Against Per Game

2008-09 PP%

2008-09 PK%

2008-09 Shots/Game

2008-09 Shots Against/Game

THIS TIME LAST YEAR
After 15 games last season: 11 Points
After 15 games in 2006-07: 15 Points
After 15 games in 2005-06: 17 Points
After 15 games this season : 17 Points

After 15 games last season: 33 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)
After 15 games in 2006-07: 40 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)
After 15 games in 2005-06: 47 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)
After 15 games this season : 40 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)

After 15 games last season: 54 Total Goals Allowed (SO goals not counted)
After 15 games in 2006-07: 41 Total Goals Allowed (SO goals not counted)
After 15 games in 2005-06: 45 Total Goals Allowed (SO goals not counted)
After 15 games this season : 49 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)

LAST YEAR vs. Colorado
8 GP - 2-4-2
2 Shootout Loses
GF: 24 GA: 30
PP Stats: 4/28 = 14.3%
PK Stats: 31/34 = 91.2%
Shots For = 193 = 24.13 per game
Shots Against = 265 = 33.13 per game

At Home
2-2
GF: 14 GA: 14
PP Stats: 1/13 = 7.7%
PK Stats: 19/20 = 95%
Shots For = 92 = 23.0 per game

Shots Against = 116 = 29.0 per game

News and Notes
A) Budaj won 5/6 games against the Oilers last season...

B) Holy shite that game sucked last night...

C)

Game # 16 - Post-Game Info - vs. Toronto Maple Leafs - Thursday November 13, 2008

2008-11-13T22:33:00.002-07:00

I just got back from the game about 20 minutes ago, and I'm do sad to do a post game report. I might not even do it tomorrow. *sigh*

Stay tuned. Tomorrow afternoon/evening I'll either have a post game from tonight, or a pre-game for Saturday.

*SIGH*

Game # 16 - Pre-Game Info - vs. Toronto Maple Leafs - Thursday November 13, 2008

2008-11-12T23:16:00.001-07:00

Edmonton Oilers vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

Monday November 10, 2008 @ 7:00pm
T.V. - Sportsnet West

2008-09 Winning Percentage

2008-09 Goals For Per Game

2008-09 Goals Against Per Game

2008-09 PP%

2008-09 PK%

2008-09 Shots/Game

2008-09 Shots Against/Game

THIS TIME LAST YEAR
After 15 games last season: 10 Points
After 15 games this season : 17 Points

After 15 games last season: 30 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)
After 15 games this season : 38 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)

After 15 games last season: 51 Total Goals Allowed (SO goals not counted)
After 15 games this season : 44 Total Goals Allowed (SO goals not counted)

LAST YEAR vs. Eastern Conference
10 GP - 5-4-1
2 Shootout Wins
1 Shootout Loss
GF: 30 GA: 32
PP Stats: 8/36 = 22.2%
PK Stats: 39/45 = 86.7%
Shots For = 275 = 27.5 per game
Shots Against = 311 = 31.1 per game

@ Home Vs. Eastern Opponents
3-2
1 Shootout Win
GF: 14 GA: 12
PP Stats: 3/15 = 20.0%
PK Stats: 16/19 = 84.2%
Shots For = 132 = 26.40 per game
Shots Against = 155 = 31.00 per game

News and Notes
A) As I'm sure most people have seen, MacIntyre has been placed on the IR, and the Oil claimed pugilist Jesse Boulerice off waivers.

B)

15 Game Report

2008-11-12T03:59:00.002-07:00

Here's a 15 game report looking at the Oilers this year, compared to last.

Goals Per Game: 2.53 ---------------------------- 25th in the league (2.68 - T-17th in 07-08)

Goals Against Per Game: 2.93 ------------------- T-16th in the league (3.01 - 26th in 07-08)

PowerPlay Percent: 17.7% ------------------------ 15th in the league (16.6% - T-20th in 07-08)

Penalty Kill Percent: 77.6% ----------------------- 25th in the league (84.7% - 5th in 07-08)

Shots per game: 27.8 ------------------------------- 22nd in the league (26.3 - 28th in 07-08)

Shots against per game: 32.5 ---------------------- 27th in the league (31.4 - 25th in 07-08)

Win % When Scoring First - 83.3% --------------- 3rd in the league (75.0% - 8th in 07-08)

Win % When Scored Against First - 33.3% ------- 16th in the league (30.4% - 15th in 07-08)

Win % When Leading after 1 - 100% -------------- T-1st in the league (69.6% - 24th in 07-08)

Win % When Leading after 2 - 100% ------------- T-1st in the league (82.8% - 21st in 07-08)

Win % When Outshooting - 50% ----------------- T-17th in the league (44.0% - 23rd in 07-08)

Win % When Outshot - 54.5% -------------------- 12th in the league (53.6% - 5th in 07-08)

Faceoff % - 46.1% ---------------------------------- 28th in the league (50.5% - T-11th in 07-08)

Goals for 1st period: 6 --------------- 30th in the league (67 - T-10th in the league)

Goals for 2nd period: 22 --------------- 1st in the league (80 - T-13th in the league)

Goals for 3rd period: 10 --------------- T-25th in the league (69 - T-15th in the league)

Goals against 1st period: 13 --------------- T-11th most in the league (67 - T-13th in the league)

Goals against 2nd period: 17 --------------- T-7th most in the league (87 - 5th worst in the league)

Goals against 3rd period: 13--------------- T-16th most in the league (91 - 5th worst in the league)

5 on 5 goals for: 24 --------------- 18th in the league (146 - 11th in the league)

5 on 5 goals against: 26 ---------- 11th worst in the league (169 - 4th worst in the league)

Powerplay goals for: 11 -------------------- T-17th in the league (57 - T-21st in the league)

Power play goals against: 15 -------------- T-5th worst in the league (56 - T-7th in the league)

1 goal game Win %: 70% --------------- 4th in the league (64.1% - 1st in the league)

PIM/G: 17.8 -------------------- 10th highest in the league (14.3 - T-19th highest in the league)

Game # 14 & 15 - Post-Game Info - @ New Jersey & New York - Nov 9 & 10, 2008

2008-11-11T02:08:00.001-07:00

New Lines For The Final Two Games Of The Road Trip:

Penner(Moreau) - Gagner - Hemsky
Pisani - Horcoff - Cole
Pouliot - Cogliano - Moreau (Penner)
Nilsson - Brodziak - Stortini

Souray - Visnovsky
Gilbert - Grebeshkov
Staios - Strudwick

Goalie:
Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers

Edmonton Oilers 2
(Souray, Hemsky(PP), / Deslauriers)

@

New Jersey Devils 1
(Parise / Clemmensen)

&

Edmonton Oilers 3
(Cole, Brodziak, (Hemmer SO winner) / Deslauriers)

@

New York Rangers 2
(Mara, Drury / Lundqvist)

Faceoffs:
Offensive Zone: 24/39 - 61.5%
Deffensive Zone: 21/44 - 47.7%
Neutral Zone: 21/41 - 51.2%

Total: 66/124 - 53.2%

PP: 8/13 - 61.5%
PK: 6/14 - 42.9%

Horcoff: 23/40 - 57.5%
Cogliano: 6/13 - 46.2%
Brodziak: 15/25 - 60.0%
Gagner: 15/30 - 50.0%

Points (G-A-Pts):
Visnovsky - 0-3-3
Hemsky- 1-1-2
Souray - 1-1-2
Cole - 1-0-1
Brodziak 1-0-1
Deslauriers - 0-1-1
Pisani - 0-1-1
Horcoff - 0-1-1

Ice Time:

Forwards--------------Defencemen
Horcoff: 40:00-----------------------Souray: 48:44
Hemsky: 38:03------------------- Visnovsky: 47:03

Gagner: 35:14-------------------------Gilbert: 43:09

Moreau: 34:46------------------Grebeshkov: 39:34
Pisani: 33:37------------------Staios: 37:39
Penner: 33:13----------------------Strudwick: 33:53

Even Strength Ice Time:

Forwards--------------Defencemen
Hemsky: 30:24-----------------------Visnovsky: 38:16
Gagner: 30:07-------------------Gilbert: 37:46

Moreau: 29:41-------------------------Grebeshkov: 37:21

Pouliot: 28:41------------------Souray: 34:12
Penner: 28:40------------------Staios: 30:27
Horcoff: 28:31------------------Strudwick: 28:50

PowerPlay Ice Time

Forwards--------------Defencemen

Hemsky: 7:39-----------------------Lubo: 8:45
Horcoff: 6:03-------------------Souray: 8:01
Gagner: 4:28--------------------------Grebeshkov: 1:47
Penner: 3:51----------------------Gilbert: 0:37

Shorthanded Ice Time

Forwards--------------Defencemen
Pisani: 5:40--------------------Staios: 7:12
Brodziak: 5:28-------------------Souray: 6:31
Horcoff: 5:26-------------- Strudwick: 5:03
Moreau: 4:37-------------- Gilbert: 4:46
Cogliano: 1:28------------------Grebeshkov: 0:26

Shots + Shots that were blocked + Missed Shots (Total - 59+21+13 = 93)
Souray - 6+3+3 = 12
Gilbert - 4+4+2 = 10
Hemsky - 6+2+1 = 9
Moreau - 5+1+2 = 8
Penner - 4+2+1 = 7
Lubo - 6+0+0 = 6
Horcoff - 5+0+1 = 6
Cogliano - 4+2+0 = 6

Hits (37 total)
Penner - 5
Souray, Pisani, Staios - 4

Giveaways (9 total)
Moreau - 2

Takeaways (12 total)
Moreau, Gagner, Penner - 2

Blocked shots (21 total)
Grebeshkov, Staios - 3
Gilbert, Lubo, Pouliot, Horcoff - 2

