Oilers Scalped By Blackhawks 5-0 / A Game Recap

BEERS & JEERS GAME RECAP

Welcome to another fine Edmonton Oilers Beers & Jeers Game Recap.

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FINAL SCORE

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS - 5

EDMONTON OILERS - 0

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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES

Eberle/Horcoff/Hemsky
Hall/Gagner/Penner
Paajarvi/Cogliano/Brule
Jacques/Fraser/Jones

Whitney/Gilbert
Belle/Foster
Peckham/Vandermeer

Khabibulin (1st &2nd)
Dubnyk (3rd)

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SCORING SUMMARY

GOAL SCORERS

CHI: J. Toews (14:24 - 1st) , J. Toews (PPG, 19:14 - 1st) , J. Toews (01:12 - 2nd) , P. Sharp (SHG, 18:57 - 2nd) , B. Bickell (01:58 - 3rd)

GOALIES
CHI: M. Turco (W) EDM: D. Dubnyk , N. Khabibulin

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BEERS & JEERS PLAYER GRADES

The Cult of Hockey Grading System:
10 perfect game,  9 extraordinary,  8 great,  7 good,  6 above average,
5 average,  4 below average,  3 poor,  2 terrible,  1 deserves to be in minors.

#2 JAMES VANDERMEER - (4) Slow, outplayed, giveaways, 2 penalties. Do I have to say much more? His boarding call was not a great call. Last minute the check turned his back.

#4 TAYLOR HALL - (4) He had moments where he looked like a million bucks. But for the most part average, or below. 3 shots, 2 hits and 2 giveaways.

#5 LADISLAV SMID - (0) DNP (Injured)

#6 RYAN WHITNEY - (4) He finished -2 and played 25:15. He had 2 hits and 2 blocked shots. He made a lot of stupid errors. Not sure if it's because he's bummed out with the team or if he's being played too much, but he wasn't very good tonight.

#10 SHAWN HORCOFF - (3) JEERS He can't be 100% healthy. He's not like he was before he was hurt. But he is the leader of this team and all three of the leaders need to do something. 38% on faceoffs is not the typical Horcoff. He was benched in the later parts of the game and only played 10:44. He was -2.

#13 ANDREW COGLIANO - (6) I thought we was OK. He was 8/5 for 62% on faceoffs and played great with Eberle and Paajarvi in the 3rd. I bet that's a new line for the next game. Good all around playing for Cogs. He finished -1 and played 19:05. He's been better since he was popped in the mouth.

#14 JORDAN EBERLE - (4) A decent game but not really. He was on for the 1st goal, the 3rd goal and the 5th goal. It wasn't till he was placed on a line with Paajarvi and Cogliano did he get playing with some fire in his belly. He had some chances t shoot and he didn't. Wrong choice. Shot as often as you can. Screw the pass, you Jordan "Clutch" Eberle.

#16 COLIN FRASER - (6) He played well. He was out for the 2nd Toews goal and that was it for goals against. He was 58% on faceoffs and he had some good shifts with Jacques and Jones. His +/- was even.

#22 JF JACQUES - (6) First game back as an Oiler and he did OK. No complaints about him tonight. He was credited with only 2 hits and I think that's false. He hit way more than that. He played 11:53 and looks like he will be able to contribute.

#26 KURTIS FOSTER - (5) I thought that he stepped his game up tonight. He made some good hits/pushovers (team high with 4 hits) and was trying to get some good shots off. I liked that he was paired with Belle. Good fit IMO. He was -2 and played 17:54

#27 DUSTIN PENNER - (4) Another so so game for Penner. He just couldn't find his groove. He had 1 shot, 1 giveaway and 1 takeaway.

#28 RYAN JONES - (5) He only plays 12:01 and does alright. He was even at night's end and while it looked like he was productive out there, he didn't really register a stat.

#33 STEVE MACINTYRE - (0) DNP (Healthy scratch)

#35 NIKOLAI KHABIBULIN - (3) JEERS Brutal. He let in 4 goals against and is tearing it up on the hockey pool side of things. Oh, meant tearing it down. He was credited with 2 giveaways and was pulled after two periods of play.

#40 DEVAN DUBNYK - (6) I LOVE HIS RANFORD MASK!!! He came in to start the 3rd and was scored on early to make it 5-0. After that, he fell into a zone and played well. He really does need to get more starts. He faced 16 shots in the 3rd period.

#43 JASON STRUDWICK - (0) DNP (scratch)

#45 SHAWN BELLE - (5) I thought he was OK. According to the stat sheet he was a team worst, 3 giveaways. I didn't see 3. He has great speed and can make a nice outlet pass. I hope he gets to stick around. Rather much watch Belle learn the NHL than see Strudwick or Vandermeer play.

