"To finally get that monkey off our backs and realize we can win on the road, that's it's not a curse or anything like that, it feels great," said goalie Dan Ellis.
Edmonton has alternated wins and losses in each of their last five games with last game being a 2-1 setback against the Detroit Red Wings. After tonight’s game, the Oilers head out on a four-game road trip.
Preds must end that Oil trend.
Last game
Preds: Win 3-0 @ Vancouver (Legwand, Erat, Arnott)
Oilers: Lose 1-2 vs Detroit (Staios)
Team Comparison
Preds:::Oilers
10 Points: 10
5 Wins: 5
3 ShutOuts: 0
22 Power Play Rank: 30
19 Penalty Kill Rank: 12
1.000 Win % When Leading After 1: 1.000
1.000 Win % When Leading After 2: 1.000
.167 Win % When Trailing After 1: .000
.000 Win % When Trailing After 2: .000
Team Leaders
Preds:::Oilers
GOALS: 4 J. Arnott 4 S. Horcoff
ASSISTS: 7 M. Erat 7 S. Horcoff
POINTS: 10 J. Arnott 11 S. Horcoff
+/-: 1 A. Radulov 2 A. Cogliano
Injuries
Edmonton – Sheldon Souray (shoulder) is out. Ethan Moreau (foot) is out. Joni Pitkanen (knee) is out. Matt Greene (ankle) is out
Nashville – Martin Gelinas (shoulder) is out. Darcy Hordichuk (broken toe) is out. Shea Weber (knee) is out. Steve Sullivan (back) is out.
This could be a gigantic win for us. We would be 1 win away from .500, and I like our chances. The Nashville/Edmonton games have always been exciting to watch, so I recommend everyone tuning in for this contest! Its going to be fast and furious!
START MASON WHILE PLAYING DEFENSE FIRST IS FRESH ON THE PLAYERS MINDS!!!!
Last night was a 'late' game and they are playing earlier today. Ellis played a great game last night and that's all awesome... but we NEED to do something to get Mason's confidence going again. I say while the idea and win is still fresh, start Mason in net and tell the skaters to do the same thing all over again... 5 men back on D.
Not only Mason but the teams confidence in him needs to be built back up.
Mason's confidence has got to be low, however Ellis' is Sky High, we have to ride the hot wave of this young kid. Who cares that they are playing back to back, ride the hot wave. 2 shutouts in 3 starts, ride the wave!!!
Wow judging by our records this should be a fairly even tilt. The Oilers need this game tonight, as they play 8 straight against division rivals. They need the confidence boost. Nashville needs to build off their big win against the canucks ,and try to keep the ball rolling. Should be a fast one!
FYI keep an eye out tonight for Oilers RW Robert Nillson. He draws into the line-up tonight. I expect him to be creative tonight.
cheers.
Alright, I'm laying the law down now. Edmonton fans, you can come in and post, but if you start flaming and trolling - its instant infraction. Our fanbase has had enough from other boards, so rail on Tootoo if you want......but do not go overboard.
Thats not illegal as defined by the rules so hopefully theres not too much noise about it here.
Unfortunately for Roy... he just sorta seems to be made of glass?
*edit I don't think the damage was done by the initial hit anyways, more-so the way his head went into the boards after. Once again Roy is hurt because of his own poor positioning
Thats not illegal as defined by the rules so hopefully theres not too much noise about it here.
Unfortunately for Roy... he just sorta seems to be made of glass?
*edit I don't think the damage was done by the initial hit anyways, more-so the way his head went into the boards after. Once again Roy is hurt because of his own poor positioning
He left his feet did he not? Too bad your team has such a shady character playing on it!
It did look like one of the feet left the ice prior to the hit, but it definitely wasn't a full scale jump-hit. I think the problem was that flew so far in the air/into the boards (due to Tootoo's velocity coming in...)
Are you people logging numbers on our average number of GDT posts too?
Guess we gotta kick it into gear, I heard there's some sub-clause that in addition to the attendance issue if we don't make enough posts during games that we have to pay a penalty.
Guess we gotta kick it into gear, I heard there's some sub-clause that in addition to the attendance issue if we don't make enough posts during games that we have to pay a penalty.
Legwand is having a strong game. He doesn't have that pothead look on his face from years past either. This isn't informative or useful but I'm trying to keep your GDT count up.
I'm considering adopting a policy of posting every time DeVries is a step behind the puck or an opposing player... but I may have to sort of work my way up to it over the course of the season.
We also need to stay out of the box... penalties in the 3rd period of the second game on consecutive nights is a recipe for disaster.
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