Game # 15 - Pre-Game Info - @ New York Rangers - Monday November 10, 2008

2008-11-10T07:21:00.002-07:00

Edmonton Oilers @ New York Rangers

Monday November 10, 2008 @ 5:00pm
T.V. - Sportsnet West

2008-09 Winning Percentage

2008-09 Goals For Per Game

2008-09 Goals Against Per Game

2008-09 PP%

2008-09 PK%

2008-09 Shots/Game

2008-09 Shots Against/Game

THIS TIME LAST YEAR
After 14 games last season: 10 Points
After 14 games this season : 15 Points

After 14 games last season: 28 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)
After 14 games this season : 36 Total Goals Scored

After 14 games last season: 46 Total Goals Allowed (SO goals not counted)
After 14 games this season : 42 Total Goals Allowed

LAST YEAR vs. Eastern Conference
10 GP - 5-4-1
2 Shootout Wins
1 Shootout Loss
GF: 30 GA: 32
PP Stats: 8/36 = 22.2%
PK Stats: 39/45 = 86.7%
Shots For = 275 = 27.5 per game
Shots Against = 311 = 31.1 per game

On The Road vs. East
2-2-1
1 Shootout Win
1 Shootout Loss
GF: 16 GA: 20
PP Stats: 5/21 = 23.8%
PK Stats: 23/26 = 88.5%
Shots For = 143 = 28.6 per game
Shots Against = 156 = 31.2 per game

News and Notes
A) There's a lot of question as to which goalie will start tonight. I personally think Garon needs to get back between the pipes. Deslauriers had a really good game, against a team that was decimated with injuries. Without Holik, Rolston, Gionta, and Paul Martin, the Devils weren't exactly the behemoth on offense that New York is. I don't want to say it was a soft start for the kid, because he did impress me - to a degree. Guaranteed if he played that same game against the Rangers, we would have lost. His first two periods, he coughed up so many rebounds I thought he had whooping cough. If he does that against the best team in the East, and not the Devils, the Oilers come away with a loss.
Again, I have nothing against the kid, but I think we need to ease him in a bit more. I'd like to see Garon, or Roli in net.

B) Smid is doubtful again tonight. I can't really see them playing him. I think they'd like to rest him up some more, and play him against Toronto.

C) I thought the new lines looked really good last night. There seemed to be a lot more energy on each of the lines. Gagner still looked like he was struggling. A few bad decisions, but he'll learn, now that he's back to playing center. Hopefully MacT saw some things he liked...

Game # 14 - Pre-Game Info - @ New Jersey - Sunday November 9, 2008

2008-11-09T00:49:00.000-07:00

Edmonton Oilers @ New Jersey Devils (pre game stats do not include New Jersey's 3-1 loss to Detroit on Saturday night)

Sunday November 9, 2008 @ 5:30pm
T.V. - Sportsnet West

2008-09 Winning Percentage

2008-09 Goals For Per Game

2008-09 Goals Against Per Game

2008-09 PP%

2008-09 PK%

2008-09 Shots/Game

2008-09 Shots Against/Game

THIS TIME LAST YEAR
After 13 games last season: 10 Points
After 13 games this season : 13 Points

After 13 games last season: 27 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)
After 13 games this season : 34 Total Goals Scored

After 13 games last season: 42 Total Goals Allowed (SO goals not counted)
After 13 games this season : 41 Total Goals Allowed

LAST YEAR vs. Eastern Conference
10 GP - 5-4-1
2 Shootout Wins
1 Shootout Loss
GF: 30 GA: 32
PP Stats: 8/36 = 22.2%
PK Stats: 39/45 = 86.7%
Shots For = 275 = 27.5 per game
Shots Against = 311 = 31.1 per game

On The Road vs. East
2-2-1
1 Shootout Win
1 Shootout Loss
GF: 16 GA: 20
PP Stats: 5/21 = 23.8%
PK Stats: 23/26 = 88.5%
Shots For = 143 = 28.6 per game
Shots Against = 156 = 31.2 per game

News and Notes
A) Peckham was sent back down to Springfield over the weekend, meaning either Smid, or Grebeshkov will be back in the lineup tonight against New Jersey - although I guess its possible that both could be in, over Strudwick. I haven't read much this weekend, so if you're in the know, let me know!

B) It looks like the kid line could be broken up. I'm guessing this'll mean we'll see Cole on the second line, and then maybe Nilsson or Gags on the third. I'm assuming MacT will keep Penner up on the first unit, as he's looked decent back up there, and Cole hasn't been able to find any real chemsitry on the first or third lines, so I'm thinking a second line role for him might be in the cards. This will give a much more physical element to the 2nd unit - something I've been calling for since the preaseason. I've mentioned in at least 3 posts this year that the second line has looked simply overwhelmed this season - in the regular and pre-season. Putting Cole on the second line would help with that. This of course is mere speculation on my part, but I would love to see MacT try it out.

C)

Game # 13 - Post-Game Info - @ Pittsburgh - Thursday November 6, 2008

2008-11-06T17:24:00.005-07:00

Hey all. As promised here's a look at the back-to-back games - both of which ended up in 5-4 loses for the Oil. All stats are combined over the two games.

Edmonton Oilers 4
(Cogliano, Moreau, Hemsky, Brodziak / Roloson)

@

Columbus Blue Jackets 5
(Huselius, Brassard, Umberger, Modin, Malhotra / Mason)

&

Edmonton Oilers 4
(Pisani, Gilbert, Hemsky, Souray / Garon (5GA) & Deslauriers (0GA)

@

Pittsburgh Penguins 5
(Satan, Talbon, Satan, Sykora, Sykora / Fleury)

Faceoffs:
Offensive Zone: 14/34 - 41.2%
Deffensive Zone: 12/42 - 28.6%
Neutral Zone: 27/51 - 52.9%

Total: 53/127 - 41.7%

PP: 9/20 - 45%
PK: 9/23 - 39%

Horcoff: 25/51 - 49.0%
Cogliano: 2/12 - 16.7%
Pisani: 9/23 - 39.1%
Brodziak: 7/22 - 31.8%
Gagner: 7/15 - 46.7%

Points (G-A-Pts):
Nilsson: 0-1-1
Cogliano: 1-0-1
Moreau: 1-1-2
Pisani: 1-1-2
Souray: 1-1-2
Brodziak: 1-1-2
Gilbert: 1-2-3
Pouliot: 0-1-1
Hemsky: 2-0-2
Staios: 0-1-1
Cole: 0-1-1
Penner: 0-1-1

Ice Time:

Forwards--------------Defencemen
Horcoff: 42:51-----------------------Souray: 57:45
Hemsky: 37:45------------------- Visnovsky: 56:03

Cole: 35:25-------------------------Staios: 41:05

Penner: 33:25------------------Gilbert: 34:43
Moreau: 32:47------------------Strudwick: 34:20
Pisani: 29:38----------------------

Even Strength Ice Time:

Forwards--------------Defencemen
Hemsky: 26:28-----------------------Visnovsky: 37:25
Penner: 25:01-------------------Souray: 30:12

Cole: 24:55-------------------------Staios: 29:53

Moreau: 24:47------------------Gilbert: 27:14
Gagner: 23:19------------------Strudwick: 24:37

PowerPlay Ice Time

Forwards--------------Defencemen

Hemsky: 11:17-----------------------Souray: 15:52
Horcoff: 11:10-------------------Visnovsky: 14:42
Cole: 7:38--------------------------Gilbert: 3:23
Penner: 6:00-----

Shorthanded Ice Time

Forwards--------------Defencemen
Horcoff: 8:59--------------------Souray: 11:44
Moreau: 6:58-------------------Staios: 10:06
Brodziak: 5:51-------------- Strudwick: 9:34
Pisani: 5:38-------------- Gilbert: 5:06
Cogliano: 3:23------------------Visnovsky: 2:56

Shots + Shots that were blocked + Missed Shots (Total - 57+26+25 = 108)
Souray - 9+5+3 = 17
Visnovsky - 4+4+5 = 13
Hemsky - 7+4+2 = 13
Horcoff - 6+4+2 = 12
Moreau - 5+1+2 = 8
Cole - 3+1+4 = 8
Pisani - 4+2+1 = 7
Gilbert - 5+1+1 = 7

Hits (37 total)
Pisani, Morea- 5
Souray, Strudwick - 4
Staios - 3

Giveaways (18 total)
Visnovsky - 5
Brodziak - 3
Horcoff, Cole - 2

Takeaways (5 total)
Pisani - 2

Blocked shots (39 total)
Strudwick - 7
Lubo, Staios - 5
Moreau, Gilbert - 4

NOTES FROM THE PITTSBURGH GAME

- Peckham played really hard against Sid on the first goal, but got caught a little out of position.
- Right after the first goal, Pouliot tried to get pretty leaving the zone and coughed it up bad
- Brodziak followed that up with a weak clearing attempt
- Something that I noted in the pre-season continued in this game, as the kids keep getting outplayed in their own zone. They simply get outworked by the opposition
- Gilbert was stainding around not covering anyone on the first goal - and missed getting the puck out to start the play
- Nice work by Cole using his body behind the net, and then feeding the point
- Bad pinch by Lubo on the 2nd goal
- It looked like we had really good movement on the PP
- Gagner got destroyed on the face off and coverage on that 4th goal
- Jezus, what's with all the ex-Oilers eating us up? Torres, Sykora, Satan
- Nice work Peckham! I really liked his game tonight - despite some defensive lapses, for his 2nd game in the NHL I thought he looked really good.
- Almost made a game of it. Nice try boys

