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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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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Shawn Horcoff - Two Heads Are Better Than One

Well good afternoon folks.  With having this many days in between games a persons mind starts to wander (and not for the best).  I think I've looked at everything that is Oiler related in the last few days.  But something made me look twice when I was going over the Edmonton Oilers injury report today. 

I've always noticed that Shawn Horcoff was a different looking person and a different kind of player.  One minute he's on a hot streak.  The next he's on an ugly streak.  Plus on top of that, he's has the two different colored eyes and that always makes a person look different.  But as I looked at his picture, I started to see two different people.  So I thought...

What if I draw a line to see what happens.  What do you see?  Is there two guys there?

See.  Am I right or am I right?  This explains a lot on why he is such a streaky player don't you think?  I know, I know.  I'm a strange dude. 

But you think I could just leave it alone and move on to something else?  Of course not.  So I went one step further and made him into the two different people.  The right side of him and the left side of him. 

Here is Mr. Right Side.  He's handsome and confidant looking.  Maybe this is the side that's the 1st line center and $5.5 million dollar player?  Maybe this is the guy that gets 70 points a year?  Maybe this guy is an allstar?

Now I'm going to guess that Mr. Left Side is the 3rd line checker guy?  The back of the room drinking Pilsner by yourself kind of guy.  He may not be a ladies man, but he sure can kill a penalty and block shots. 

So there you have it.  The Two Horcoffs.  Are two heads really better than one?  I'd say Shawn thinks so.

Quinn Made A Promise To The Oiler Fans

Did you watch the video that I have had on the Jambalaya Home Page today?  Watch it again, it right above this.

When I first seen it at the beginning of the season I got goose bumps.  It was an amazing thing to see - remember last year and the MacT fiasco? So do I.  So when I came across it today, a few things he said stood out for me, other than the goose bumps I got again re-watching it. 

Quinn started off by saying, "Hello, I'm Pat Quinn, the head coach for your Edmonton Oilers." 

Sweet intro line.  He had me at hello.

"This is your team and everything we do, we do it for you, our fans."

I'm even more fired up and intrigued by what he is saying and strangely enough, I started thinking about Bryan Adams. "Look into my eyes.."

"I can't sit here and make any promises about the post season.  But I can promise you this..."

Now this is where is gets exciting.  Why is that you say?  Well, remember the coaching staff saying that the team was going to win the division that one year and didn't?  This is kind of where Quinn is going with this speech.  But it's a different promise.  Maybe an easier one we hope?

"We will play tough."

Ok.  That should be a easy thing to do right?  Oh yeah... the team is filled with smurfs.  Hmmm.  I don't know if he should have said that.

"We will show grit."

Ok.  Grit I can see before toughness.  What else you got Quinn?

"And we will highlight the skill on this team."

That was probably the most believable thing he said so far.  Skill we have, but toughness and grit?

"And on every night, even when we're tired, and it's cold, I promise you this."

More promises... the suspense is killing me.

"This team will compete"

That is one hell of a statement to make.  Especially when I have watched this team for as long as I have.  I wasn't sure if he knew this team's history to not show up for games in the past 3 years (or more).  But nonetheless... I believe him.

"And when we do this... everything else will fall into place."

 By this time, I'm ready to vote him into the PM's office.  Quinn for PM!  Finally a coach that gets it.  And he's our coach.  The Oilers have found their saviour.

"We will be taking on the world... starting October 3rd."

Bring it on world... bring it on.

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Fast forward to today.  How do I feel about it today? 

I feel let down.  The players seemed to buy into what Quinn was selling at the start.  The first 7 games I was in heaven.  We all were.  I was floating on clouds.  Then the hockey gods laughed and said no more.  Now all that stuff Quinn said looks like horse plop.  We lose two pluggers like Jacques and Stone and that's it.  No more toughness?  Where did the team grit go that we had going on?  Where is the highlighted smurf skill?  Where is this teams willingness to compete?  Yeah... where is it?

 Where is all the "talk" gone to?  Are the players way to comfortable now that all these injuries have happened?  Really, it's not like they are going to lose their spot on the team, unless your name is Steve MacIntyre *starts to cry again*. 

So I have to ask myself, why would the Oilers organisation do a promo like this?  Why would you go out on a limb and say what this team can and can not do?  I just makes no sense to say anything at all.  Because look, it's game 18 and this team is in some real trouble now.  They lost to many valuable points in the last 10 games and it's going to be hard to get some back.  And really, it's all because there is no team toughness or grit.