#46 ZACK STORTINI - (0) DNP (scratch)

#49 THEO PECKHAM - (5) He wasn't reckless and out of control tonight. He was -1 and played 18:37. He was only credited with 1 hit and that's a crock. He was pretty physical out there. He played hard.

#67 GILBERT BRULE - (3) JEERS Brule was falling on the ice all over the place. He would try and make a play and fall. Make a pass, fall. It was crazy. I thought for awhile it was just his skates. Nope. He was just sucking. He had 1 hit and that's it. He only played 10:13.

#77 TOM GILBERT - (3) JEERS He is terrible. Every chance he gets... giveaway. I can't take it. Horcoff and Hemsky were benched, why not Gilbert?

#83 ALES HEMSKY - (4) I didn't really think he was all that bad. He made some nice moves and had very little help with putting it in the net. Hemsky needs a consistent line mate. He needs comfort. Renney is switching the lines faster than the MacBlender. It's not like Hemsky's not trying, it's the guys around that suck.

#89 SAM GAGNER - (4) He has a chance to lead a young team to something better (playoffs) and he's failing. After his hot start to the year, he's been average at best. Tonight was an average night. He's just not standing out right now.  He has improved on faceoffs this year though and was 9/5 for 64% tonight.

#91 MAGNUS PAAJARVI - (5) He was on that good line in the 3rd but he needs to find a way to make an impact without depending on his partners. I'm curious to see if Renney tried the 91/13/14 line next game. He played 17:05 and had 2 shots and a blocked shot.

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EVENT SUMMARY

GAME SUMMARY

FACEOFF REPORT

SHOT REPORT

mc79hockey Scoring Chances

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BAD TIMING PENALTY (what is a Bad Timing Penalty?)

None - Lucky this time!

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Penner Scorches Oilers Hope With Overtime Penalty / Oilers Lose 4-3 / A Game Recap

BEERS & JEERS GAME RECAP

Welcome to another fine Edmonton Oilers Beers & Jeers Game Recap.

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FINAL SCORE

EDMONTON OILERS - 3

NEW JERSEY DEVILS - 4  OT

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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES

Hall/Gagner/Hemsky
Paajarvi/Cogliano/Penner
Jones/Brule/Eberle
Fraser/Stortini

Whitney/Vandermeer
Smid/Foster
Gilbert/Peckham
Strudwick

Dubnyk

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BIG SAVE BY DUBNYK
(Photo by Andy Marlin/NHLI via Getty Images)

BEERS & JEERS PLAYER GRADES

The Cult of Hockey Grading System:
10 perfect game,  9 extraordinary,  8 great,  7 good,  6 above average,
5 average,  4 below average,  3 poor,  2 terrible,  1 deserves to be in minors.

#2 JAMES VANDERMEER - (5) He didn't play a whole lot. Just 7:32 in ice time.

#4 TAYLOR HALL - (7) BEERS Best game in a while. In 19:54, he had an assist on the Gagner goal, 5 shots that hit the net and one blocked shot. His only drawback, a team worst 2 giveaways. He was on the best Oilers line tonight. Hall did take 2 faceoffs and lost them both. On a side note, I wonder, why does he never see any PP time?

#5 LADISLAV SMID - (4) He had 5 blocked shots, 2 hits and a shot in his 20:26 of ice time. While that seems good, he didn't mesh well with Foster tonight. They were out a lot for the big Devils fire power. Smid was also caught standing still and out of the action on the Devils 3rd goal to tie it up. While Foster is dealing with 2 guys in front of the net, Smid is watching the play happen, rather than tie a guy up.

#6 RYAN WHITNEY - (6) He had a two assist night. He played 30:26 and did everything he could to help this team win. No stupid penalties. Not sure how he plays so much and does (stat wise) very little.

#10 SHAWN HORCOFF - (0) DNP (Injured)

#13 ANDREW COGLIANO - (2) JEERS He had a terrible night. While I'll forgive him because of the stitches in his mouth, his play sucked bad. He was out chanced 0/9 for the game and that's not good any way you look at it. His line was terrible. His personal highlight, a team best 8/6 for 57% on faceoffs. That's an improvement. Booooo!!!

#14 JORDAN EBERLE - (5) A better night than the last two games for sure. He had an assist on the 1st Fraser goal and had 2 shots. While he did make some nice plays, like the Fraser 1st goal, he can be better than this like when he lost his check for the Devils 1st goal. All the forwards need to be aware.

#16 COLIN FRASER - (7) BEERS He was the first star of the game with his two goal outburst. The 2 goals, 3 shots, a hit and a blocked shot. Both goals were his first as an Oiler.