Game # 13 - Pre-Game Info - @ Pittsburgh - Thursday November 6, 2008

2008-11-05T22:48:00.001-07:00

Edmonton Oilers @ Pittsburgh Penguins

Thursday November 6, 2008 @ 5:00pm
T.V. - Sportsnet West

2008-09 Winning Percentage

2008-09 Goals For Per Game

2008-09 Goals Against Per Game

2008-09 PP%

2008-09 PK%

2008-09 Shots/Game

2008-09 Shots Against/Game

THIS TIME LAST YEAR
After 12 games last season: 10 Points
After 12 games this season : 13 Points

After 12 games last season: 26 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)
After 12 games this season : 30 Total Goals Scored

After 12 games last season: 40 Total Goals Allowed (SO goals not counted)
After 12 games this season : 36 Total Goals Allowed

LAST YEAR vs. Eastern Conference
10 GP - 5-4-1
2 Shootout Wins
1 Shootout Loss
GF: 30 GA: 32
PP Stats: 8/36 = 22.2%
PK Stats: 39/45 = 86.7%
Shots For = 275 = 27.5 per game
Shots Against = 311 = 31.1 per game

On The Road vs. East
2-2-1
1 Shootout Win
1 Shootout Loss
GF: 16 GA: 20
PP Stats: 5/21 = 23.8%
PK Stats: 23/26 = 88.5%
Shots For = 143 = 28.6 per game
Shots Against = 156 = 31.2 per game

News and Notes
A) Garon will be back in net tonight. Hopefully he can outperform Roli. As much as people aren't blaming or talking poorly about Roli, I just can't shake the fact that he's let in 9 goals in the last 2 games...He might not have played poorly, but he's gotta steal a game sometimes.

B) Grebeshkov has been placed in the IR, and Peckham has been recalled. It looks like Smid has a concussion, so we could very well see Peckham in a game or two on the rest of the road trip.

Game # 12 - Post-Game Info - @ Columbus - Wednesday November 5, 2008

2008-11-05T21:41:00.001-07:00

Due to the quick turnaround between games, I'm going to combine tonight and tomorrow's game for a back-to-back statistical look at the middle games of the road trip.

I will have an updated pre-game post ready in the morning.

Game # 12 - Pre-Game Info - @ Columbus - Wednesday November 5, 2008

2008-11-05T04:59:00.006-07:00

Edmonton Oilers @ Columbus Blue Jackets

Wednesday November 5, 2008 @ 5:30pm
T.V. - TSN

2008-09 Winning Percentage

2008-09 Goals For Per Game

2008-09 Goals Against Per Game

2008-09 PP%

2008-09 PK%

2008-09 Shots/Game

2008-09 Shots Against/Game

THIS TIME LAST YEAR
After 11 games last season: 8 Points
After 11 games this season : 13 Points

After 11 games last season: 24 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)
After 11 games this season : 26 Total Goals Scored

After 11 games last season: 38 Total Goals Allowed (SO goals not counted)
After 11 games this season : 31 Total Goals Allowed

LAST YEAR vs. Columbus
4 GP - 3-1-0
1 Shootout Win, 1 Overtime Win
GF: 10 GA: 9
PP Stats: 2/15 = 13.3%
PK Stats: 16/18 = 88.9%
Shots For = 94 = 23.5 per game
Shots Against = 139 = 34.8 per game

On The Road vs. Columbus
1-1
1 Overtime Win
GF: 4 GA: 5
PP Stats: 1/6 = 16.7%
PK Stats: 6/7 = 85.7%
Shots For = 45 = 22.5 per game

Shots Against = 64 = 32.0 per game

News and Notes
A) It looks like Garon will be back in net tonight. CORRECTION: Dwayne Roloson will get the start tonight, as MacT chooses to go with the hot goalie.

B) It also looks like Grebeshkov could be back in the lineup. CORRECTION: MacT will go with the "hot" lineup from the past two games. That means Grebby will sit (and rest his concussed head) while Strudwick and Smid will be in.

C) Did Stevie T ask MacT to get Roli as many games in on this Eastern US road swing? Could be. There might be some interest out east with Brodeur hurt, and a few teams goalies under performing. We do play the Devils and the Rangers. Maybe Roli gets one or both of those starts. I'd have to assume that unless Roli plays fantastic tonight, Garon will get the start tomorrow in Pittsburgh.

Quite the mess in net right now...

D) According to my stats, the Oil are currently 26 for 77 in faceoffs on the PK. That's good for 34%. No wondering our PK is ranked last in the league...Our PP is at 46%, EVS we're at 45%, and total we're at 44%

Quick Update

2008-11-04T17:35:00.002-07:00

Hey all. Just a quick note. I was planning on doing some stats work on the Oilers as a team through the first 10 games, but I don't really like the sample size right now. I'm going to wait until after the 15th game, and do a more indepth look comparing last season to this season - so tune in next week on Tuesday and Wednesday to get a look at that.

Oki doki, that's all for me. Talk to you later!

10 Game Review Part 2

2008-11-03T15:37:00.004-07:00

Here's the second part of my 10 game review. Scroll down to the end of this post for the previous post on offensive stats through the first 10 games.

TIME ON ICE PER HIT
MacIntyre - 3:13----------(8 hits)
Stortini - 5:02-------------(7 hits)
Cole - 5:30-----------------(28 hits)
Moreau - 6:02-------------(25 hits)
Strudwick - 7:19-----------(13 hits)
Smid - 8:35----------------(10 hits)
Staios - 12:31--------------(12 hits)
Grebeshkov - 19:40------(10 hits)
Brodziak - 21:10----------(6 hits)
Penner - 24:48-----------(6 hits)
Pouliot - 25:04-----------(4 hits)
Nilsson - 27:39-----------(6 hits)
Cogliano - 28:44---------(5 hits)
Pisani - 29:28------------(4 hits)
Visnovsky - 31:26--------(8 hits)
Souray - 36:13------------(6 hits)
Hemsky - 45:54-----------(4 hits)
Gilbert - 52:45------------(4 hits)
Gagner - 80:25-----------(2 hits)
Horcoff - 206:37---------(1 hit)

TOP TEN SHOT BLOCKERS - TIME ON ICE PER BLOCKED SHOT
Staios - 8:50-----------(17 BKS)
Gilbert - 10:02--------(21 BKS)
Visnovsky - 10:56-----(23 BKS)
Moreau - 16:46--------(9 BKS)
Stortini - 17:37--------(2 BKS)
Penner - 18:36--------(8 BKS)
Strudwick - 19:02----(5 BKS)
Smid - 21:29----------(4 BKS)
Souray - 21:43--------(10 BKS)
Grebeshkov - 21:5---(9 BKS)

TIME ON ICE PER GOAL SCORED AGAINST (Top 10)
Stortini - 8:48 (4 GA)
MacIntyre - 12:55 (2 GA)
Grebeshkov - 17:52 (11 GA)
Staios - 18:46 (8 GA)
Strudwick - 19:02 (5 GA)
Gilbert - 19:10 (11 GA)
Brodziak - 21:09 (6 GA)
Penner - 21:15 (7 GA)
Moreau - 21:33 (7 GA)
Hemsky - 22:57 (8 GA)

TIME ON ICE PER GOAL SCORED FOR (Top 10)
Horcoff - 17:13 (12 GF)
Hemsky - 18:21 (10 GF)
Visnovsky - 19:21 (13 GF)
Souray - 19:45 (11 GF)
Moreau - 21:33 (7 GF)
Cole - 22:03 (7 GF)
Pisani - 23:34 (5 GF)
Staios - 25:02 (6 GF)
Nilsson - 27:39 (6 GF)
Grebeshkov - 28:05 (7 GF)

DIVISONAL SPLITS (5 DV games, 5 ODV games)
DIV POINTS PER GAME
Hemsky - 1.00
Souray - 1.00
Grebeshkov - 0.80
Moreau - 0.80
Pisani - 0.67
Cogliano - 0.60
Nilsson - 0.60
Horcoff, Penner, Pouliot,Visnovsky - 0.40

ODIV POINTS PER GAME
Horcoff - 0.80
Hemsky, Visnovsky - 0.60
Souray, Moreau - 0.40
Grebeshkov, Cogliano, Nilsson, Cole - 0.20

FACEOFF PERCENTS
Brodziak - 55.8%
Pisani - 49.3%
Horcoff - 46.2%
Gagner - 41.7%
Cogliano - 40.3%

10 Game Review

2008-11-02T21:16:00.007-07:00

Hey all. I figured since we've got a few days off between games I'd do a 10 game review of the season. This does not include the 5-4 win over Philly (since that was the 11th game). I'll be posting on both Monday and Tuesday, so check back! Heck, I might even post twice in one day!

