Welcome to Oilers Jambalaya. Beers & Jeers is a dual collaboration between Smokin' Ray and Paq Twinn. We hope you enjoy our Edmonton Oilers full game recap.
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- Who's Out? Ales Hemsky has a fever and will not be playing tonight. Robert Nilsson will take his place alongside Horcoff and Comrie. Go figure? He's out for 4 games and POOF! On the 1st line. Staios, Souray, Pisani, Pouliot and Peckham are injured. Steve MacIntyre is a healthy scratch even though the big idiot, Derek Boogaard is playing. Too bad. That would have been a good scrap.
- I'm hearing that Robbie Schremp may be put on waivers once again. Apparently, even the New York Islanders (a really bad team) don't even need him anymore. After 4 games he has 1 assist and is a -2. So if they do put him back on waivers, the Oilers have 1st dibs on re-claiming him. Would they do it? It's possible. If I'm correct, I do believe that the Oilers can then send him straight to Springfield at that point. But do the Oilers really need him back? Not really.
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Pre-Game Records
Edmonton Oilers (3-2-1) vs. Minnesota Wild (1-4-0)
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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES
Comrie-Horcoff-Nilsson
Penner-Gagner-O'Sullivan
Jacques-Brule-Stone
Moreau-Cogliano-Stortini
Strudwick-Visnovsky
Gilbert-Grebeshkov
Chorney-Smid
Khabibulin
Deslauriers
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1st Period
- Here we go, the Wild win opening draw.
- The Wild are dealing with some injuries, same as the Oilers, most notably, Martin Havlat
- The Wild's starting goalie, Josh Harding, takes a delay of game penalty a minute and a half in. Oilers PP
- My "goat" Nilsson, screws the Oilers PP pressure, with a bad pass.
- The Oilers have a good pace going early in this game.
- Oilers looking good in this game. so far Minny has 0 shots. 13:45 1st.
- side note: Mike Comrie's girlfriend, Hillary Duff is in the crowd tonight.
- Oilers controlling the play, Harding looks sharp.
- Storts lays out Shepard with an open ice hit. 8:00 1st
- Boogaard nailed Lubo. Everyone's hitting now
- Oilers end up with a PP, after a scrum. 6:00 1st
- Oilers PP ends with little success. 0-0 still.
- Oilers 2nd line of 27,89,19 is looking good, same with the 1st of 91,10,12.
- Brule with a great shot, but it goes off the post.
- Wild getting pressure for the first time, in the last minute.
- 1st period ends tied at 0. Oilers hit 2 posts in the period.
- This was the fastest pace period I've ever seen the Wild play. No more trap.
- Oilers looking better than the last game. they're playing a smarter game.
2nd Period
- 2nd period about to begin. Oilers vs Wild 0-0 tie game
- Oilers all over the puck early in 2nd.
- Comrie scores! pass from Nilsson, 18:11 2nd. 1-0 Oilers
- Lubo makes back to back shot blocks.
- Oilers playing their game. Hit and skate, the crowd starts chanting "lets go Oilers" for the first time tonight.
- Strudwick blocks a shot. takes a penalty shortly after. Wild PP. 13:34 2nd
- Wild rank #6 on the PP.
- Oilers doing a good job on PK
- 2 face offs outside the zone on the PK. 1-0 Oilers 11:17 2nd
- Wild get some pressure, Khabi makes some saves.
- Patty-O hits Boogaard.
- Penner scores! thanks to the hit by Patty-O. 2-0 Oilers 8:01 left in the 2nd.
- Last 5 mins are dragging by in the 2nd
- The Wild's Pouliot (Benoit) scores. 3:18 2nd 2-1 Oilers
- Last min in the 2nd period.
- Stone scores! 3-1 Oilers A last minute goal
- That goal may go to Brule. After 2 periods the Oilers lead 3-1.
- Stoner says he didnt score, during interview at intermission.
3rd Period
- Getting ready for 3rd period action.
- The Oilers 3rd goal is credited to Brule.
- Oilers take a penalty right out of the gate.
- Patty-O doing a great job on PK for the Oilers. 17:17 left in the 3rd
- Horcoff takes 2 for holding.
- Brunette scores on the PP. 3-2 Oilers
- Oilers looking sloppy and slow early in the 3rd.
- Shepard takes a hard low wrister, Save by Khabi
- The pace is starting to pick up again. 13:25 3rd
- Hilbert goes off for high sticking. Oilers PP.
- Patty-O takes 2 for slashing. PP over. 4 on 4
- Wild get :55 of PP half way through the 3rd period
- Wild out shooting Oilers 28-14 Third game in a row
- Penner scores! a great pass from Gags leads to a butey tap in by Penner. 4-2 Oilers 7:47 left in the 3rd period
- Brule scores! off a scramble rebound. 5-2 Oilers 6:01 3rd
- Penner and Brule both have a 2 goal night going. A possible hattrick maybe?