#22 JF JACQUES - (0) DNP (conditioning with the OKC Barons)

#26 KURTIS FOSTER - (4) I didn't really like Foster much, but it might have had to do with Smid more than anything. I thought he overplayed the puck too much and he needed to communicate more with Smid to be effective. He had 2 shots and 3 hits in 21:11 of ice time. He, along with Smid, were out-chanced by a lot tonight. Cogliano's line's fault?

#27 DUSTIN PENNER - (2) JEERS Brutal game for Penner. He didn't produce a single scoring chance and only had 1 shot and 1 giveaway on the stat sheet. For all the people sticking up for him lately, he sure let them all down with tonight's game. He was -1 at games end, and his lazy and senseless penalty in overtime cost the Oilers the game. Boooo!!!

#28 RYAN JONES - (6) He was rewarded with some more ice time tonight after his solid game yesterday. He played 16:48 and only managed a shot. He did pick up an assist on Fraser's 2nd goal. Oddly enough, he seen no penalty kill time, but he did play 1:11 minutes worth of PP time.

#33 STEVE MACINTYRE - (0) DNP (Healthy scratch)

#35 NIKOLAI KHABIBULIN - (0) DNP Backup)

#40 DEVAN DUBNYK - (6) In his 2nd start of the year I thought he looked OK. Two of the goals were almost impossible to stop. But the other 2 could have been. No blame to Dubnyk for losing this game. He was as cool as a cucumber all game. I like his style.

#43 JASON STRUDWICK - (5) He played 14:34 and didn't get into much trouble. He only had a hit and was even on scoring chances.

#46 ZACK STORTINI - (6) He created space and the puck landed on Fraser's stick for his 2nd goal. Glad to see Storts out crashing and banging. He was awarded the assist on that goal, and he was out for the 1st goal as well. He ended +2, had a fight (draw) and all in 8:48 of playing time. I thought he was effective.
#49 THEO PECKHAM - (5) He was OK. He had 3 hits, 2 takeways and 2 blocked shots. Sometimes he chases the puck too much. Take the body, then the puck. He was on the losing side of the scoring chances.

#67 GILBERT BRULE - (4) Brule wasn't very good. He didn't shine in his time he had on the ice. Very much a lackluster performance. He went 5/7 for 42% on faceoffs.

#77 TOM GILBERT - (3) JEERS He is killing me out there. I hope he asked Santa to not suck anymore for Christmas. God knows he could use all the help he can get. He was a whopping 3/9 on scoring chances and he just looks lost out there. Booooo!!!

#83 ALES HEMSKY - (7) BEERS He had some great chances and was buzzing all night long. He made some beautiful plays and didn't get rewarded with any points. He had 1 shot and 2 hits in 23:11 of ice time.

#89 SAM GAGNER - (7) BEERS He scores a nice goal with the help of Taylor Hall. He was way better than the last two games. He actually made some good plays and he crashed the net a few times. Gagner looked like he and Hemsky were on the same page tonight.

#91 MAGNUS PAAJARVI - (2) JEERS 0/7 on scoring chances stink not matter how you look at it. He was on a terrible line with Cogliano and Penner and they didn't fare well. Not sure what's going on with him, but these bad games are starting to trend.

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EVENT SUMMARY

GAME SUMMARY

FACEOFF REPORT

SHOT REPORT

mc79hockey Scoring Chances

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BAD TIMING PENALTY (what is a Bad Timing Penalty?)

Dustin Penner - His overtime penalty was the game killer. Was he too tired to be out there? This was his 3rd BTP of the season. A team worst.

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I Can't Believe I Watched The Whole Game / 7-1 Ass Whopping / A Game Recap

BEERS & JEERS GAME RECAP

Welcome to another fine Edmonton Oilers Beers & Jeers Game Recap.

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FINAL SCORE

EDMONTON OILERS - 1

CAROLINA HURRICANES - 7

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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES

Hall/Gagner/Hemsky
Penner/Cogliano/Eberle
Penner/Brule/Jones
MacIntyre/Fraser/Stortini

Whitney/Peckham
Smid/Foster
Gilbert/Strudwick

Khabibulin/Dubnyk

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BEERS & JEERS PLAYER GRADES

The Cult of Hockey Grading System:
10 perfect game,  9 extraordinary,  8 great,  7 good,  6 above average,
5 average,  4 below average,  3 poor,  2 terrible,  1 deserves to be in minors.

#2 JAMES VANDERMEER - (0) DNP (Healthy scratch)

#4 TAYLOR HALL - (3) JEERS Brutal. He only played 8:47 and had nothing to show for it but a lousy missed shot. He was benched after banging his stick on the glass in frustration. Lesson learned? He had the lowest time on the ice next to MacIntyre.

#5 LADISLAV SMID - (5) He had 1 blocked shot, 4 hits and a giveaway in his 18:09 of ice time.