Through the first 10 games:

Even Strength Time On Ice Per ES Point (How many ES minutes played per point scored)

Ethan Moreau - 20:14 (6 even strength points)

Andrew Cogliano - 29:11 (4 even strength points)
Robert Nilsson - 46:31 (3 even strength points)
Marc-Antoine Pouliot - 47:25 (2 even strength points)
Fernando Pisani - 47:41 (2 even strength points)
Denis Grebeshkov - 50:34 (3 even strength points)
Dustin Penner - 60:08 (2 even strength points)
Shawn Horcoff - 72:11 (2 even strength points)
Sheldon Souray - 75:21 (2 even strength points)
Jason Strudwick - 79:06 (1 even strength points)
Steve Staios - 116:27 (1 even strength points)
Sam Gagner - 129:32 (1 even strength points)
Ales Hemsky - 143:41 (1 even strength points)
Tom Gilbert - 161:39 (1 even strength points)
Lubomir Visnovsky - 193:56 (1 even strength points)
Brodziak, Cole, MacIntyre, Smid, and Stortini all had 0 ES points in the first 10 games

Power Play Time On Ice Per PP Point (How many PP minutes played per point scored)

Ales Hemsky - 5:16 (7 power play points)
Sheldon Souray - 8:51 (4 power play points)
Shawn Horcoff - 9:14 (4 power play points)
Denis Grebeshkov - 10:58 (2 power play points)
Lubomir Visnovsky - 11:16 (4 power play points)
Erik Cole - 15:43 (2 power play points)
Robert Nilsson - 25:14 (1 power play points)

Power Play Time On Ice Per PP Goal Scored For (Like Plus/Minus for the PP - but just the Plus stat)

Erik Cole - 5:14 (On Ice For 6 PPGF)
Ales Hemsky - 5:16 (On Ice For 7 PPGF)
Shawn Horcoff - 5:17 (On Ice For 7 PPGF)
Lubomir Visnovsky - 5:38 (On Ice For 8 PPGF)
Sheldon Souray - 5:54 (On Ice For 6 PPGF)
Dustin Penner - 8:16 (On Ice For 1 PPGF)
Denis Grebeshkov - 10:58 (On Ice For 2 PPGF)
Sam Gagner - 22:00 (On Ice For 1 PPGF)
Andrew Cogliano - 23:44 (On Ice For 1 PPGF)
Robert Nilsson - 25:14 (On Ice For 1 PPGF)

Shorthanded Time On Ice Per PP Goal Scored Against (Like Plus/Minus for the PP - but just the minus stat) - Only players with more than 10:00 on the PK are counted

Fernando Pisani - 21:19 (On ice for 1 PPGA)
Tom Gilbert - 13:33 (On ice for 2 PPGA)
Denis Grebeshkov - 11:31 (On ice for 2 PPGA)
Kyle Brodziak - 10:11 (On ice for 3 PPGA)
Shawn Horcoff - 8:25 (On ice for 3 PPGA)
Sheldon Souray - 7:47 (On ice for 4 PPGA)
Lubomir Visnovsky - 6:15 (On ice for 2 PPGA)
Ethan Moreau - 5:33 (On ice for 5 PPGA)
Steve Staios - 5:25 (On ice for 6 PPGA)
Jason Strudwick - 5:19 (On ice for 3 PPGA)
Dustin Penner - 4:03 (On ice for 5 PPGA)

Time On Ice Per Point (How many total minutes played per point scored)

Ales Hemsky - 22:57 (8 points scored)
Ethan Moreau - 25:09 (6 points scored)
Shawn Horcoff - 34:26 (6 points scored)
Andrew Cogliano - 35:55 (4 points scored)
Sheldon Souray - 36:13 (6 points scored)
Denis Grebeshkov - 39:20 (5 points scored)
Robert Nilsson - 41:29 (4 points scored)
Marc-Antoine Pouliot - 50:09 (2 points scored)
Lubomir Visnovsky - 50:18 (5 points scored)
Fernando Pisani - 58:57 (2 points scored)
Dustin Penner - 74:24 (2 points scored)
Erik Cole - 77:12 (2 points scored)
Jason Strudwick - 95:11 (1 point scored)
Steve Staios - 150:15 (1 point scored)
Sam Gagner - 160:51 (1 point scored)
Tom Gilbert - 211:00 (1 point scored)

Shorthanded Time On Ice Per PP Goal Scored Against (Like Plus/Minus for the PP - but just the minus stat) - Only players with more than 10:00 on the PK are counted

Fernando Pisani - 21:19 (On ice for 1 PPGA)
Tom Gilbert - 13:33 (On ice for 2 PPGA)
Denis Grebeshkov - 11:31 (On ice for 2 PPGA)
Kyle Brodziak - 10:11 (On ice for 3 PPGA)
Shawn Horcoff - 8:25 (On ice for 3 PPGA)
Sheldon Souray - 7:47 (On ice for 4 PPGA)
Lubomir Visnovsky - 6:15 (On ice for 2 PPGA)
Ethan Moreau - 5:33 (On ice for 5 PPGA)
Steve Staios - 5:25 (On ice for 6 PPGA)
Jason Strudwick - 5:19 (On ice for 3 PPGA)
Dustin Penner - 4:03 (On ice for 5 PPGA)

Time On Ice Per Point (How many total minutes played per point scored)

Ales Hemsky - 22:57 (8 points scored)-------'07-'08 (19:21)
Ethan Moreau - 25:09 (6 points scored)-------'07-'08 (44:07)
Shawn Horcoff - 34:26 (6 points scored)-------'07-'08 (23:32)
Andrew Cogliano - 35:55 (4 points scored)-------'07-'08 (24:53)
Sheldon Souray - 36:13 (6 points scored)-------'07-'08 (63:18)
Denis Grebeshkov - 39:20 (5 points scored)-------'07-'08 (66:34)
Robert Nilsson - 41:29 (4 points scored)-------'07-'08 (24:06)
Marc-Antoine Pouliot - 50:09 (2 points scored)-------'07-'08 (35:25)
Lubomir Visnovsky - 50:18 (5 points scored)-------'07-'08 (45:48)
Fernando Pisani - 58:57 (2 points scored)-------'07-'08 (42:05)
Dustin Penner - 74:24 (2 points scored)-------'07-'08 (30:01)
Erik Cole - 77:12 (2 points scored)-------'07-'08 (27:42)
Jason Strudwick - 95:11 (1 point scored)
Steve Staios - 150:15 (1 point scored)-------'07-'08 (112:53)
Sam Gagner - 160:51 (1 point scored)-------'07-'08 (25:16)
Tom Gilbert - 211:00 (1 point scored)-------'07-'08 (55:09)

Game # 11 - Post-Game Info - @ Philadelphia - Sunday November 2, 2008

2008-11-02T12:40:00.005-07:00

Edmonton Oilers 5
(Cole, Hemsky, Hemsky, Souray, Penner / Roloson)

@

Philadelphia Flyers 4
(Knuble, Coburn, Carter, Gagne / Biron)

Here's a look at some of the stats from this afternoon's game. At the end of the post you can rate how you felt the Oilers players played last night.

Faceoffs:
Offensive Zone: 5/15 - 33.3%
Deffensive Zone: 7/19 - 35.0%
Neutral Zone: 8/25 - 32.0%

Total: 20/59 = 34.0%

PP: 3/12 - 50%
PK: 5/14 - 35.7%

Horcoff: 11/20 = 55%
Cogliano: 1/6 = 17%
Pisani: 2/15= 13%
Brodziak: 5/15 = 33%
Gagner: 1/3 = 33%

Points (G-A-Pts):
Hemsky: 2-1-3
Gilbert: 0-3-3
Souray: 1-1-2
Smid: 0-2-2
Cole: 1-0-1
Penner: 1-0-1
Moreau: 0-1-1
Strudwick: 0-1-1
Gagner: 0-1-1

Ice Time:

Forwards--------------Defencemen
Horcoff: 21:55-----------------------Souray: 26:42
Cole: 18:16------------------- Visnovsky: 24:32

Moreau: 17:33-------------------------Gilbert: 21:51

Penner: 16:28------------------Staios: 17:57
Hemsky: 16:04------------------Strudwick: 14:47
Pisani: 15:53----------------------Smid: 14:38

Even Strength Ice Time:

Forwards--------------Defencemen
Moreau: 13:23-----------------------Gilbert: 16:24
Penner: 12:59-------------------Smid: 14:25

Pisani: 12:15-------------------------Visnovsky: 13:13

Cole: 11:13------------------Souray: 12:37
Gagner: 11:10------------------Staios: 12:26

PowerPlay Ice Time (1 for 6)

Forwards--------------Defencemen

Horcoff: 7:42-----------------------Souray: 9:37
Hemsky: 7:35-------------------Visnovsky: 9:28
Cole: 7:03--------------------------Gilbert: 3:26
Gagner: 3:17-----
Nilsson / Cogliano: 2:51-----

Shorthanded Ice Time (3 for 6)

Forwards--------------Defencemen
Horcoff: 4:37--------------------Staios: 4:46
Brodziak: 4:07-------------------Souray: 4:28
Moreau: 3:05-------------- Strudwick: 3:37
Pisani: 2:33-------------- Gilbert: 2:01

Shots + Shots that were blocked + Missed Shots (Total - 28+14+11 = 53)
Souray - 4+4+1 = 9
Visnovsky - 1+3+2 = 6
Cole - 5+1 = 6
Cogliano - 2+1+2 = 5
Horcoff - 2+0+1 = 3
Brodziak - 2+0+1 = 3
Nilsson - 1+1+1= 3
Penner - 2+1 = 3
Hemsky - 2+0+1 = 3

Hits (8 total)
Smid - 5

Giveaways (7 total)
Horcoff - 2
Cogliano, Staios, Strudwick, Gilbert, Visnovsky - 1

Takeaways (3 total)
Smid, Gilbert, Hemsky - 1

Blocked shots (15 total)
Staios - 4
Visnovsky - 3
Smid - 2

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Game # 11 - Pre-Game Info - @ Philadelphia - Sunday November 2, 2008

2008-11-02T01:01:00.008-06:00

Edmonton Oilers @ Philadelphia Flyers

Sunday November 2, 2008 @ 11:00am
T.V. - Rogers Sportsnet

2008-09 Winning Percentage

50.0% Actually...