 He said it himself,  "And when we do this... everything else will fall into place."

It maybe a bold statement... but it's true.  No grit, no win.  And right now, nothing is falling into place.

I think maybe the team should re-watch this video.  Or this season could turn into a wash in a hurry.  I don't think the fans could handle that, again.

B&J #82 Edmonton Oilers Recap vs. Sabres (11/11/09)

Welcome to Oilers Jambalaya - An Edmonton Oilers Hockey Blog. 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? Who's in? Hemsky draws back in tonight so that means O'Marra is out.  O'Marra is a healthy scratch but, Horcoff, Souray, Nilsson, Chorney, Pouliot and Jacques are injured and will not play tonight.

- The last time (Jan 27/09) the Oilers faced the Sabres, it was a 10-2 victory for the Sabres.  Let's hope that never happens again. Ever.

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Pre-Game Records

Edmonton Oilers (8-8-2) vs Buffalo Sabres (9-4-1)

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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES

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

Smid-Visnovsky
Grebeshkov-Gilbert
Strudwick-Staios

Khabibulin
Deslauriers

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

1st PERIOD

- Welcome to the Oilers @ Sabres LIVE *TweetCast*.
- Tough SO loss for the Oil last night, Buffalo will be a tougher test, standings wise.
- Waitng for anthems and puck drop.
- Here we go, Oilers lose the draw.
- fast pace to start the game, 18:30 1st
- Khabi making big saves early.
- Oilers PP. Kennedy goes off for 2. 15:53 1st
- PP is moving the puck well, Miller keeps good postioning
- Sabres kill off the penalty.
- Oilers getting outplayed a bit, Sabres have edge in scoring chances by a few.
- Staios is having a good game early.
- Some how the crowd is not into this game. i think i heard a mouse fart.
- Sabres with lots of pressure just past halfway in the 1st
- Khabi is sharp tonight.
- With 6 mins remaining, its tied at 0.
- Khabi makes a save, and a scrum insues. #gettingrough
- Stafford scores, on rebound off Vaneks shot. 1-0 Sabres 4:27 1st
- Gags goes off for tripping. Oilers PK 2:14 1st
- Oilers kill off Gags penalty
- After 1st period its 1-0 Sabres
- Oilers didn't play too well in the 1st, need to pick it up to pull off a win.

2nd PERIOD

- 2nd period is underway, Oilers lose the draw
- Sabres with lots of in zone pressure, Oilers get it out but can't get any pressure of their own.
- Storts gets robbed by Miller. Oilers picking up the pace.
- Montador scores on a shot through traffic. 2-0 Sabres 12:22 2nd
- Vanek goes off for slashing. Oilers PP 11:40 2nd
- Staios takes down Vanek, after he comes out of the box. Staios-tripping, Vanek-diving. 4on4 9:31 2nd
- Patty-O gets absolutely ROBBED on a 2on1.
- Oilers PP, too many men for the Sabres. 7:46 2nd
- Oilers PP gets chances but cant score. 2-0 Sabres 5:40 2nd
- Hecht goes off for 2. Oilers PP 3:49 2nd
- Gaustad crosschecks Comrie. 5on3 Oilers PP.
- Patty-O scores, 5on3 PP. One timer from Hemmer. 2-1 Sabres 3:08 2nd
- Sabres kill off remaining penalty.
- After 2 periods its 2-1 Sabres.
- Oilers starting to gain some momentum, had a good period.
- This game could easely be 5-4, Miller and Khabi have been awesome.
- I had to double and then triple check this stat: Oilers outshot Sabres 14-5 in 2nd period.

