1st period:
Bos 18:07 - 34-18-26-77-41
Edm 13:44 - 89-12-83-5-24
Edm 13:03 - 44-71-34-18-26
Bos 12:03 - 12-83-10-37-77
Bos 10:15 - 13-89-27-37-77
Bos 8:20 - 34-26-18-5-24
Edm 7:00 - 89-13-27-71-44
Bos 4:46 - 12-83-10-37-77
Edm 1:16 - 12-10-83-37-77
Summary: 5-4 Bos
1st period:
PP Edm 18:05 89-12-13-37-77
PP Edm 17:46 ” ”
SH Edm 16:44 27-51-71-44
GOAL PP Van 89-10-37-77
1st period:
Col 19:04 10-26-83-71-44
PP Col 17:31 18-51-44-43
Edm 15:12 89-12-13-77-37
Edm 15:06 ” ”
Edm 15;05 ” ”
Col 13:15 27-18-51-5-43
1st period:
GOAL PP Chi 17:24 18-51-43-44
SH ” 14:24 89-12-13-37-77
SH ” 13:56 26-10-83-44-71
Edm 10:00 10-83-26-44-71
SH ” 5:33 89-18-43-44
GOAL SH Chi 1:25 26-10-83-44-71
Summary: 4-2 Chi; 1-0 Edm at EV; 4-1 Chi on ST
The Oilers wore their retro jerseys against the Boston Bruins on Monday, but unfortunately Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier were not in the lineup to score a few goals. It’s mystifying how the Oilers can have the second-lowest goals per game average in the entire league with their group of forwards. But here we are, almost through October and Hemsky, Cole and Gagner have NO even-strength goals in eight games. And only two players — Andrew Cogliano and Penner — have more than one goal playing 5-on-5. Penner has two, but hasn’t scored in seven games. The Oilers have 11 even-strength goals in eight games — that doesn’t begin to cut it. Is that the coach’s fault? I don’t think so.
I was trying for a while before the season to put together a post explaining why it is that I’m so pessimistic about the Oilers’ chances this year and struggling to do so. It just kept getting too big and unwieldy and then the baseball playoffs and then next thing I know, we’re eight games into the season. I kind of figured that it might be better to break it down into bite sized pieces.
One of the high points of the Oilers run towards the end of the year was the PP. Souray came back from injury, Gagner got some games under his belt…things started rolling. I’ve seen detailed arguments about how much better the PP was and that it can be directly tied to the development of the youngsters and Souray’s return. Guys like Lowetide, who is a very smart observer of the game, are suggesting that “…this team…should punish opponents with a splendid powerplay.” In fairness to him, he isn’t explicitly basing this on the results achieved at the end of last year, but, and I’m sure that he’ll correct me if I’m wrong, I’m guessing that it factors into things a little bit.
I’ve been in Philadelphia since Friday, attending the World Series. It was definitely one of my better experiences as a sports fan. It certainly beat sitting through games three and four of the ALCS in Fenway Park, although it’s hard to have a bad time at Fenway, even when the Sox get hammered. Highlights include the gentlemen sitting behind us who were discussing Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura’s dismal G4 and referred to him as a “Chinaman”, which is wrong on so many levels, meeting the various friends of the Tampa owner who were there, walking around Philadelphia in a Matt Stairs jersey and seeing the most atrocious field conditions I’ve ever seen in the sixth inning of G5, in which the Rays scored to tie the game, which seemingly roused Selig from his torpor and prompted him to suspend the game. With the amount of water on the field and the temperature, we were probably about an inning from seeing Matt Stairs, on skates, inserted as a pinch runner.
I endorse Joe Sheehan’s thoughts on the matter, which essentially boil down to “The sixth inning never should have been played” and the thoughts of an unnamed Phillie, who said “I wouldn’t let Bud Selig supervise one of my shits.” About the only disappointment was that Matt Stairs was in the on-deck circle when G4, an instant classic, ended and that Mick McGeough has apparently taken up umpiring in his retirement.