2008-09 Goals For Per Game

2008-09 Goals Against Per Game

2008-09 PP%

2008-09 PK%

2008-09 Shots/Game

2008-09 Shots Against/Game

THIS TIME LAST YEAR
After 10 games last season: 8 Points
After 10 games this season : 11 Points

After 10 games last season: 23 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)
After 10 games this season : 21 Total Goals Scored

After 10 games last season: 34 Total Goals Allowed (SO goals not counted)
After 10 games this season : 27 Total Goals Allowed

LAST YEAR vs. Eastern Conference
10 GP - 5-4-1
2 Shootout Wins
1 Shootout Loss
GF: 30 GA: 32
PP Stats: 8/36 = 22.2%
PK Stats: 39/45 = 86.7%
Shots For = 275 = 27.5 per game
Shots Against = 311 = 31.1 per game

On The Road vs. East
2-2-1
1 Shootout Win
1 Shootout Loss
GF: 16 GA: 20
PP Stats: 5/21 = 23.8%
PK Stats: 23/26 = 88.5%
Shots For = 143 = 28.6 per game

Shots Against = 156 = 31.2 per game

News and Notes
A) After finally breaking out of the 5 game losing streak last night, the Oil will try to duplicate their 5-3 win over Philly from last season.

B) We were 4-0 in afternoon games last season

C) Grebeshkov is out for today's game. Strudwick is in - even though he's not 100% with his shoulder injury. Another reason we need to work something out with the 3 goalies.

D) Roloson is getting his second straight start over Garon. I thought Garon would play, since there's less than a 25 hour turnaround, but I'm guessing Roli told MacT he was ready to go. Let's hope so!

Game # 10 - Post-Game Info - @ Carolina - Saturday November 1, 2008

2008-11-01T12:34:00.005-06:00

In honor of the Oilers Stanley Cup run, and the finals against Carolina, I've uploaded this picture of me and my dad (and my playoff beard) from game 6 of the finals. I'm not superstitious at all...

David Staples of Cult Of Hockey contacted me this past week and asked if I wanted to do the report card for this afternoon's game, and I thought I was up to the challenge - so take a look below!

One quick note - The last Oilers win was on my birthday. Today is my girlfriend's birthday. Last year on my birthday my girlfriend got me an "Oilers Parking Spot" sign that we put on the door. When we moved in the summer we put it on our new door. It fell off in the middle of the night on my birthday - the 18th. We didn't have any masking tape, so it's stayed off for the past two weeks. We put it back up today - and we won. Coincidence? I think NOT!

Dwayne Roloson – (8) Wow. Goalie controversy? I thought he played the same today as against Boston. He looked into the game early – playing the puck, getting some early saves, and looking really comfortable. The first goal wasn’t a terrible goal, but it wasn’t like he had no chance. He simply got beat. Other than that, and that one little Conklinesque giveaway behind the net he looked really solid. He didn’t have to make too many amazing saves, but he made all the ones he needed to, especially in the third with the game on the line. A really solid game overall. I’m assuming Garon will get the start tomorrow, but I would not be surprised to see Roli get a lot more starts coming up. Something’s going to have to get done with JDD – especially with Grebeshkov potentially injured.

Sheldon Souray – (8) Another really solid game for the big guy. 6 shots, 5 shots that were blocked, 1 missed the net. He also had 2 takeaways and 1 blocked shot. A great game. He only looked out of position on one play – where he took the penalty, but overall a great game – especially offensively.

Ethan Moreau – (8) Moreau has made a believer out of me. I was one of the many who called for him to be bumped down to the 4th line in the summer, but he’s looking awesome on that 3rd line, and I fully admit I was wrong and MacT was right. That’s why he’s the coach, and I’m a blogger. What a leader. A fight, the GWG, plus a freebie empty netter. He looked quick, aggressive, and hungry all night long. 5 shots and 3 hits for El Capitan.

Erik Cole – (7) Just like his linemates, Cole had an awesome game. He got a few quick hits in early and did not look nervous at all. He threw his body around, crashed the net and had some good offensive opportunities. 2 shots (+2 that were blocked), 8 hits, and 2 takeaways. A great game.

Shawn Horcoff – (7) I felt the top line looked pretty good this game even though they didn’t have a point as the top line 5v5. Horcs had a great pass to Moreau on the breakaway in the first, and had that great goal on the cross ice PP feed from Hemsky – something I pointed out earlier in the summer.
4 shots, 1 that was blocked, 1 takeway. 50% in faceoffs.

Ales Hemsky – (7) I thought he had a good early jump and hit that post. He had a bit of some poor backchecking throughout the game, and I thought he was floating around a lot in the second. However, in the third he had a few solid battles for the puck, and he had that nice pass for a goal. I also found it interesting that MacT put that first line with Hemmer out right after Moreau’s first goal to kill the final minute. Not a position I’d usually expect Hemsky.
3 shots, 3 missed shots, 1 giveaway.

Sam Gagner – (7) I thought he looked desperate tonight, which is a good thing in my mind. He looks like he really wants to score, but he’s going about it the right way. He’s playing smart, waiting for chances, not trying to create something out of nothing. I thought he had a solid game. The kid line was out against the top line most of the night, and although it was their line that was on the ice for Carolina’s goal, I felt that goal was solely due to poor position/defensive changing by the d-men.
1 shot, 1 missed shot, 1 shot that was blocked, 1 takeaway.

Fernando Pisani – (7) I really like our 3rd line right. Pisani looked good all night long. He was an astounding 11/16 on the faceoff, including 8/9 in the neutral zone. I still would like to see Brodziak given more of an opportunity, but I can’t argue with Pisani as the 3rd line pivot right now. I would like to see him get the puck to Cole more, and use his body a bit more to create some room for Cole.

Dustin Penner – (6) I thought he had a very very good game. He was solid on the PK all night, had a good pass to Hemsky when he hit the post, and looked fairly comfortable using his body on the first line. I also really liked that brief look we had of Pisani, Cole, and Penner when Moreau was in the box.
1 shot, 1 shot that was blocked, 1 blocked shot. A better game than the stats show – because of his decent penalty killing.

Andrew Cogliano – (6) I felt he had a decent game. Nothing too spectacular, but definitely not a liability tonight. I still would really like to see him on the PK. I think his speed could create so many shorthanded chances.
1 shot, 1 hit, 1 takeaway. Playing against the top unit most of the night, I thought the kid line did well.

Robert Nilsson – (6) Another solid effort by Nilsson. He had a good pass to Gagner for Gagner’s good chance beside the net. He looked comfortable out there against the top unit for Carolina, although I still think he needs to battle harder along the boards. I think he needs to work on his leg strength so he can protect the puck a bit better along the boards, but I was happy with his performance.
1 shot, 2 missed shots, 1 blocked shot.

Kyle Brodziak – (6) I like this kid so much! I felt he really made great use of his time on the ice. 14.5 minutes this afternoon, 5:35 on the PK. 4 shots directed on net – 2 made it through. He had 1 hit, 2 takeaways and had a really good game.

Lubomir Visnovsky – (6) I thought he looked a bit shaky out there tonight in the defensive zone. It didn’t really cost us – aside from that one penalty, but it could have. He had 2 shots, and 2 that were blocked, while he blocked 3 of his own. A solid game from Lubo – including that crossbar he hit. I still think he’d look better out there with a guy like Staios or Smid beside him.

Steve Staios – (6) I think it was him on that first goal on the left side with some bad coverage, but I can’t really be sure. I can’t be overly critical of a guy who had 2 hits, 3 blocked shots, and killed 5:28 in penalties. Another solid outing from Steady Stevie. A few good pinches, although the official scorer only has him having 1 shot on net and 1 blocked, while I know for sure there was 2 shots he had that missed the net, that could not have been passes, so I don’t really know what was up with the socrers.

Ladislav Smid – (6) Looking good every night he’s out there. He had one bad pinch that resulted in a chance for Carolina, but his offensive jumps, and defensive play far outweigh that one bad pinch. I though he’d be an offensive force when we got him, but right now he’s looking like an almost carbon copy of Steady Stevie.

Denis Grebeshkov – (5) I still don’t really know what happened on the first goal. I thought it was Grebby and Staios out there, but the official scorer has Grebby and Gilbert on the ice. I don’t know if it was a bad change, or just bad positioning, but I know that he was one of the d-men on that play who missed Whitney. Hopefully he wasn’t concussed too bad, because I’ve really liked his game this season. And I can’t really grade him too harshly because he never had a chance to redeem himself after that first goal.

Tom Gilbert - (5) Still looks uncomfortable out there to me. He had 1 shot, and 2 blocked shots. A decent game, but I thought he got outbattled a few times. It looks like his development has taken a step back – especially with the coaching staff giving Grebby such leeway offensively. I think Gilbert looked best last year when he was able to play with the puck on his stick. Not a bad game at all, but just not a great game.

Steve MacIntyre – (5) Who? Played 3:34. Had 1 hit early, and that’s about it. I would much rather have seen Stortini in the game tonight, as I didn’t think there was anyone on Carolina who would dance with Stevie. I want to see him tomorrow against Philly, but tonight he didn’t do anything.

Marc-Antoine Pouliot – (5) I didn’t really notice him out there. Kinda forgetabble, but I think that’s partly due to the fact that we spent so much time on the PK, we weren’t able to roll 4 lines. 1 shot, 1 hit, and 1 blocked shot. A decent night for 8 minutes from a 4th liner.

Game # 10 - Pre-Game Info - @ Carolina - Saturday November 1, 2008

2008-11-01T05:30:00.001-06:00

Edmonton Oilers @ Carolina Hurricanes

Saturday November 1, 2008 @ 1:00pm
T.V. - Rogers Sportsnet

2007-08 Winning Percentage

2007-08 Goals For Per Game

2007-08 Goals Against Per Game

2007-08 PP%

2007-08 PK%

2007-08 Shots/Game

2007-08 Shots Against/Game

THIS TIME LAST YEAR
After 9 games last season: 6 Points
After 9 games this season : 9 Points

After 9 games last season: 19 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)
After 9 games this season : 18 Total Goals Scored

After 9 games last season: 30 Total Goals Allowed (SO goals not counted)
After 9 games this season : 26

LAST YEAR vs. Eastern Conference (Lost 7-2 in Carolina last season)
10 GP - 5-4-1
2 Shootout Wins
1 Shootout Loss
GF: 30 GA: 32
PP Stats: 8/36 = 22.2%
PK Stats: 39/45 = 86.7%
Shots For = 275 = 27.5 per game
Shots Against = 311 = 31.1 per game

On The Road vs. East
2-2-1
1 Shootout Win
1 Shootout Loss
GF: 16 GA: 20
PP Stats: 5/21 = 23.8%
PK Stats: 23/26 = 88.5%
Shots For = 143 = 28.6 per game

Shots Against = 156 = 31.2 per game

News and Notes
A) I hate this losing streak.