3rd PERIOD

- 3rd Period is underway.
- Sabres getting early period pressure.
- Roy undresses Staios but Khabi gets a piece
- Sabres PP 16:12 3rd.
- Oilers get a big kill, then go on PP. 14:13 3rd, 2-1 Sabres
- Oilers fail to capitalize on extended PP pressure. 2-1 Sabres 11:57 3rd
- Moreau goes off for holding the stick.
- Oilers PK 10:23 3rd
- Oilers kill off the penalty. 8 mins to go
- *#@!?* Gilbert goes off for 2. Oilers PK again. 7:42 3rd #needaBIGkill
- Khabi forced to cover the puck, after Sabre PK rush.
- Check that: Sabres PP rush, lead by Roy.
- McArther runs Reddox, gets 5 and a game. Reddox is down, Ken Lowe and the crew are attending.
- Oilers need 2 on this 5 min PP. GOILERS!
- Oilers are moving the puck well. 2 1/2 left in PP 3 1/2 left in game
- 1 min left in PP for Oilers
- Khabi goes to the bench 1:20 left in game.
- Oilers don't score on 5 min PP.
- Quinn calls a TimeOut. 2-1 Sabres 0:31 3rd
- Hecht scores an empty netter as Patty-O gambles and misses Hemmer on a stretch pass. 3-1 Sabres
- Sabres beat the Oilers 3-1.
- Oilers played well, but looked like they played last night. They just didn't have that next gear.
- Oilers out shot their opponents for 2nd straight game, 29-26.
- Faceoffs were dominated by the Sabres, 35-19
- Thanks for following this Live *TweetCast* of the #Oilers @ #Sabres, Next up the #Thrashers on PPV, at noon on Sunday.

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GAME VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS



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FINAL SCORE

Edmonton Oilers - 1

Buffalo Sabres - 3


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BAD TIMING PENALTY

Ethan Moreau - At 9:37 of the 3rd Period, Moreau goes into the offensive zone and grabs the stick of a Sabre player.  WTF?  Why would you do that? Dip stick! 

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GAME STAT LEADERS

Goals - O'Sullivan (1)
Assists - Visnovsky, Hemsky (1 each)
Points - O'Sullivan, Visnovsky, Hemsky (1 each)
Best +/- - 10 Players tied at -1
Worst +/- - Reddox, Pisani, Potulny (-2 each)
Most Penalty Minutes - Staios (4 mins)
Most Time On The Ice - Penner (24:13)
Least Time On The Ice - Stortini (6:28)
Most Shots - O'Sullivan (5)
Most Hits - Reddox, Stortini, Moreau (2 each)
Most Giveaways - Comrie (2)
Most Takeaways - Gilbert, Penner (1 each)
Most Blocked Shots - Strudwick (5)
Best Faceoffs - Brule (7W-4L=64%)
Worst faceoffs - Penner (0W-11L=0%)

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BEERS

Patrick O'Sullivan - He played hard and tried his ass off.  He seems to like to ring them off the post.  But after what seemed liked a million chances, he finally scores on a nice play by Visnovsky and a nice pass by Hemsky.  He was good enough to deserve a beer.  How about a frosty glass of Pilsner? Cheers!

HONORABLE MENTION(S): Gilbert Brule (He's getting the total snub right now.  He's the best at faceoffs this game and only plays 11:50.  He had 2 shots and 2 blocked shots plus the 64% faceoffs.  Sounds like a good game to me.), Sam Gagner (He played well again.  He tried his ass off and Quinn kept putting him out there.  The good, he had 3 shots and created chances.  The bad, 18% faceoffs.), Lubomir Visnovsky (He looked way better than yesterday.  He made some good plays and had 2 shots and 2 blocked shots.  His assist was a lucky one that you need to see on the game highlights.), Ales Hemsky (He looked pretty good.  He had flashes of brilliance, but that's all that it was... flashes. He made a nice pass to Sully for the Oilers only goal.), Steve Staios (He was decent two games in a row.  What's going on here? His only black mark was his penalty in the 3rd.), Dustin Penner (I liked his hustle. He had a few chances but had a standout 0% faceoffs. What?)

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JEERS

The Entire Team - A 5 minute Power Play and you don't score? What hell guys?  That's like a free all you can eat lunch buffet and you forgot your plate.  I didn't count the chances you guys blew on that, but I'd bet it wasn't that many.  Nice passing, but shoot the puck.  Boooooo!

HONORABLE MENTION(S): Ryan Potulny (He looked lost and confused.  He ended up on the -2 line.  Yet he gets more ice time than Brule. Go figure?), Jason Strudwick (His best part of the game was his 5 blocked shots.  Unfortunately, that's all he can do well.  Not a good game by him tonight.)  Ethan Moreau (He takes the BTP and I guess we shouldn't expect less from him.)
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GOAT WATCH

(Smokin' Ray) Ethan Moreau - He was not good at all.

(Paq Twinn) Robert Nilsson - He's hurt and never played.

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OUR GAME SUMMARIES

Smokin' Ray - I was bored for most of the game and I was waiting for some great action to happen. Even after Reddox was nailed there was no emotion.  The team looked flat and was possibly tired. But no matter, the effort could have been better.  Grebeshkov hurt his knee on the collision late in the 3rd and he's flown back to Edmonton for examination.  How many more people are going to get hurt?  Stop the madness hockey gods.  STOP IT!  With some rest and a few practices, I'm sure the Oilers will be a little better on Sunday.  *fingers crossed*  GOILERS!