#6 RYAN WHITNEY - (5) He assisted on the Penner goal and was -1. He did OK on the penalty kill but was burned twice 5 on 5.

#10 SHAWN HORCOFF - (0) DNP (Injured)

#13 ANDREW COGLIANO - (6) BEERS He was sticked in the mouth and had to get stitched up. He played hard after that. He had 2 shots, 2 hits and a takeaway. He was on the ice for the Penner goal and finished the night +1. He went 4/5 for 44% on faceoffs.

#14 JORDAN EBERLE - (4) Not a great night for Mr. Consistent. He was benched with Hall in the 3rd. He had 2 shots and 2 takeaways.

#16 COLIN FRASER - (5) He seen a lot of ice with some of his teammates benched. He played 15:00 and looked OK. I thought he did a lot of things well. His faceoffs sucked. Team worst 5/8 for 38%.

#22 JF JACQUES - (0) DNP (conditioning with the OKC Barons)

#26 KURTIS FOSTER - (5) I did like Foster for the most part. He was very involved in the game. He took 8 shots with 2 reaching the net. He picked up an assist on the Penner goal and ended the night +1.

#27 DUSTIN PENNER - (4) His penalty 57 seconds in starts the tailspin. They scored on that PP. Not the best way to help your team start off on the right foot. He scores the Oilers only goal. Right place at the right time. For a big guy, he could pound guys with checks, but he doesn't.

#28 RYAN JONES - (5) He had a whopping 3:21 minutes of PP time tonight. He had 2 shots and 2 hits. His overall ice time? A personal season high 15:46.

#33 STEVE MACINTYRE - (2) JEERS He played 2:17 and managed to take a dumb penalty. He was trying to stir up some emotion, he puts (can't remember) in a headlock and flops him to the ground. 2 minutes for roughing. He did register 1 hit.

#35 NIKOLAI KHABIBULIN - (1) JEERS Worst. Performance. Ever. (5 goals against. 2 in the first 1:15)

#40 DEVAN DUBNYK - (5) In relief of Khabi, he did OK. He let in 2 goals but made some decent saves. I see no reason why Dubnyk isn't getting more games. He deserves a chance to play.

#43 JASON STRUDWICK - (4) Oy! He made me cringe every time the Canes came into the Oilers zone and Strudwick was there. While he wasn't a 2, it doesn't get much better than a 4. He didn't even have a hit. Isn't he supposed to be the physical part of the team?

#46 ZACK STORTINI - (4) He didn't really do anything out there. Much like Strudwick, when your team is down by a few goals like tonight, crush someone. That's what you get paid for. In his 11:00 minutes of ice time, Renney managed to give him 1:32 of PP time.

#49 THEO PECKHAM - (6) BEERS He played 20:23 and had 12 minutes in penalties (2 for roughing and a game misconduct with about 4 minutes left in the 3rd). He tried his ass of and he threw 6 hits and blocked 4 shots. He did make some errors, but he was a hard guy to play against. My favorite defender tonight.

#67 GILBERT BRULE - (4) Brule had the best faceoff percentage for both teams. He went 9/3 for 75%. How is he not a full time center? He finished -2 and had 3 shots.

#77 TOM GILBERT - (3) JEERS He was brutal. He was on the ice for 5 of the Canes' goals. He had a giveaway that resulted in a goal. He finished -3 and it's clear that Strudwick isn't his match made in heaven. He did try and be better by throwing 4 hits and blocking 3 shots, but it just wasn't a great night for Gilbert.

#83 ALES HEMSKY - (4) JEERS He did nothing. When the chips were down, he gave up. Why is he n the PK? He barely back checks 5 on 5, how is going to do it well a man down? He was on the ice for 2 PP goals against. While he was better than his linemates, that isn't saying much at all. Booooo to you Hemmer!

#89 SAM GAGNER - (3) JEERS He couldn't do anything right. He was a team worst -4 (he was on for every 5 on 5 goal against) and blew so many covers it was getting frustrating to watch. He had 2 shots and a hit while playing 17:24. Worst game I have ever seen him play.

#91 MAGNUS PAAJARVI - (3) JEERS Part of the crap the bed gang. Paajarvi had a team worst 3 giveaways and he finished -2. He did have 2 hits and 2 shots, but not much else.

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EVENT SUMMARY

GAME SUMMARY

FACEOFF REPORT

SHOT REPORT

mc79hockey Scoring Chances *coming soon*

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BAD TIMING PENALTY (what is a Bad Timing Penalty?)

Dustin Penner - The penalty to start the game killed the Oilers right off the hop. This game could have been different if that penalty was never taken and the first goal of the game wasn't scored so quick.