B) We were 4-0 in afternoon games last season

C) Last season we lost 7-2 to the Hurricanes

D) Looks like Penner will be on the first line, and the kid line will be back together. I think against a team like Carolina that's not a bad idea. This should be a fast highly skilled game this afternoon.

Game # 9 - Post-Game Info - @ Nashville Predators - Thursday October 30, 2008

2008-10-31T07:18:00.000-06:00

Post game info will be posted later this afternoon - around 2. I will also be posting some stats looking at the season. Stay tuned!

Game # 9 - Pre-Game Info - @ Nashville Predators - Thursday October 30, 2008

2008-10-30T01:30:00.000-06:00

Edmonton Oilers @ Nashville Predators

Thursday October 30, 2008 @ 6:00pm
T.V. - PPV

2007-08 Winning Percentage

2007-08 Goals For Per Game

2007-08 Goals Against Per Game

2007-08 PP%

2007-08 PK%

2007-08 Shots/Game

2007-08 Shots Against/Game

THIS TIME LAST YEAR
After 8 games last season: 6 Points
After 8 games this season : 9 Points

After 8 games last season: 17 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)
After 8 games this season : 17 Total Goals Scored

After 8 games last season: 26 Total Goals Allowed (SO goals not counted)
After 8 games this season : 23 Total Goals Allowed

PP Last Season - 16.6%
PP This Season - 20.7%

PK Last Season - 84.7%
PK This Season - 75%

LAST YEAR vs. Nashville Predators
4 GP - 0-4
GF: 8 GA: 19
PP Stats: 2/18 = 11.1%
PK Stats: 6/8 = 75.0%
Shots For = 125 = 31.25 per game
Shots Against = 105 = 26.25 per game

On The Road
0-2
GF: 6 GA: 10
PP Stats: 2/11 = 18.2%
PK Stats: 2/4 = 50.0%
Shots For = 64 = 32.0 per game

Shots Against = 58 = 29.0 per game

News and Notes
A) Ellis owned us last year with the Preds. 8 goals allowed on 125 shots - 93.6% save percentage.

B) In 2006-07 we also went 0-4 against Nashville. 8GF, 16GA.

C)

Game # 8 - Post-Game Info - vs. Boston Bruins - Monday October 27, 2008

2008-10-28T17:59:00.002-06:00

Boston Bruins 1
(Wideman / Thomas)

@

Edmonton Oilers 0
( / Roloson)

Here's a look at some of the stats from last night's game. At the end of the post you can rate how you felt the Oilers players played last night.

Faceoffs:
Offensive Zone: 10/19 - 42.3%
Deffensive Zone:11/22 - 50.0%
Neutral Zone: 6/11 - 55.0%

Total: 27/52 = 52.0%

PP: 2/4 - 50%
PK: 0/3 - 0%
Horcoff: 9/18 = 50%
Cogliano: 1/6 = 17%
Penner: 0/3 = 0%
Brodziak: 8/10 = 80%
Gagner: 4/5= 80%

Ice Time:

Forwards--------------Defencemen
Horcoff: 22:24-----------------------Souray: 26:28
Nilsson: 20:42------------------- Visnovsky:24:33

Hemsky:20:02-------------------------Grebeshkov: 21:52

Gagner: 17:54------------------Gilbert: 20:54
Cole: 15:16------------------Staios: 18:17
Moreau: 14:56----------------------Smid: 14:58
------------------------------------

Even Strength Ice Time:

Forwards--------------Defencemen
Nilsson: 18:32-----------------------Visnovsky: 20:34
Hemsky: 18:12-------------------Souray: 19:39

Horcoff: 17:01-------------------------Gilbert: 18:02

Gagner: 16:50------------------Grebeshkov: 17:58
Cole: 14:20------------------Smid: 14:58

PowerPlay Ice Time

Forwards--------------Defencemen

Nilsson / Cogliano: 2:10-----------------------Visnovsky: 2:51
Hemsky / Horcoff: 1:50-------------------Souray: 2:42
Penner: 1:14--------------------------Grebeshkov: 1:18
Gagner: 1:04-----Gilbert: 1:09

Shorthanded Ice Time

Forwards--------------Defencemen
Horcoff: 3:33--------------------Souray: 4:07
Pisani: 3:02-------------------Staios: 3:52
Moreau: 2:36-------------- Grebeshkov: 2:36
Brodziak: 1:39---------------Gilbert: 1:43
Penner 1:14---------------

Shots + Shots that were blocked + Missed Shots (Total - 27+18+12 = 57 - Up from 54 in game 7)
Hemsky - 5+2+2 = 9
Souray - 1+3+1 = 5
Gagner - 3+1+1 = 5
Visnovsky - 0+2+3 = 5
Moreau - 2+0+2 = 4
Gilbert - 1+2+1 = 4
Cole - 1+3 = 4

Hits (11 total - Down from 21 in Game #7)
Moreau - 3
Nilsson - 2

Giveaways (18 total - Up from 9 in Game #7)
Horcoff - 3
Gagner, Gilbert, Grebeshkov - 2

Takeaways (8 total - Up from 4 in Game #7)
Horcoff - 3

Blocked shots (16 total - Up from 10 in Game #7)
Staios - 4
Gilbert, Grebeshkov - 3
Souray, Smid - 2

Game # 8 - Post-Game Info - vs. Boston Bruins - Monday October 27, 2008

2008-10-27T22:46:00.003-06:00

Hey all. I just got home from the game, and don't have time to post the stats for tonight, although I'm really interested to see them. I'll get them done tomorrow at lunch (hopefully) and have them up. Feel free to rate the players from tonight's game though! Also, leave comments too!!!!

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Game # 8 - Pre-Game Info - vs. Boston Bruins - Monday October 27, 2008

2008-10-27T05:30:00.001-06:00

Edmonton Oilers vs. Boston Bruins

Monday October 27, 2008 @ 7:00pm
T.V. - PPV

2007-08 Winning Percentage

2007-08 Goals For Per Game

2007-08 Goals Against Per Game

2007-08 PP%

2007-08 PK%

2007-08 Shots/Game

2007-08 Shots Against/Game

THIS TIME LAST YEAR
After 7 games last season: 6 Points
After 7 games this season : 8 Points

After 7 games last season: 16 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)
After 7 games this season : 17 Total Goals Scored

After 7 games last season: 22 Total Goals Allowed (SO goals not counted)
After 7 games this season : 22 Total Goals Allowed

LAST YEAR vs. Eastern Conference (Did not play Boston last season)
10 GP - 5-4-1
2 Shootout Wins
1 Shootout Loss
GF: 30 GA: 32
PP Stats: 8/36 = 22.2%
PK Stats: 39/45 = 86.7%
Shots For = 275 = 27.5 per game
Shots Against = 311 = 31.1 per game

@ Home
3-2
1 Shootout Win
GF: 14 GA: 12
PP Stats: 3/15 = 20.0%
PK Stats: 16/19 = 84.2%
Shots For = 132 = 26.40 per game

Shots Against = 155 = 31.00 per game

News and Notes
A) Garon won all three games at home against Eastern teams (Islanders, Rangers, Philly)

B) The PP has been 1-13 in the last 4 games, (7.7%) while the PK has been 20/28 the last 4 games (71.4%). Absolutely brutal stats.

C)

Game # 7 - Post-Game Info - @ Vancouver Canucks - Saturday October 25, 2008

2008-10-26T14:50:00.002-06:00

Edmonton Oilers 3
(Grebeshkov, Nilsson, Staios / Garon)

@

Vancouver Canucks 6
(Raymond, Raymond, Hansen, Wellwood, Hansen, Krog / Luongo)

Here's a look at some of the stats from last night's game. At the end of the post you can rate how you felt the Oilers players played last night.