Paq Twinn - That was a game, it wasn't good, it wasn't bad. I'm starting to get tired of hearing " I hope so and so is going to be ok". MacArthur should be suspended for his cheap hit on Reddox. When are players going to stop running each other. Being sorry afterwards just doesn't cut it anymore. Nice to see Patty-O bury one. The Oilers need more from him. He's been playing well, just limited goal production. I can't wait for Souray to come back, maybe then the PP will be more consistant. Average 1st period, good 2nd, and an average 3rd. Outshot the Sabres but needed more hits. Overall game grade: C-.

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GAME STATS

- Game Summary

- Event Summary

- Scoring Chances (MC79)

- David Staples (Cult of Hockey) Player Grades

- Full NHL Play By Play

- Oilers Time On The Ice

- Opponents Time On The Ice

- Faceoff Reports

- Shots Report

- Roster Report

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NEXT GAME

Edmonton Oilers vs. Atlanta Thrashers

Sunday, Nov 15/09
12:00 pm MT
Oilers PPV

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B&J #81 Edmonton Oilers Recap vs Ottawa Senators (11/10/09)

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- Who's Out? Who's in? The revolving door keeps spinning as Robert Nilsson is out tonight.  So the Oilers had to call up Ryan O'Marra for his 1st ever NHL game.  O'Marra was called up because Steve MacIntyre was claimed by the Florida Panthers (the place we claimed him from originally).  Hemsky, Horcoff, Jacques, Chorney, Souray, Pouliot and now Nilsson are all hurt still and will not play tonight. 

- Is anyone else sick of hearing about the whole trade with Ottawa that never happened? I sure am. Who cares? It didn't happen and I'm sure those three guys are happy it didn't happen.

- Jeff Deslauriers finally gets his 3rd start of the season.  It's about time.  I've been saying it for a few games now.  Maybe Quinn has been reading the Beers & Jeers and decided I was right? Or maybe it's because there's back to back games and Quinn's a good coach and I'm a crappy writer. Sounds about right.

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Pre-Game Records

Edmonton Oilers (8-8-1) vs Ottawa Senators (7-5-2)

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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES

Penner-Gagner-O'Sullivan
Comrie-Brule-O'Marra
Reddox-Potulny-Pisani
Moreau-Cogliano-Stortini

Smid-Visnovsky
Grebeshkov-Gilbert
Strudwick-Staios

Deslauriers
Khabibulin

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

1st PERIOD

- Well folks... Just waiting for the suck to drop. #Oilers vs #Senators
- The suck to drop? *shrugs shoulders* Maybe I'm not wrong. But I meant puck.
- Anthem is being sung
- Game on! OILERS VS SENATORS
- Good pace to start the game. Nothing really news worthy yet.
- 13:16 left and I'd give the edge to Ottawa
- Oilers score!!!
- The 1st line was on the ice. Penner's goal. 1-0 Oilers
- The Refs are calling it a Staios goal at 7:33
- 2nd line is trapped in the Oilers zone
- Senators nail the post with 9:00 mins
- Jason Smith says he doesn't miss hockey. #meangeneinterview
- This TweetCast brought to you by http://www.oilersjambalaya.blogspot.com/
- 6:45 left in the 1st and it's a good game so far.
- Awww.. #Senators score. Cheechoo scores. 1-1 Tie Game
- Visnovsky was pushed off the puck by Kovalev and he passed it to Cheechoo for the goal.
- Moreau scores!!! 2-1 Oilers. Yes you read that right. Moreau scored.
- 3:33 left in the 1st period
- Staios and Moreau have scored tonight. Who's next? Smid?
- Two minute warning. Oiler lines 27 89 19 - 91 67 42 - 85 16 34 - 18 13 46 - 5 71 - 37 77 - 43 24 - 38
- 1st Period is over. Staios from O'Sullivan and Penner on the 1st goal and the 2nd was Moreau unassisted.
- This is Ryan O'Marra's 1st NHL game according to Mean Gene.
- During the intermission break they are showing the slo-pitch game from earlier this year. Man are NHL guys bad at ball. #dontquitthedayjob
- Kevin Lowe talking about Team Canada. Gene asked him about Penner. He tried not to answer. #pennershouldbeonthatteamifhestayshot