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Oilers Beat The Champs! (Again) 2-1 / A Game Recap

BEERS & JEERS GAME RECAP

Welcome to another fine Edmonton Oilers Beers & Jeers Game Recap.

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FINAL SCORE

EDMONTON OILERS - 2

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS - 1

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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES

Paajarvi/Gagner/Eberle
Hall/Horcoff/Hemsky
Penner/Cogliano/Brule
Jones/Fraser/Stortini

Whitney/Vandermeer
Smid/Strudwick
Gilbert/Foster

Khabibulin

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VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS



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BEERS & JEERS PLAYER GRADES

The Cult of Hockey Grading System:
10 perfect game,  9 extraordinary,  8 great,  7 good,  6 above average,
5 average,  4 below average,  3 poor,  2 terrible,  1 deserves to be in minors.

#2 JAMES VANDERMEER - (5) Decent all game long. He had 3 hits, 2 blocked shots and a takeaway in 15:27 of ice. But he did take 2 out of the 4 Oilers penalties.

#4 TAYLOR HALL - (7) BEERS Fast. The only way to describe him. He made a lot of nice plays and is looking better every game. He had 2 hits, 3 takeaways, a blocked shot and 2 shots on goal. No complaining here.

#5 LADISLAV SMID - (6) He have a decent game. He logged a ton of time on the ice and looked like he wanted more.

#6 RYAN WHITNEY - (7) BEERS He was good. He played 26:00 minutes and was strong on the puck. After a few less than great games in the last little while, I was worried his feet may be bothering him. He looked fine and healthy to me tonight. He adds another assist and he had a hit, a takeaway and 2 blocked shots. Best defenceman on the night.

#10 SHAWN HORCOFF - (6) Horcoff was hurt after playing 8:42. I hope he's not gone for long.

#13 ANDREW COGLIANO - (6) He's been on fire lately. Tonight's game he was good again. He had 3 shots and was 5/5 for 50% on faceoffs. But he was on the ice for the only Hawks goal.

#14 JORDAN EBERLE - (5) Not a fan of the line he's on. He looks his best with Horcoff. I thought he was the best on the line. Good once again on the penalty kill. Smart player even when he's not attracting the focus.

#16 COLIN FRASER - (5) He seen some added ice time after Horcoff went down. He responded nicely. I liked that he had a little extra jump in his steps. He had 2 hits, but was a team worst 2/5 for 29%.

#22 JF JACQUES - (0) DNP (Injured)

#26 KURTIS FOSTER - (7) BEERS He was dynamite! He scored to get the ball rolling and he played smart hockey all night long. He had 3 hits, 3 shots, and had a takeaway and a blocked shot. He played 17:31.

#27 DUSTIN PENNER - (6) He actually used his big frame well tonight. He was on for both Oiler goals and he just seemed to make things happen. Glad to see he's motivated again. In his 17:16 of ice time, he had 1 shot, 1 hit, 1 blocked shot and 1 takeaway.

#28 RYAN JONES - (6) He along with Fraser seen more ice than normal. He had 2 shots, a hot and a takeaway. Nothing real to complain about here.

#33 STEVE MACINTYRE - (0) DNP (Healthy scratch)

#35 NIKOLAI KHABIBULIN - (8) BEERS That save was FREAKING AWESOME! Watch the highlights above. Wow! He was great all game. He made the little saves along with the big ones. WHen the Oilers were asleep, Khabi wasn't. The curse of the former Oilers continued as Pisani popped one by him.

#40 DEVAN DUBNYK - (0) DNP (backup)

#43 JASON STRUDWICK - (6) All of the sudden guys like Strudwick and Vandermeer are looking good to me. Either I had a few too many beers, or he really did play well. He had 3 blocked shots and 2 hits in his 18:12 of ice time.

#46 ZACK STORTINI - (6) He played well. I loved his fight with John Scott. He was jerseyed and he still kept going. lol. Love that Storts. He actual hockey game was pretty good. He's not a liability out there. He had 3 hits and played 6:55.

#49 THEO PECKHAM - (0) DNP (Injured)

#67 GILBERT BRULE - (6) Brule has, like Cogliano, improved a lot since Penner has been on their line. He had 3 shots, 3 hits and a takeaway and was burning up the ice. I don't understand why he isn't getting a look on the pk?

#77 TOM GILBERT - (7) BEERS He was pretty good tonight and he did what he had to do to be successful. He had 5 shots that couldn't find the back of the net and he once again blocks a team high, 4 shots. He does quietly play a solid game. He was dependable tonight.

#83 ALES HEMSKY - (8) BEERS He was brilliant tonight. The best Hemsky game that I have seen in a long, long time. He assisted on both goals and played almost 20 minutes.

#89 SAM GAGNER - (4) He started out OK, but was I disappointed with him tonight (other than his goal).

