B&J #83 Edmonton Oilers Recap vs. Thrashers (11/15/09)

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- Souray, Horcoff and Reddox all draw back in tonight.  It looks like Dean Arsene isn't going to play now that Souray is going to play.  Let's hope his headaches don't come back because of rushing into playing so quick.  He's barely practiced.

- I still cannot believe how many PPV games there are this month. It's going to kill my wallet next month when the bills come in.

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Pre-Game Records

Edmonton Oilers (8-9-2) vs. Atlanta Thrashers (9-6-1)

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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES

Penner-Horcoff-Hemsky
Comrie-Gagner-O'Sullivan
Moreau-Cogliano-Stortini
Potulny-Brule-Reddox


Smid-Visnovsky
Gilbert-Strudwick
Souray-Staios

Khabibulin
Deslauriers

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**These are Re-Tweets of Paq Twinn's LIVE TweetCast© at www.Twitter.com/PaqTwinn **

1st PERIOD

- Just minutes away from #Oilers vs #Thrashers It's another Oilers PPV. Stay around for the full game LIVE *TweetCast*
- GOILERS!!!
- Anthems are being sung and we are awaiting the puck drop.
- Khabibulin is getting the start tonight.
- Souray is back!!!
- GAME ON!!! Oilers vs Thrashers
- There is an entire section "= to Oilers Gold Section" is completely empty. #WOW
- Staios takes the games 1st penalty. PP Thrashers
- Thrashers score! Bogosian from Kovalchuk at 4:37 of the 1st period. 1-0 Thrashers
- Another Thrashers PP coming up. Visnovsky for Boarding at 5:20
- Allright... Oilers killed it off. But there is a hooking penalty coming up to the Thrashers.
- PP Oilers.
- Oilers look bad on the PP. 10:25 left in the 1st
- Shots are 5-1 for the Thrashers 9:00 minutes left
- 5:00 minutes left and this game is lacking some intensity. The Oilers need some life.
- Not one of the Oiler players are looking spectacular yet. Who's going to be the guy? Hemsky? Penner? Souray? Horcoff? Comrie? Gagner? Habbi?
- Ok. Here we go. Oilers PP Kozlov for Tripping at 15:20
- Oilers get a PP late in the 3rd.
- 2nd Period is over and the Oilers will have a bit of PP time to start it off. Let's hope they come out guns a blazin'
- RT @buck75 Stortini playing NHL10. Good interview. #serious

2nd PERIOD

- GAME ON!!! 2nd Period is underway. 6 seconds left in the PP. GOILERS!
- YEAH! Oilers score 1-1 Tie Game. Horcoff from Staios at 39 seconds
- Oilers looking better now. #sweetemotion
- 11-9 are the shots in favour for the Oilers. 15:00 left in the 2nd period.
- Habbi is on fire!!! Big saves with 12:30 left iin the 2nd
- 5:32 left in the 2nd and the 2nd line, Brule and Habbi are looking the best on the Oilers this period.
- YEAH! Penner scores from Cogliano at 15:13 2-1 Oilers
- Penner should not be left off of Team Canada #2010 #oilers
- Shots are 23-17 for the Oilers. 3:47 left in the 2nd
- Ethan Moreau knows how to suck the life out of a period. PP Thrashers Bad Timing Penalty
- Potulny and O'Sullivan kill a good chunk of the PP.
- *insert swear word* Breakaway for Afinogenov and he scores. 2-2 Tie Game. It was a PP goal. The Oilers dominated that PK... until then.
- That's the end of the 2nd period. It was all Oilers but the Thrashers manage to tie it up at 2. 24-18 are the Shots in favour of the the Oil
- This LIVE *TweetCast* brought to you by http://www.oilersjambalaya.blogspot.com/  #oilers #nhl #thrashers

3rd PERIOD

- The puck is dropped and the 3rd is underway. GOILERS!
- Good Story Indeed RT @buck75 Good story about Tanner Hubbs. Good on the community fouindation for the #oilers.
- Great back and forth action to start the 3rd period. 28-21 are the shots in favour for the #Oilers. 2-2 Tie Game 13:28 left.
- PP Oilers Salmela for Hooking. at 7:59
- @BenThrashers Not to sound like a wise guy, but is your arena always that empty? Are those expensive seats?
- Agreed! RT @marshaboyd What a sh*tty powerplay. Some things never change.
- DAmN! The Thrashers Kozlov scored. 3-2 Thrashers at 11:59
- Ok. Makes sense now. Just strange to see. RT @BenThrashers When we're head-to-head with the Falcons it's tough. This is football country.
- 7:10 to go in the 3rd period
- 30-30 are the shots with 5:11 left in the 3rd Period
- Great pressure by the Oilers and the Thrashers take a penalty. PP Oilers 4:50 left in 3rd
- LET'S GO OILERS, LET'S GO!!!
- Two Minute Warning
- Reasoner hits the post
- Timeout Oilers 3-2 Thrashers
- Habbi goes to the bench #emptynet
- 50 seconds left
- Whistle. 29 seconds left in the 3rd. Oilers need a big one now.
- Game Over. #Oilers lose to the Atlanta #Thrashers. Great game by the Thrashers.The Oilers need to change things. Poor effort level from all.
- 3-2 Final Score. 36-30 were the shots in favour for the Oilers.
- I second that. RT @buck75 Weak...I'm getting tired of paying to watch #oilers games on tv.
- @AToilfan83 Moreau is a sad excuse for a leader. This team is getting into some serious trouble. Flu schmo. The effort level sucks
- Brule, Khabibulin and Visnovsky all played good for the Oilers. The 3rd Line, Strudwick and the 1st line for most of the game SUCKED!
- Please Eskies!!! Give me something to be happy about today.
- Have a good day everyone. I'm out! http://www.oilersjambalaya.blogspot.com/