2nd PERIOD

- WOOoooOOooO! It's Game On! 3rd line to start.
- They changed the 1st goal to Penner from Staios and O'Sullivan
- Another post shot for the Sens. Strudwick with the giveaway
- The Oilers still can't make an easy pass. #needtoworkonit
- I think that "A" should stay on Penner. He plays well with it
- Damn! Nick Foligno scores for the Sens. 2-2 Tie Game
- 16:35 left in the 2nd Period
- Senators are really gaining momentum.
- Visnovsky is playing very sloppy tonight. I wonder what's up?
- Grebeshkov has a great chance and then the Sens some back the other way with a chance of their own. 10:30 left in the 2nd Period
- The Oilers shots are 16, the Senators shots are 11
- The Oilers go on the PP at 7:38. The 1st PP of the game. (Alfredsson for Hooking)
- Slick passing by the Oilers. They generate a chance.
- Good PP but can't score
- This has been a good game to watch so far.
- Two Minutes Left
- The 2nd Period is over and it's a 2-2 Tie Game. I'm sure the 3rd will be a great period. Stay tuned.
- Souray said that Iginla left him a voice message of apology. #thisisntover #fLamessuck #oilers

3rd PERIOD

- Game On!!! The puck has been dropped.
- Deslauriers almost gave the puck away. Lucky that the Sens didn't convert
- Good action so far. Cogs had a break away. 12:14 left.
- Grebs has a great chance but could not score. Great back and forth pace.
- Oilers are out shooting the Sens 29 to 15. #isntthatdifferent
- 9:58 is left in the 3rd Period.
- 2-2 Tie Game
- The Sens have a few real good chances but can't score.
- *insert swear words* The Sens score. 3-2 Senators Then a scrum ensues.
- They may go upstairs to review it.
- Nope. Neil scores. 3-2 Sens
- Stortini and Carkner sit for two. 6:40 left in the 3rd
- Spezza gets a whack from JDD and then Kovalev sweeps his stick towards center ice. #poorsportsmanship
- YEAH!!! Brule scores. 3-3 Tie Game. 4:43 left in the 3rd
- @ryan_batty @PaqTwinn I'm liking this game so far. We haven't been great but all things considered I think we're playing pretty good.
- Agreed. RT @buck75 Kovalev = Douche move tossing JDD's stick
- Two Minutes left
- Oilers came close to scoring. :39 seconds left in the 3rd. 3-3 Tie Game
- I guess it's time for a little overtime. GOILERS!!!
- The Oilers 3rd goal was Brule from Grebeshkov and Staios. Yes... I said Staios. Again. #crazyworld

OVERTIME

- Cogs gets taken down and no call.
- 3:25 left in the OT period
- Great action during this whole game.
- 1:00 left in OT. Great chances by both teams. Great game.
- Shoot Out!!! Oilers vs Senators 3-3 Tie Game. 34 shots for Oilers and 25 shots for the Sens

SHOOTOUT

- O'Sullivan Scores!
- Kovalev Scores. Boooooo!
- Penner can't score. Leclaire gets a pad on it.
- Alfredsson is denied by JDD. Big glove save.
- Comrie shots it right at Leclaire and it's a no goal
- Spezza scores and that's game over. Sens win 4-3
- Tough loss for the Oilers. I'm hate losing like that. I really do not like the shootout. Especially with only going with 3 shooters.
- I've never understood why ther isn't 5 shooters in the shootout. There's 5 skaters per team during the game right? #commonsenseunderacheives
- Tune in to tomorrow's game for the full LIVE *TweetCast* It's been a pleasure. http://www.oilersjambalaya.blogspot.com/
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GAME HIGHLIGHTS



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FINAL SCORE

Edmonton Oilers - 3

Ottawa Senators - 4

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BAD TIMING PENALTY

None -

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GAME STAT LEADERS

Goals - Moreau, Penner, Brule (1 each)
Assists - Staios (2), O'Sullivan (1), Grebeshkov (1)
Points - Staios (2), Moreau (1), Brule (1), Penner (1), O'Sullivan (1), Grebeshkov (1)
Best +/- - Steve Staios (+3)
Worst +/- - Gilbert, O'Marra, Smid (-1 each)
Most Penalty Minutes - Stortini (2 mins)
Most Time On The Ice - 23:05 Denis Grebeshkov
Least Time On The Ice - 6:00 Ryan O'Marra
Most Shots - Reddox and Moreau (5 each)
Most Hits - Reddox, Pisani, Moreau (3 each)
Most Giveaways - Jason Strudwick (2)
Most Takeaways - 9 Players tied with 1 each
Most Blocked Shots - Steve Staios (5)
Best Faceoffs - (8W-5L for 62%) Andrew Cogliano
Worst faceoffs - (6W-9L for 40%) Ryan Potulny
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BEERS