#91 MAGNUS PAAJARVI - (5) I hate this line. They don't work well together. He had 2 shots in his 14:09 of ice time. His most consistent quality? He drew another penalty.

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EVENT SUMMARY

GAME SUMMARY

FACEOFF REPORT

SHOT REPORT

mc79hockey Scoring Chances

CORSI NUMBERS

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BAD TIMING PENALTY (what is a Bad Timing Penalty?)

None -

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Wings Out Play Oilers In 3-1 Win / A Game Recap

BEERS & JEERS GAME RECAP

Welcome to another fine Edmonton Oilers Beers & Jeers Game Recap.

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FINAL SCORE

DETROIT RED WINGS - 3

EDMONTON OILERS - 1

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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES

Paajarvi/Gagner/Eberle
Hall/Horcoff/Hemsky
Penner/Cogliano/Brule
Jones/Fraser/Stortini

Whitney/Vandermeer
Smid/Strudwick
Gilbert/Foster

Khabibulin

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VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS



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BEERS & JEERS PLAYER GRADES

The Cult of Hockey Grading System:
10 perfect game,  9 extraordinary,  8 great,  7 good,  6 above average,
5 average,  4 below average,  3 poor,  2 terrible,  1 deserves to be in minors.

My Dad arrived at my house last night for his once a year visit. We watched the game together for the first time in years. We also like some "pops" while we watch the game. So by the time it was over, I was in no shape to write the player grades. So I encourage you to read Bruce McCurdy's grades at the Cult of Hockey. I agree with him 100%.

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EVENT SUMMARY

GAME SUMMARY

FACEOFF REPORT

SHOT REPORT

mc79hockey Scoring Chances

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BAD TIMING PENALTY (what is a Bad Timing Penalty?)

None -

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Oilers Lose By One To Canucks 4-3 / A Game Recap

BEERS & JEERS GAME RECAP

Welcome to another fine Edmonton Oilers Beers & Jeers Game Recap.

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FINAL SCORE

VANCOUVER CANUCKS - 4

EDMONTON OILERS - 3

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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES

Paajarvi/Gagner/Hemsky
Hall/Horcoff/Eberle
Penner/Cogliano/Brule
Jones/Fraser/Stortini

Whitney/Gilbert
Smid/Strudwick
Peckham/Foster

Khabibulin

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BEERS & JEERS PLAYER GRADES

The Cult of Hockey Grading System:
10 perfect game,  9 extraordinary,  8 great,  7 good,  6 above average,
5 average,  4 below average,  3 poor,  2 terrible,  1 deserves to be in minors.

#2 JAMES VANDERMEER - (0) DNP (Healthy scratch)

#4 TAYLOR HALL - (5) He didn't do a whole lot tonight. He took 2 shots and had a giveaway. Not a stand out night like he's been dishing out lately. I was starting to think that the physical play scares him a little.

#5 LADISLAV SMID - (6) He had 2 assists and really should have been +3, but he went off before the 3rd goal was scored even though he was awarded an assist on that play. Funny huh? He played 17:07 and he had 1 shot, 3 hits, 1 blocked shot, but tied for a team worst, 3 giveaways. His 3 hits led the team in that category. Just too bad about the giveaways.

#6 RYAN WHITNEY - (5) He was OK. While he did look less sloppy and a little more comfortable with the puck, I didn't think he was very good. He needs to assert himself more. Take charge of that back end. 2 shots, 1 hit (not enough), 3 blocked shots (tied for a team high) and 2 giveaways.

#10 SHAWN HORCOFF - (5) Horcoff was below average. In his 20 minutes in ice time, he only had 1 shot on goal. He was 6/8 for 43% on faceoffs. I hope Cappy can play better against the Wings on Friday. This line needs to chip in.

#13 ANDREW COGLIANO - (7) BEERS It seems like the line change was a good one. Penner seems to fire these guys up. Cogliano picked up 2 assists tonight and on top of that, he made plays. He was more than just a fast player. One of the great plays was the play to Brule for the one timer goal. Dekes a few guys and tosses Brule a beauty for a nice tine time goal. Even on the Penner goal, that was a result from Cogliano's hard work. Cogliano needed a game like this.

#14 JORDAN EBERLE - (5) Not a great game. He made some nice plays and looked OK, but he needed to play like he has been. While the line was decent on scoring chances, they failed to connect.

#16 COLIN FRASER - (6) Much, much better game. His penalty kill was great. He was 5/6 for 45% on faceoffs. He also blocked 3 shots and had a takeaway and a hit. All this in only 10:03 of ice time. His downside? The 2 giveaways.

#22 JF JACQUES - (0) DNP (Injured)

#26 KURTIS FOSTER - (3) He was not very good. He blew so many plays it was getting redundant. He did take 3 shots, but none found the back of the net.