Faceoffs:
Offensive Zone: 11/26 - 42.3%
Deffensive Zone: 9/18 - 50.0%
Neutral Zone: 6/26 - 23.1%

Total: 26/65 = 40.0%

PP: 5/7 - 71%
PK: 4/8 - 50%
Horcoff: 9/27 = 33%
Nilsson: 0/2 = 0%
Cogliano: 3/6 = 50%
Penner: 1/1 = 100%
Moreau: 0/1 = 0%
Brodziak: 5/12 = 42%
Gagner: 1/2 = 50%
Pouliot 7/14 = 50%

Ice Time:

Forwards--------------Defencemen
Horcoff: 19:19-----------------------Visnovsky: 27:06
Hemsky: 19:09-------------------Souray: 24:55

Nilsson: 18:20-------------------------Grebeshkov: 23:47

Hemsky: 16:59------------------Gilbert: 22:45
Penner: 17:21------------------Staios: 17:53
Gagner: 16:28----------------------Strudwick: 2:20
Brodziak: 16:06------------------------------------

Even Strength Ice Time:

Forwards--------------Defencemen
Nilsson: 15:18-----------------------Visnovsky: 20:31
Horcoff: 13:10-------------------Grebeshkov: 19:22

Hemsky: 12:49-------------------------Gilbert: 18:32

Pouliot: 12:49------------------Souray: 14:09
Moreau: 12:16------------------Staios: 11:41

PowerPlay Ice Time

Forwards--------------Defencemen

Hemsky: 4:27-----------------------Visnovsky: 5:45
Horcoff: 3:28-------------------Souray: 5:35
Gagner: 2:58--------------------------Grebeshkov: 1:55
Nilsson / Cogliano: 2:56-----Gilbert: 1:43

Shorthanded Ice Time

Forwards--------------Defencemen
Penner: 4:07---------------------Staios: 6:12
Brodziak: 3:48-------------------Grebeshkov / Gilbert: 2:30
Gagner: 2:43-------------- Strudwick: 0:53
Horcoff: 2:41---------------Visnovsky 0:50
Moreau: 1:59---------------
Hemsky: 1:53---------------
Stortini: 0:38---------------

Shots + Shots that were blocked + Missed Shots (Total - 28+12+14 = 54 - Down from 56 in game 6)
Visnovsky - 4+2+2 = 8
Hemsky - 3+2+3 = 9
Souray - 3+1+3 = 7
Cole - 4+1 = 5
Gagner - 4+1 = 5

Hits (21 total - Up from 16 in Game #6)
Moreau - 5
Stortini - 4
Strudwick - 3 (and the guy only played 2:20!!!!)
MacIntyre - 3
Penner - 2 (But that one hit was like 6 hits rolled into 1)

Giveaways (9 total - Down from 10 in Game #6)
Grebeshkov - 3
Hemsky - 2

Takeaways (4 total - Down from 8 in Game #6)
Hemsky, Grebeshkov, Moreau, Nilsson - 1

Blocked shots (10 total - Same as Game #6)
Staios - 3

I Hate My Life

2008-10-25T22:50:00.002-06:00

I'm do depressed/drunk to do my regular post game post. I'll let you guys take care of it. Do your rankings and post some comments.
Quick notes -
1) What a stupid pre-game 'ceremony' thing. I thought that was terrible.
2) 3 games in 4 nights, and down 1 forward and 1 defencemen - keep that in mind.
3) Will Wreck'em or Smid play on Monday?
4) I'm going to the game on Monday. Are you? Do you need tickets? I actually might have an extra pair... :P
5) I'm making homemade tomato sauce tomorrow with my new Magic Bullet. Wish me luck!
6) I hate the Canucks and their fans

Survey Results - GlowDay.com

Game # 7 - Pre-Game Info - @ Vancouver Canucks - Saturday October 25, 2008

2008-10-24T23:59:00.000-06:00

Edmonton Oilers @ Vancouver Canucks

Saturday October 25, 2008 @ 8:00pm
T.V. - CBC HNIC

2007-08 Winning Percentage

2007-08 Goals For Per Game

2007-08 Goals Against Per Game

2007-08 PP%

2007-08 PK%

2007-08 Shots/Game

2007-08 Shots Against/Game

THIS TIME LAST YEAR
After 6 games last season: 4 Points
After 6 games this season : 8 Points

After 6 games last season: 12 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)
After 6 games this season : 14 Total Goals Scored

After 6 games last season: 20 Total Goals Allowed (SO goals not counted)
After 6 games this season : 16 Total Goals Allowed

LAST YEAR vs. Vancouver
8 GP - 4-4
3 Shootout Wins
GF: 13 GA: 23
PP Stats: 5/36 = 13.9%
PK Stats: 28/32 = 87.5%
Shots For = 213 = 26.63 per game
Shots Against = 209 = 26.13 per game

On The Road
2-2
1 Shootout Win
GF: 5 GA: 9
PP Stats: 1/15 = 6.7%
PK Stats: 21/24 = 87.5%
Shots For = 94 = 23.50 per game

Shots Against = 115 = 28.75 per game

News and Notes
A) As I'm sure most of you know by now, MacT has finally had enough of the lack of production from not only the first line, but the second as well. Nilsson will be up on the first line playing left wing, Penner will be playing right wing on the second, and Cole will be playing right wing on the third. That leaves Pouliot, MacIntyre, and Stortini on the 4th line.

B) Word is Staios should be ready to go (Pisani is still out with a bad back). It'll likely mean Smid draws out, as I'd think MacT would want Sturdwick in against a team like Vancouver - a fast hard hitting team. Strudwick's experience would (I think) give him the nod over Smid.

C)

Game # 6 - Post-Game Info - @ Colorado Avalanche - Thursday October 23, 2008

2008-10-23T22:11:00.002-06:00

Edmonton Oilers 1
(Horcoff / Garon)

@

Colorado Avalanche 4
(Laperriere Stastny, Mcleod, Sakic / Budaj)

Here's a look at some of the stats from tonight's game. At the bottom of the post you can have your say and rate all the Oilers players from 1-10 - as per David Staples' Cult Of Hockey.

Faceoffs:
Offensive Zone: 11/13 - 84.6%
Deffensive Zone: 3/14 - 21.4%
Neutral Zone: 12/17 - 70.5%

Total: 26/44 = 59%

PP: 5/7
PK: 4/8

Horcoff: 8/15 = 53%
Cogliano: 2/5 = 40%
Penner: 2/2 = 100%
Cole: 1/1 = 100%
Brodziak: 9/16 = 56%
Gagner: 1/1 = 20%
Pouliot 3/4 = 75%

Ice Time:

Forwards--------------Defencemen
Gagner: 17:53---------------Souray: 23:50
Horcoff: 17:45---------Grebeshkov: 20:43

Moreau: 17:36----------------Gilbert: 24:22

Hemsky: 16:59------------Visnovsky: 26:03
Penner: 16:52------------------Smid: 12:52
Cole: 16:25------------------------------
Brodziak: 16:16------------------------------------

PowerPlay Ice Time

Forwards--------------Defencemen

Hemsky: 3:53-----Visnovsky: 3:58
Horcoff / Cole: 3:49-----------------Souray: 3:56
Gagner: 3:00--------Gilbert: 3:00
Nilsson: 2:54----Grebeshkov: 2:38

Shorthanded Ice Time

Forwards--------------Defencemen
Brodziak: 6:07---------------------Gilbert: 5:31
Moreau: 5:34-------------------Souray: 5:30
Penner: 4:45-------------- Strudwick: 3:57
Horcoff: 2:21---------------Grebeshkov 3:32

Shots + Shots that were blocked + Missed Shots (Total - 26+22+8 = 56 - Up from 39 in game 6)
Moreau - 6+4+1 = 11
Horcoff - 4+3+2 = 9
Gilbert - 2+3+2 = 7
Souray - 2+2+1 = 5
Pouliot - 3

Hits (16 total - Down from 17 in Game #6)
Grebeshkov - 3
Moreau - 2
Visnovsky - 2

Giveaways (10 total - Up from 4 in Game #6)
Gagner - 3

Takeaways (8 total - Up from 1 in Game #6)
8 guys with 1 each

Blocked shots (10 total - Down from 13 in Game #6)
Visnovsky - 3
Penner - 2

Survey Results - GlowDay.com

My Take On The Game:

- It looked like everyone but Moreau played last night in Chicago, then flew into Colorado early this morning.

- Garon had an off game, but that's to be expected every once in a while.

- We definitely had our best start to the game this season, but after the first Colorado goal, the guys just seemed to die. After the second goal, it looked pretty much over. They just did not have the energy.

- Overall a better total performance than last night, but still a poor showing for what we know these guys can do.

- Fuck I hope Horcoff's okay...That changes everything if he gets hurt...it looked for sure like Cole wouldn't be starting on the 1st line on Saturday, but now who knows.

Player Rankings As By The Fans - Edmonton Oilers @ Colorado Avalanch - October 23rd, 2008

2008-10-23T13:09:00.004-06:00

Alrighty, well since I did have the voter thing up and people were voting BEFORE the game, I think I'll wait until the end of the game and put it up along with my post-game information. Come back tonight after 10, or tomorrow morning and enter in what you thought of all the players who play tonight.

Enjoy the game!

Game # 6 - Pre-Game Info - @ Colorado Avalanche - Thursday October 23, 2008

2008-10-23T04:30:00.000-06:00

Edmonton Oilers @ Colorado Avalanche

Thursday October 23, 2008 @ 7:30pm
T.V. - TSN

2007-08 Winning Percentage

2007-08 Goals For Per Game

2007-08 Goals Against Per Game

2007-08 PP%

2007-08 PK%

2007-08 Shots/Game

2007-08 Shots Against/Game

THIS TIME LAST YEAR
After 5 games last season: 4 Points
After 5 games in 2006-07: 6 Points
After 5 games in 2005-06: 6 Points
After 5 games this season : 8 Points

After 5 games last season: 11 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)
After 5 games in 2006-07: 15 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)
After 5 games in 2005-06: 14 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)
After 5 games this season : 13 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)

After 5 games last season: 16 Total Goals Allowed (SO goals not counted)
After 5 games in 2006-07: 12 Total Goals Allowed (SO goals not counted)
After 5 games in 2005-06: 14 Total Goals Allowed (SO goals not counted)
After 5 games this season : 12 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)

LAST YEAR vs. Colorado
8 GP - 2-4-2
2 Shootout Loses
GF: 24 GA: 30
PP Stats: 4/28 = 14.3%
PK Stats: 31/34 = 91.2%
Shots For = 193 = 24.13 per game
Shots Against = 265 = 33.13 per game

On The Road
0-2-2
2 Shootout Losses
GF: 10 GA: 16
PP Stats: 3/15 = 20.0%
PK Stats: 12/15 = 80%
Shots For = 101 = 25.25 per game

Shots Against = 149 = 37.25 per game

News and Notes
A) Budaj won 5/6 games against the Oilers last season...