- Chorney's having another solid game. 3:00 left in the 3rd
- Boogaard hammers Patty-O late in the game, Penner takes exception. Cheap hit.
- Oilers PP looks for revenge.
- Last min of the game
- Everyone's looking for Pens or Brule for the hatty's
- Game Over. Oilers Win 5-2.
- Patty-O(3), Brule(2), Penner(1) get the stars tonight.
- Overall a good game by the Oilers tonight. But with all due respect to the Wild, this was a game we should have won.
- Next up, the Canucks on Oct.19. hope everyone enjoyed this Live **TweetCast** brought to you in part by oilersjambalaya.blogspot.com
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FINAL SCORE
Minnesota Wild - 2
Edmonton Oilers - 5
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GAME STATS
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BAD TIMING PENALTY
None - None that changed the outcome of the game. O'Sullivan's slashing penalty was as close as it got for a BTP. But lucky for him the Wild already had a guy in the box and it only made it a 4 on 4 and then only gave the Wild a 55 second PP. Plus no momentum was lost to the Oilers because of that penalty.
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GOAT WATCH
(Smokin' Ray) Ethan Moreau - He was his usual goat self. He did nothing to contribute to the game. Even though he didn't take a penalty late in the game (wow! amazing!), he still didn't do squat.
(Paq Twinn) Robert Nilsson - Can you believe it? He was good. He sits out for 4 games and looks better than Hemsky has on the 1st line. Not much of a goat tonight.
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BEERS
Dustin Penner - The temporary Assistant Captain was a real force out there tonight. I still can not believe how fast he is this year. It's nothing short of phenonimal. This was his 3rd multiple point game. He had 2 goals and was a +2. I'm kinda thinking that he's earning his money this year (so far). Enjoy a big frosty beer. Mmmm. Cheers!
Gilbert Brule - This guy is slowly making me into a huge fan. Raffi who you say? He nails the post, scores twice w/ 4 shots and goes 7W-6L 56% on the faceoff dot. He played his best game as an Oiler tonight. I hope there is more of that. *Two thumbs up* Good job Brew. Have a cold Kokanee. Cheers!
Nikolai Khabibulin - The wall was solid again tonight. So far this year it looks like the Oilers may have a solid duo. With Bulin being an Oiler (and doing well), we at least have some hope for the playoffs. I wasn't huge on his signing but I'm getting there now. For another great game... It's Miller Time. Cheers!
Ladislav Smid - I love this guy. He's playing tough and is not making very many mistakes. He finished the night with a +3 rating. Very solid. Glad to see him step up this year. Quick Ladi... slam this beer. Cheers!
Lubomir Visnovsky - Just when you thought that Smid had a good +/-, Lubo comes out with a +4. He started out the season in a fragile state, he's good now, just ask Boogaard. He played with fire and passion tonight. He's a stud and Paq Twinn made a good call when he picked him as his "star". How about a good cold mug of Budweiser? Cheers!
HONORABLE MENTION(S): Sam Gagner (He didn't play much in the 2nd, but once he got back out, he was buzzing like a bee. He was +2 and had 1 assist), Patrick O'Sullivan (+2 and 1 assist. He needed to shoot more), Zack Stortini (He kept the Boogeyman at bay and was a hitting machine.), Ryan Stone (Picked up 2 assists and played pretty good.), JF Jacques (Survived a hit from behind and made a few hits of his own. He played tough.), Mike Comrie (Maybe he should bring Ms. Duff more often. He scored a beauty.), Robert Nilsson (Where has this guy been all season? Oh right, the press box. He did ok tonight as he picked up an assist.), Jason Strudwick (How is this guy getting points? Add another assist to the list.)
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JEERS
The Entire Team - Do you like to be outshot every game? Is it fun to rely on your goalie? SHOOT! Shoot lots. I just don't get it. It's a simple concept. SHOOT! We're just lucky that the Wild stink right now. Booooooo!
HONORABLE MENTION(S): None
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GAME SUMMARY
Smokin' Ray - I am always worried when it's a PPV. The Oilers are classic for pooping in the bed when I'm paying for it. But tonight we got out money's worth. The Wild killed us in shots and that's not a good thing even if your goalie is ripping it up. I really didn't miss Hemsky tonight. Isn't that strange to say? But it's true. But all in all I enjoyed myself. I'm liking this "new look" Oiler squad. I like it when we win. GOILERS!
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NEXT GAME
Oilers vs. Canucks
Monday Oct. 19/09
7:00 pm MT
Sportsnet West
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