#27 DUSTIN PENNER - (6) He scores on a nice wrap around on Luongo. That whole shift he was a force. He powered his way around there and after a nice hit by Cogliano, Pens scoops the puck and scores. His penalty shortly after that was really high and was unnecessary. Not sure what he was thinking with that?

#28 RYAN JONES - (6) He surprised the Oiler fans and himself with a dirty goal in the 3rd. It helped get the ball rolling and the 4th line made things happen. The 4th line was also on the ice for the fluke winner. So even though that sucked, this was a much different line than how they were a few games ago. He had 3 shots in 7:19 of ice time.

#33 STEVE MACINTYRE - (0) DNP (Healthy scratch)

#35 NIKOLAI KHABIBULIN - (5) The winning goal was a joke. It infuriates me to think about it. Maybe for that slit second he stopped watching the puck? A weak backhand trickles through the whole zone and past Khabi. Tough to go out that way. all game was was 50/50. 50% good. Made great reads and some big saves. But the other 50 was not that good. He was torched in the 1st for 2 goals. Sure the team sucked, but 2 out of the 3 he could have made the save, nevermind the winner. Ugh!

#40 DEVAN DUBNYK - (0) DNP (backup)

#43 JASON STRUDWICK - (4) Average Strudwick type of game. I have nothing to say about him other than I don't like him much as a player. Bring up Shawn Belle.

#46 ZACK STORTINI - (6) He played decent. He had some real good shifts. He picked up his first point of the season with an assist on the Jones goal. He also had a couple of hits and a shot.

#49 THEO PECKHAM - (4) Peckham was not all that great tonight. He was killed in chances and was -1. He didn't really play all that physical like he does, so he was largely ineffective. To be fair, he did play against the Sedins a lot.

#67 GILBERT BRULE - (7) BEERS Brule scores the 3rd and tying goal. Cogs make some nice moves and with a sweet pass to Brule, he scored a bomber. He has found that chemistry with Cogliano and Penner and they seem to be heading in a good direction. He was +2 with the goal and had 2 takeaways as well.

#77 TOM GILBERT - (4) Not his best game. He logged a ton of time (24:41) and fired 7 shots in total (only 1 hit the net) but his 3 giveaways are getting very common. He lost the puck on the Canucks blue line and had to take a penalty on the backcheck. I wasn't a fan of his tonight.

#83 ALES HEMSKY - (4) JEERS He was nailed all game. I started to feel sorry for him after a while. I'm a little surprised that none of his teammates sent a message back. He's the "best" player. I didn't see anyone engage Alberts. He was out chanced all game. Not his best. But he did try.

#89 SAM GAGNER - (4) JEERS He was the same as Hemsky. He was 8/11 for 42% on the faceoffs. Also like Hemsky, he tried but came up short.

#91 MAGNUS PAAJARVI - (4) JEERS He was also part of the suck line. I'd expect a better game on Friday.

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EVENT SUMMARY

GAME SUMMARY

FACEOFF REPORT

SHOT REPORT

mc79hockey Scoring Chances

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BAD TIMING PENALTY (what is a Bad Timing Penalty?)

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Oilers Shoot Down Blackhawks 7-4 / A Game Recap

BEERS & JEERS GAME RECAP

Welcome to another fine Edmonton Oilers Beers & Jeers Game Recap.

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FINAL SCORE

EDMONTON OILERS - 7

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS - 4

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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES

Paajarvi/Gagner/Hemsky
Hall/Horcoff/Eberle
Penner/Cogliano/Brule
Jones/Fraser/Stortini

Whitney/Gilbert
Smid/Strudwick
Peckham/Foster

Khabibulin

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BEERS & JEERS PLAYER GRADES

The Cult of Hockey Grading System:
10 perfect game,  9 extraordinary,  8 great,  7 good,  6 above average,
5 average,  4 below average,  3 poor,  2 terrible,  1 deserves to be in minors.

#2 JAMES VANDERMEER - (0) DNP (Healthy scratch)

#4 TAYLOR HALL - (7) Hall scores his second ever NHL goal and picks up an assist. Kind of like last night's game, another 2 points. He played with some great confidence and he earned his 17:02 of ice time. He had 2 shots, a hit and a takeaway. He did more than the stats suggest.

#5 LADISLAV SMID - (6) I liked Smid. He played a ton (22:27) and never really looked out of it. He was on the ice for the Dowell goal but that was all Strudwick. He had 2 hits and 2 blocked shots.