1st period:
PP 16:12 - Cgy - Iginla - 37-77-18-27
PP GOAL - Bertuzzi - 37-24-18-27
11:49 - Edm - Gilbert - 24-77-1-12-78
PP 10:14 - Cgy - Langkow - 10-18-71-43
PP 10:08 - - Phaneuf - ” ”
PP GOAL - Iginla - 10-18-43-24
PP 1:48 - - Iginla - 18-34-24-43
:37 - - Glencross - 10-83-26-37-77
1st period summary: 7-1 Cgy ; 1-1 at evens and 6-1 Cgy on ST
2nd period:
19:30 - Edm - 34 - 34-18-27-24-43
18:23 - - 10 - 10-83-26-71-37
15:17 - - 10 - 10-83-26-71-5
15:15 - - 5 - ” ”
11:59 - Cgy - ? - 71-77-18-34-78
GOAL - Edm - 18 - 24-43-18-34-78
10:52 - - 26 - 24-43-26-83-10
10:12 - Cgy - MOss - 37/77/12-13-27
GOAL - Edm - 34 - 34-18-78-37-77
8:35 - Cgy - ? - 5/71/10/83/26
GOAL - Edm - Cogliano - 77/37/12/13/27
7:04 - Edm - Pisani - 24/43/18/34/78
PP 3:56 - Edm - Grebeshkov - 37/77/10/83/26
1:14 - Cgy - Cammalari - ” ”
2nd period summary: 10-4 Oilers; 9-4 at evens and 1-0 on ST
3rd period:
16:50 - Edm - Nilsson - 12-51-46-5-71
PP 16:08 - Edm - Cole - 37/71-10-83/26
PP 15:07 - EDm - Nilsson - 12-13-27-77-31
PP 14:32 - Edm - Cole -13-26-27-71-71
SH 13:32 - Edm - Staios - 24/434/51/18
11:15 - Edm - 78 - 78-18-34-5-71
9:32 - Cgy - Giordano - 18-78-34-24-43
9:19 - Cgy - VAndermmer - 24-43-10-83-26
8:28 - Edm - Pouliot - 18-78-43-77-37
5:46 - Cgy - Bourque - 24-43-12-13-27
5:31 - Cgy - Iginla - 24-43-51-10-83
Third period summary: 7-4 Oilers; 4-3 Cgy at evens and 4-0 Oilers at ST
Individual stats:
10 - +4/-4; +3 PP, -3 SH
83 - ” “ ; ”
26 - ” “ : ”
12 - +3/-2; +1 PP
13 - +2/-2; +2 PP
78 - +5/-2
34 - +4/-2
18 - +4/-2; +1/-6 SH
51 - +3/-2; +1 SH
33 -
46 - +1
27 - +1/-2; +1PP; -2 SH
5 - +4/-1
71 - +6/-2; +3 PP; -2 SH
37 - +4/-3; +2 PP; 2 SH
77 - +3-3; +3 PP; -1 SH
24 - +4/-4; +1/-3 SH
43- +4-5: +1/-4 SH
Edmonton’s Lines:
Cole – Horcoff - Hemsky
Nilsson –Cogliano – Penner/Pouliot
Moreau – Pisani – Penner/Pouliot
MacIntyre – Brodziak – Stortini
Grebeshkov - Gilbert
Smid - Visnovsky
Strudwick - Staios
Calgary’s Lines:
Cammalleri – Conroy – Iginla
Bourque – Langkow – Bertuzzi
Glencross – Lombardi – Moss
Nystrom – Boyd – Prust
Sarich – Regehr
Phaneuf – Vandermeer
Aucoin - Giordano
Match-Ups
Cole – Horcoff – Hemsky
Conroy Line: 40%
Langkow Line: 42.8%
Lombardi Line: 9.3%
Boyd Line: 7.9%
Regehr Pairing: 43.7%
Phaneuf Pairing: 35.7%
Aucoin Pairing: 20.6%
Nilsson – Cogliano – Penner/Pouliot
Conroy Line: 16.1%
Langkow Line: 33.0%
Lombardi Line: 22.3%
Boyd Line: 28.6%
Regehr Pairing: 25.7%
Phaneuf Pairing: 42.9%
Aucoin Pairing: 31.4%
Moreau – Pisani – Pouliot/Penner
Conroy Line: 53.7%
Langkow Line: 16.8%
Lombardi Line: 16.8%
Boyd Line: 12.6%
Regehr Pairing: 34.4%
Phaneuf Pairing: 34.4%
Aucoin Pairing: 31.1%
MacIntyre – Brodziak – Stortini
Conroy Line: 8.1%
Langkow Line: 21.6%
Lombardi Line: 27%
Boyd Line: 43.2%
Regehr Pairing: 28.1%
Phaneuf Pairing: 37.5%
Aucoin Pairing: 34.4%
Grebeshkov – Gilbert
Conroy Line: 35.6%
Langkow Line: 17.4%
Lombardi Line: 26.5%
Boyd Line: 20.5%
Smid – Visnovsky
Conroy Line: 23.1%
Langkow Line: 37.2%
Lombardi Line: 23.1%
Boyd Line: 16.5%
Strudwick – Staios
Conroy Line: 27.1%
Langkow Line: 39.0%
Lombardi Line: 9.3%
Boyd Line: 24.6%
Notes:
I am still waiting on the head-to-head looks from that game but even if I don’t wind up posting those, there’s still merit in the whole scoring chances exercise and you can always check out behindthenet.ca to see who’s most likely playing the toughest competition and then you can judge from there. I’m also planning on adding all these up for every 10th game interval and then by comparing those totals vs Qualcomp, you can decide if MacT’s doing a good job running his bench.