B) Holy shite that game sucked last night...

C)

Game # 5 - Post-Game Info - @ Chicago Blackhawks - Wednesday October 22, 2008

2008-10-22T17:22:00.003-06:00

Edmonton Oilers 0
( / Roloson)

@

Chicago Blackhawks 3
(Sharp, Seabrook, Johnson / Khabibulin)

Here's a look at some of the stats from tonight's game, which by the way Rod called it on the radio, I'm glad I didn't watch on PPV...:

Faceoffs:
Offensive Zone: 8/15 - 53% (30/68 for 44% prior to tonight's game)
Deffensive Zone: 8/17 - 47% (34/73 for 46% prior to tonight's game)
Neutral Zone: 6/16 - 37% (35/72 for 48% prior to tonight's game)

Total:22/48 = 46% (99/213 for 46% prior to tonight's game)

PP: 4/8
PK: 1/5

Horcoff: 8/18 = 44% (39/86 for 45% prior to tonight's game)
Cogliano: 2/6 = 33% (16/33 for 48% prior to tonight's game)
Pisani: 3/5 = 60% (16/34 for 47% prior to tonight's game)
Brodziak: 7/12 = 58% (20/35 for 57% prior to tonight's game)
Gagner: 1/5 = 20% (5/13 for 38% prior to tonight's game)
Nilsson 1/1

Ice Time:

Forwards--------------Defencemen
Gagner: 19:55--------------Souray: 23:30
Hemsky: 18:44--------------Grebeshkov: 22:17

Horcoff: 18:34--------------Gilbert: 22:16

Nilsson: 17:34--------------Visnovsky: 21:25
Cogliano: 16:36--------------Strudwick: 15:37

PowerPlay Ice Time

Forwards--------------Defencemen

Gagner: 5:26--------------Souray: 5:19
Nilsson: 5:10--------------Visnovsky: 5:05
Cogliano: 5:05--------------Grebeshkov: 4:36
Cole/Horcoff: 4:21--------------Gilbert: 4:23

Shorthanded Ice Time

Forwards--------------Defencemen
Gagner: 2:11--------------Souray/Strudwick: 2:27
Brodziak: 1:55--------------Grebeshkov/Gilbert: 1:49
Moreau: 1:03--------------

Shots + Shots that were blocked + Missed Shots (Total - 23+11+5)
Hemsky - 4+2 = 6
Souray - 1+2+3 = 6
Cole - 3+2 = 5
Horcoff - 4
Gagner - 3
Cogliano - 1+1+1 = 3

Hits (17 total)
Moreau - 4
Cole - 3
Gilbert - 2

Giveaways (4 total - Down from 21 in Game #1)
Brodziak, Souray, Nilsson, Moreau - 1

Takeaways (1 total - Down from 9 in Game #1)
Pouliot - 1

Blocked shots (13 total)
Visnovsky - 3
Grebeshkov, Gilbert, Cogliano - 2

Game # 5 - Pre-Game Info - @ Chicago Blackhawks - Wednesday October 22, 2008

2008-10-21T13:15:00.000-06:00

Edmonton Oilers @ Chicago Blackhawks

Wednesday October 22, 2008 @ 7:00pm
T.V. - PPV

Radio - 630 Ched

2007-08 Winning Percentage

2007-08 Goals For Per Game

2007-08 Goals Against Per Game

2007-08 PP%

2007-08 PK%

2007-08 Shots/Game

2007-08 Shots Against/Game

THIS TIME LAST YEAR

After 4 games last season: 4 Points
After 4 games this season : 8 Points

After 4 games last season: 9 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)
After 4 games this season : 13 Total Goals Scored

After 4 games last season: 11 Total Goals Allowed (SO goals not counted)
After 4 games this season : 9 Total Goals Allowed

LAST YEAR vs. Chicago
4 GP - 3-1
1 OT Win, 1 Shootout Win
GF: 14 GA: 11
PP Stats: 4/18 = 22.2%
PK Stats: 21/24 = 87.5%
Shots For = 110 = 27.5 per game
Shots Against = 153 = 38.25 per game

On The Road
2 GP: 1-1
1 OT Win
GF: 8 GA: 8
PP Stats: 2/9 = 22.2%
PK Stats: 10/12 = 83.3%
Shots For = 52 = 26 per game
Shots Against = 72 = 36 per game

News and Notes
A) Souray and Gagner both missed the second game of the home-and-home with Calgary on Saturday with lower body injuries. Gagner skated on Monday while Souray did not.

B) In case you missed it, check out this article regarding Joey Moss

C) MacT on Brodziak -
"His game has just been OK. The great thing is he doesn't have a low-level game. He's average, at worst," MacTavish said, "but he's certainly capable of a high-level game...He has the versatility to capitalize and score given the opportunity. He's going to get his offence."

D) Matheson on Pouliot

E) Thanks for everything Jussi, wish you the best.

Game # 3&4 - Post Game Info - Oilers vs. Calgary Flames - Friday October 17 & Saturday October 18, 2008

2008-10-19T17:35:00.006-06:00

Edmonton Oilers 4
(Cogliano, Cole, Visnovsky, Nilsson / Deslauriers)
Calgary Flames 3
(Aucoin, Moss, Bertuzzi / Kiprusoff)

&

Edmonton Oilers 3
(Moreua, Pisani, Cogliano / Garon)
Calgary Flames 2
(Bertuzzi, Langkow / Kiprusoff)

Here's a look at some of the stats from the home and home:

Faceoffs:
Offensive Zone: 18/31
Deffensive Zone: 25/41
Neutral Zone: 10/20

Total:63/109 = 57.8%

PP: 8/16
PK: 4/12

Horcoff: 24/39
Cogliano: 11/17
Pisani: 10/19
Brodziak: 11/20
Gagner: 5/7
Pouliot: 1/2
Penner: 1/1
Cole: 0/3
Moreau: 0/1

Ice Time:

Forwards--------------Defencemen

Horcoff: 42:32--------------Visnovsky: 48:23

Hemsky: 35:18--------------Gilbert: 45:03
Nilsson: 34:37--------------Grebeshkov: 44:47
Cole: 34:05--------------Staios: 41:24
Moreau: 33:39--------------Strudwick: 35:52
Pisani: 29:46--------------Smid: 12:38
Cogliano: 29:29--------------Souray: 12:17
Penner: 28:41--------------

PowerPlay Ice Time

Forwards--------------Defencemen

Horcoff: 9:01--------------Visnovsky: 10:46
Hemsky: 8:58--------------Gilbert: 5:31
Cole: 8:13--------------Grebeshkov: 5:21
Nilsson: 5:12--------------Souray: 4:46
Cogliano: 4:49--------------
Penner: 2:17--------------

Shorthanded Ice Time

Forwards--------------Defencemen
Moreau: 8:32--------------Staios: 9:54
Brodziak: 8:09--------------Strudwick: 8:36
Pisani: 6:37--------------Grebeshkov: 5:42
Horcoff: 4:31--------------Gilbert: 4:36
Penner: 2:37--------------Visnovsky: 2:53

Shots + Shots that were blocked + Missed Shots (62 + 25 + 22 = 109)
Cole - 7+1+4 = 12
Pisani - 7+3+1 = 11
Hemsky - 5+3+1 = 9
Nilsson - 6+0+3 = 9
Horcoff - 5+3+1 = 9
Visnovsky - 5+1+0 = 6

Hits (36 total)
Cole - 11
Strudwick - 5
Pisani, Grebeshkov, Penner, Moreau, Nilsson, Hemsky, - 2

Giveaways (17 total)
Hemsky - 4
Staios - 3
Penner - 2

Takeaways (10 total)
Grebeshkov - 2
8 Others with 1

Blocked shots (36 total)
Visnovsky - 7
Gilbert - 5
Staios - 5
Moreau - 4

Game # 4 - Pre-Game Info - vs. Calgary Flames - Saturday October 18, 2008

2008-10-18T05:30:00.002-06:00

Edmonton Oilers vs. Calgary Flames

Saturday October 18, 2008 @ 8:00pm
T.V. - CBC HNIC

2007-08 Winning Percentage

2007-08 Goals For Per Game

2007-08 Goals Against Per Game

2007-08 PP%

2007-08 PK%

2007-08 Shots/Game

2007-08 Shots Against/Game

THIS TIME LAST YEAR

After 3 games last season: 4 Points
After 3 games this season : 6 Points

After 3 games last season: 9 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)
After 3 games this season : 10 Total Goals Scored (SO goals not counted)

After 3 games last season: 9 Total Goals Allowed (SO goals not counted)
After 3 games this season : 7 Total Goals Allowed (SO goals not counted)

LAST YEAR vs. Calgary
8 GP - 4-4
GF: 18 GA: 18
PP Stats: 7/32 = 21.9%
PK Stats: 33/38 = 86.8%
Shots For = 194 = 24.25 per game
Shots Against = 231 = 28.88 per game

@ Home
4 GP: 2-2
GF: 10 GA: 7
PP Stats: 4/15 = 26.7%
PK Stats: 17/18 = 94.4%
Shots For = 105 = 26.25 per game
Shots Against = 96 = 24 per game

News and Notes
A) I will be at this game!! My buddy moved to Calgary last year, and we try to hit up at least one game in each city together. My girlfriend drove my sorry ass to Calgary yesterday for the day, and we raced back today for tonight's tilt.

B) After yesterday's win, the Oilers have opened the season 3-0 tied with Minnesota and Vancouver for first in the Northwest

C) Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers won his first ever start in the NHL last night in Calgary, and he looked pretty good doing it from where I was sitting. The second goal he allowed was one I'm sure he'd like to have back, but the other two he didn't really have a chance at thanks to shoddy defensive zone coverage by the Oilers.