#6 RYAN WHITNEY - (6) He was pretty decent. Why? Like I said yesterday, maybe he needed less time on the ice? He played 6 minutes less (22:54) and looked better. Let's hope Renney continues this. Whitney had 1 assist, was +2,

#10 SHAWN HORCOFF - (8) BEERS Horcoff picks up another 2 assists and seems to be on fire playing with the kids. I mean really, how hard is it? Skate, get puck, pass to Eberle or Hall, notch assist. He was 10/7 fro 59% on faceoffs. That helped the Oilers be better. He needs to stay above 50%.

#13 ANDREW COGLIANO - (7) It seems like the line change has helped Cogs. He scores his first of the year from Brule and Foster. He didn't make any glaring mistakes and was great on faceoffs. 5/2 for 71%. He had 2 shots, 2 hits, 1 takeaway and 2 blocked shots. All this in 14:55 of ice time.

#14 JORDAN EBERLE - (8) BEERS Solid game again. How does he do it? He scores and picks up an assist in 19:46. He had 3 shots on goal and a team high, 3 takeaways. Did I mention his goal was another sweet one?

#16 COLIN FRASER - (6) Much better game for Fraser. Renney finally went for it with the 4th line and it paid off. They didn't get scored on. 2 hits and 2 shots in 9:11 of ice time.

#22 JF JACQUES - (0) DNP (Injured)

#26 KURTIS FOSTER - (6) He played his first game since the groin injury. He had 2 assists and was +3. He took 2 shots and played a rounded game. His injury looked ok but his playing time was limited. He only skated 14:19, so to rack up those kind of stats, he had a pretty good game.

#27 DUSTIN PENNER - (5) He had chemistry with Brule and Cogliano. While he did play OK in front of the net, he didn't really make much of an impact on this game. He was +1 in 13:36 of ice time.

#28 RYAN JONES - (6) He scored his 2nd of the year. He had a big shot block (2 in total) that stung him and he didn't get scored on. While his overall game was worth a 5, his goal IMO bumped him to a 6.

#33 STEVE MACINTYRE - (0) DNP (Healthy scratch)

#35 NIKOLAI KHABIBULIN - (4) JEERS He was average or slightly below. He let in 4 goals and that stinks. He had 2 of the Oilers 6 giveaways and he made me grouchy. One minute he's a freaking all star, the next he's a bum off the street wearing goalie gear. No consistency. He can make a big save, but the little ones sneak in. Not all the goals were his fault though, but he didn't help out much. Lucky the team playing in front of him scored a bunch.

#38 JEFF DESLAURIERS - (0) DNP (Healthy scratch)

#40 DEVAN DUBNYK - (0) DNP (Healthy scratch)

#43 JASON STRUDWICK - (3)  JEERS He was, in my books, expected to be not great anyways. But explain how he's the only Oiler -1? He played 20:17 and had a funny play where he was playing the puck and he stepped on the puck. While falling down, Dowell snags it and scored (not so funny part). Why do we have to have him in the lineup? Oh right... him or Vandermeer. Oy!

#46 ZACK STORTINI - (6) He was good. Not bad for a guy who hasn't played in a while. His line didn't get beat and he had 2 hits and was +1 in 7:32. Glad to see him play again.

#49 THEO PECKHAM - (5) He could have been better, but with a win, it's hard to bitch. He finished +2 and played 18:57. He had no shots and only had 1 hit. But I suppose when your winning, no need to push the envelope.

#67 GILBERT BRULE - (6) Brule had a team high 5 hits but also had a team high, 2 penalties. Both were not great plays by Brule. He had an assist on the Cogliano goal. If he wants more ice time, he needs to shoot more. Hitting is good, but shooting gets you out there.

#77 TOM GILBERT - (6) Not noticed much other than right off the hop. He blocked shots tonight like he always does and had 3. He finished +3 and was on the ice for 21:06. He could shoot more.

#83 ALES HEMSKY - (8) BEERS He was the worst on the team with 3 giveaways. That's the bad. The good? He had a goal and an assist while finishing +2. He had 3 blocked shots and 2 shots. He created lots of chances and really made the Hawks pay attention.

#89 SAM GAGNER - (7) He scores his first 2 goals of the year. 1 for real and 1 in an empty net. I liked the 1st line and I thought Gags was a big part of it. 2 takeaways and 2 shots in 16:13. His faceoffs still stunk at 38%. I don't know how he's going to fix that?

#91 MAGNUS PAAJARVI - (7) He knows how to pass that puck. He's not afraid to hold it either. His poise is evident when playing with Hemsky and Gagner. It's fun to watch him play. He had 2 assists and was +3 in 16:10 of ice time. He didn't register a shot and I hope that's not a common sight. Good overall game for Paajarvi.

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EVENT SUMMARY

GAME SUMMARY

FACEOFF REPORT

SHOT REPORT

mc79hockey Scoring Chances

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BAD TIMING PENALTY (what is a Bad Timing Penalty?)

None -

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