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GAME HIGHLIGHTS



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FINAL SCORE

Edmonton Oilers - 2

Atlanta Thrashers - 3

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BAD TIMING PENALTY

Ethan Moreau - I usually won't tack a BTP on a guy in the 2nd period, but in this case it's fully worthy. The Oilers just scored to make it a 2-1 Oiler lead. Captain Dumb Ass takes a lazy Hooking penalty and gives the Thrashers the man advantage. What happens? They score and tie the game at 2. Way to be a leader.

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GAME STAT LEADERS

Goals - Horcoff, Penner (1 each)
Assists - Cogliano, Staios, Stortini, Hemsky (1 each)
Points - 6 Players tied at 1 each
Best +/- - Cogliano, Staios, Penner, Souray, Hemsky (+1 each)
Worst +/- - 13 Players tied a 0
Most Penalty Minutes - Moreau, Staios, Visnovsky (2 Mins each)
Most Time On The Ice -Souray (25:10)
Least Time On The Ice - Stortini (9:39)
Most Shots - Gilbert, O'Sullivan, Moreau (5 each)
Most Hits - Reddox (3 hits)
Most Giveaways - Smid, Horcoff, Moreau (1 each)
Most Takeaways - Moreau (2)
Most Blocked Shots - Strudwick (2)
Best Faceoffs - Gagner (5W-4L=56%)
Worst faceoffs - Potulny (2W-5L=29%), Penner (6W-11L=35%)

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BEERS

Nikolai Khabibulin - Once again Habbi stands up and delevers for the Oilers.  It's just too bad his team stinks.  He did his best and you can't ask for much more than that. Good job.  Frosty beer? Cheers!

Gilbert Brule - By far the hardest working Oiler tonight.  He tried his ass of and did everything he could to help this team win.  Is Quinn going to finally see what we see in this guy?  He was solid.  Have a drink on me. Cheers!

Lubomir Visnovsky - Perhaps he's been quietly our best player all season.  I can only remember one bad game by him and it wasn't tonight.  He's beer worthy today. Cheers!

HONORABLE MENTION(S): Laddy Smid (He played well, just not good enough for a beer.), The 2nd Line (They played well but never scored. The three of them sure can pass/cycle the puck.), Tom Gilbert (He was good. Too bad he's stuck with Strudwick.), Sheldon Souray (He seemed off tonight but played a ton. he just needs a game or two and he'll be back at the beer table with me slamming Buds.

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JEERS

Ethan Moreau - I wish Tambo would do something with you. You do nothing but drag this team down and pass the blame to whatever you don't contribute to.  It's time to man up and be a leader.  20 games into the season and you have done NOTHING to make this team a better hockey club.  I'm tired of it and I'm sure everyone else is (never mind your teammates).  Take a hike loser. Boooooo!

Jason Strudwick - He's a funny and classy guy, but he sucks at hockey. He's another guy the Oilers could do without.  Booooo!

HONORABLE MENTION(S): The Moreau/Cogliano/Stortini Line (For a "bigger" line they sure looked slow and not tough.  I'd split these guys up by removing Moreau.),

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GOAT WATCH

(Smokin' Ray) Ethan Moreau - Holds up middle finger.

(Paq Twinn) Robert Nilsson - Did not play. (concussion)

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OUR GAME SUMMARIES

Smokin' Ray - Talk about another sh*tty PPV game brodcast by the Edmonton Oilers.  I heard one of the reps (can't remember who?) talk about the PPV's last week on the radio. Let me say this whoever you are, THIS IS NOT ON A LEVEL OF CBC/TSN/SPORTSNET. Quit trying to pull a fast one on us.  We are not stupid fans and we know when we are getting quality. The segements during the 1st and 2nd intermission were good.  It's the rest of the content that sucked. 

Ok. Actualy hockey talk now. This team sucks.  This team has no heart.  This team can't fight their way out of a paper box.  This team is in serious trouble now. It's the 20 game mark and with a record of 8-10-2, that's pretty bad.  The Oilers forgot to show up for the 1st period and then when they did decide to appear, the Captain took the BTP and allowed the Thrashers to tie it up.  After that it just seemed like the Oilers were good, but just a slight step behind.  I can only expect Quinn to roll some heads tonight and I'm expecting a better showing tommorow night.  F*^% $#%@!!! There... I feel better.

Paq Twinn - He missed the game.

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GAME STATS

- Game Summary

- Event Summary

- Scoring Chances (MC79) COMING SOON

- David Staples Player Grades (Cult of Hockey)

- Full NHL Play By Play

- Oilers Time On The Ice

- Opponents Time On The Ice

- Faceoff Reports

- Shots Report

- Roster Reports

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NEXT GAME

Edmonton Oilers (8-10-2) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (10-6-2)

Monday, Nov 16/09
5:00 pm MT
Sportsnet West

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