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? Mike Comrie and Gilbert Brule will draw back into the lineup tonight which means that two need to sit. Stortini and O'Sullivan drew the short straws for tonight. The lines have changes slightly from last game. Staios and Smid are still out (
injured) and won't play. They both suffer from concussion symptoms. No word on when they will be back in the lineup.
The Edmonton Oilers current Man Games Lost is 297. Ouch!
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Pre-Game Records
St. Louis Blues (23-22-8) vs Edmonton Oilers (16-29-6)
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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES
Penner Gagner Nilsson
Comrie Potulny Brule
Moreau Horcoff Pisani
Jacques Pouliot Cogliano
Souray-Gilbert
Grebeshkov-Visnovsky
Strudwick-Chorney
Deslauriers
Dubnyk
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RE-READ THE GAME REPLAY
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FINAL SCORE
St. Louis Blues - 2
Edmonton Oilers - 1
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GAME VIDEO REPLAY
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BAD TIMING PENALTY
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BEERS
Dustin Penner - The big guy was pretty good tonight. He used his size well and made some great plays because of it. Penner has been in a goal slump for awhile now and finally pots one. I can only imagine the relief he must have felt. He not only scored, but he also went 7W-2L for 78% on faceoffs. A few of those draws were must wins and he came through. This team needs more Dustin Penner's (
when he's motivated). Good job tonight Pens, how about a cold one? Cheers!
Sam Gagner - The little guy had his foot on the gas pedal tonight. He was trying everything and even was throwing his pint sized body around. He picked up an assist on Penner's goal and that gives him 10 point in his last 12 games. He went 5W-3L for 63% on the dot and fired off 7 shots, but only 4 hit the net/goalie. I liked him tonight. I figure a frosty beer is in order. Cheers!
Gilbert Brule - For a guy that missed quite some time due to the "flu"", he was skating fast and doing all the little things right. The stats are not telling the truth on how he played. He was physical and determined. But id Brule wants to be a great NHL player, he needs to do that no matter how crappy your teammates are. Good game Brule. Cold Budweiser? Cheers!
HONORABLE MENTION(S): Sheldon Souray (I liked him. He played mean and finished his checks. When the Oilers needed a boost, he provided it.),
Lubomir Visnovsky (He quietly played a good game. He had 3 shots and 4 blocked shots.),
Mike Comrie (He played OK. I liked his fire when he dropped the gloves. He never ceases to surprise me.),
Jeff Deslauriers (While he didn't get the win, he was pretty good. I don't have much to complain about him.)
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JEERS
The Entire Team - Just for losing again... Booooo!
HONORABLE MENTION(S): The 3rd Line (I really didn't care much for this line of Moreau, Horcoff and Pisani. While they weren't bad, they were the worst Oiler line of the night in my opinion.),
JF Jacques (He had 4 hits and that's about it. He didn't agitate the Blues and he needs to do that to be effective. Hits are great, but they only get you so far.)
Andrew Cogliano (From the 1st line to the 4th line just like that. He was average tonight and I'm sure it's not hard to do playing with Jacques and having limited ice time.)
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OUR GAME SUMMARIES
Smokin' Ray - Basically if I was grading the game for the Cult of Hockey, anyone who wasn't in the Beers section would have received a 5 or a 4. This game was a snoozefest for the first 40 minutes then the action picked up a little and I thought that this game would go to overtime. If the only Oilers could have only busted out with one more goal. *sigh* Gagner did came close.
Both Souray and Visnovsky were terrible with giveaways, but played well in my eyes. Go figure? Grebeshkov didn't make me yell so that's a good thing. Chorney and Strudwick did OK as well. I don't know. This team is strange. Is a win ever going to happen for the Oilers? This year? In 2010?
Paq Twinn - *coming soon*
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POST GAME VIDEO REACTIONS
Edmonton Oilers Post Game
St. Louis Blues Post Game
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GAME STATS
- Scoring Chances (MC79)
- David Staples/Player Grades (Cult of Hockey)
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Game Summary
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Event Summary
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Full NHL Play By Play
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Oilers Time On The Ice
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Opponents Time On The Ice
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Faceoff Report
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Shot Report
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Roster Report
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NEXT GAME
Edmonton Oilers vs. Calgary Flames
Saturday, Jan 30/10
8:00 PM mst
CBC - Hockey Night In Canada
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