Andrew Cogliano - I really liked his play tonight.  He was buzzing everywhere and generated lots of opportunities when ever he was out.  Maybe just maybe, this was his "see what your missing" type of game to the Sens?  He went 8W-5L for 62% on the faceoff dot.  Where did that come from?  I just thought that overall he had a great game despite no points. Cool, cold Bud Cogs? Cheers!

Steve Staios - What? Does it feel like hell froze over to you too?  Steady Steve was awesome tonight.  I couldn't believe what I was watching.  He picked up 2 assists and was a +3 on the night.  He even had 3 shots on net and 5 blocked shots.  I liked this guy.  He's much better than that other guy that was wearing the #24.  How about a gigantic frosty schooner of Canadian? Cheers!

Ethan Moreau - Yup.  Hell did freeze over.  It pains me to have him in the beers section, but it is what it is.  He was freaking pretty good.  *scratches head*  I just don't get it.  It's funny because Paq Twinn and I were making fun of him this afternoon.  But what the hell do we know?  Chopper had a goal and 5 hits.  He was, as Pierre MacGuire says, a monster.  Beer Bong time! Cheers!

HONORABLE MENTION(S): Dustin Penner (The big guy scores and plays great again.  Maybe Pens was the one that started the whole hell freezing over thing?), Sam Gagner (He has stepped up since the other guys have been injured.  It's nice to see him improve this season. 50% faceoffs), Liam Reddox (He had 5 shots and 3 hits.  Quinn's new go to guy?), Ryan O'Marra (For his 1st ever NHL game he did pretty good.  Much better than I expected.  He's the 2nd piece in the Ryan Smyth deal. It's kind of ironic that he gets called up to replace Nilsson.), Denis Grebeshkov (He did pretty good.  One of his better games but still scary to watch when he has the puck in the Oilers zone.  He had 1 goal and 3 shots.), Patrick O'Sullivan (he didn't do anything special, he just played well. He had 1 assist.), Gilbert Brule (Great effort to produce his goal.  His game is getting better game by game.)

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JEERS

Lubomir Visnovsky - Holy crap that was a bad game for Lubo.  He was losing the puck all over the place and falling down.  It was such a mess for him.  He even took a nasty face wash which hurt him a bit.  I'm sure he will rebound back and play a solid game tomorrow night.  But for tonight... Booooo!

Jason Strudwick - This guy was 100% pure bad.  He lost the puck at one point and didn't even know it.  He just looked out of place all game.  Let's hope Chorney or Souray come back soon.  Bad night Struds.  Boooo!

HONORABLE MENTION(S): Jeff Deslauriers (He was rusty right from the start and didn't really look good till halfway through the third.  I can't really blame him for sub par play when this was his 3rd game of the year.  You should have seen him handle the puck.  Scary.)

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GOAT WATCH

(Smokin' Ray) Ethan Moreau - You read the Beers. *shrugs shoulders* Anyone want to bet he won't do that again tomorrow?

(Paq Twinn) Robert Nilsson - He was a scratch.  What's to be mad at?  It's a good thing. :)
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OUR GAME SUMMARIES

Smokin' Ray - I enjoyed this game.  It was fun to watch but I really hate to lose in the shootout.  It just drives me crazy and I don't know why.  It was nice to see O'Marra play his 1st ever game.  He did well.  It was a strange game where we saw Visnovsky poop in the bed, while we had Staios and Moreau rocking it up.  But whatever, it was worth the money.  I'm excited that we play Buffalo tomorrow.  *squee* I can hardly wait. PS: I thought that the stick throwing/swiping incident was total crap for Kovalev to do.  Someone should have smacked him in the mouth.

Paq Twinn - He missed the game.

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GAME STATS

- Game Summary

- Event Summary

- Shootout Details

- Scoring Chances (MC79)

- Mike's Blawg Player Grades

- Full NHL Play By Play

- Oilers Time On The Ice

- Opponents Time On The Ice

- Faceoff Reports

- Shots Report

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Wed, Nov 11/09
5:00 pm MT
TSN

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