![]() Thank you for the information we have now patched that hole and no-one else will be hit by this. Being swept in a home-and-home against them is something playoffs teams don’t and can’t do.ĭavid Staples will have game grades later this afternoon.We are sorry, there was an unfortunate mixup in our save manager and it didn't reset the gun progress properly. Losing one game to a last-place team is barely defensible. The Oilers enter the day in 1st Place in the Pacific Division (12-8-2), the Coyotes dead last in the NHL (7-10-2). Tyler Gaudet has been re-called from the AHL. Laurent Dauphin will likely miss today’s game, after blocking a shot Friday and leaving the game. ![]() ![]() 924 Sv % and a 2.33 GAA in 18 career games against Edmonton, so he is effectively an Oilers killer. The Oilers will either have to stretch the Coyotes defensive structure out, or beat them with a much faster transition game, in order to get more than three past the Desert Dogs.Īs for Arizona, we expect Mike Smith back in goal, who was full-value for Friday’s win, stopping 32 of 34 Oilers salvos. They gum up the neutral zone well, in a rather aggressive way. Dave Tippett’s team is the worst in the NHL, and they know only too well that they have to maximize the few tools available to them, in order to eke out points. Zone exits were not a serious problem for Edmonton, it was in the neutral zone where the Oilers ran into the most trouble.ġ. Six of those were committed by the Oilers D-core, three by Darnell Nurse. The Oilers, on the other hand, led the give-away parade Friday with nine, to Arizona’s seven. It has been said over and over that Arizona will not beat itself. McLellan has last shift today (Martin Hanzal was 54%), and will likely add Matt Hendricks to the lineup.Ģ. ![]() On face-offs, Connor McDavid was a terrible 17%, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scantly better at 31%. Part of that was the Oilers starting shifts without the puck. The Coyotes out-shot the Oilers 41-34, Friday night, and out-chanced them in the 1st Period 29-20. ![]()
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