1st period: 19:22 - Cgy - Langkow - 27-77-10-26-83
17:27- Edm - Cole - 26-10-83-44-71
17:19 - Pouliot - 78-51-33-77-44
17:17 -Brodziak - “ ”
14:08 - Brodziak - 18-51-34-24-43
13:53 Nilsson - 12-13-89-37-77
13:28 Cgy - Bourque - ” ”
GOAL 13:07 - Aucoin - ” ”
11:10 Edm - Moreau - 18-27-34-77-44
10:58 Cgy - Bourque - 12-13-89-44-71
7:22 Edm - Moreau - 18-27-34-71-43
7:21 - Pisani - ” ”
7:20 - ” ” - ” ”
3:43 - Edm - Cole - 10-83-26-37/71
2:58 - Edm - Souray - 44/71-18-51-78
GOAL - Cogliano - 12-13-89-24-43
1st period summary: 12-4 Oilers; all chances recored at evens.
2nd period: 16:30 - Cgy - Reghr - 12-13-89-24-77
16:15 - - Bertuzzi - 18-34-27-44-71
14:58 - - Lombardi - ” ”
? - Cammalarri - 51-33-78-24-43
GOAL 14:21 - Moss - ” ”
PP 13:24 - Edm - Cole - 10-83-26-44-71
13:10 - Cgy - Bourque - 12-13-89-37-77
PP 10:46 - Edm - Hemsky - 10-83-27-44-71
PP 10:01 - - 12-13-89-37-77
PP GOAL 8:21 - - 10-83-26-44-71
8:00 - - Gagner - 12-13-89-37-77
5:15 - Cgy - Langkow - 34-18-27-77-37
PP 3:05 - Edm - Nilsson - 12-13-89-71-37
2:01 - - ” ” - 12/78/51/71/77
2nd period summary - 7-7; Cgy 7-2 at evens; Oil 5-0 on ST
3rd period: 18:30 - Edm - Cogliano - 12-13-89-37-77
PP 15:12 - Cgy - Camalarri - 51-34-37-77
PP 14:46 - - Phaneuf - “ ”
PP GOAL 12:38 - 27-18-77-71
10:53 - Edm - Horcoff - 10-26-27-37-77
PP 3:14 - Cgy - Langkow - 34-27-37-77
PP 2:59 - - Langkow ” ”
PP 2:50 - - Aucoin 24-43-10-51
3rd period summary: 6-2 Cgy; Oil 2-1 at evens; Cgy 5-0 on ST
Overall: 21-17 Oil; 16-12 at evens and 5-5 on ST; no chances SH for either team
Individually; first list is at evens and the following are on the PP and then while shorthanded.
10 - +3/-1; +3 PP, -1 SH
83 - +2/-1; +3 PP
26 - +2/-1, +3 PP
12 - +5/-5; +2 PP
13 - +6/-4; +2 PP
89 - +6/-5; +2 PP
27 - +6/-4; -2 SH
34 - +5/-3; -4 SH
18 - +5/-4; -1 SH
78: +4-1
33 - +2/-1
51- +5/-2; -3 SH
71 - +12/-2; +4 PP; -1 SH
44 - +5/-3′ +3 PP
43 - +6/-2; -1SH
24 - +3/-3; -1 SH
37 - +4/-5; +2 PP; -4 SH
77 - +4/-6; +1 PP; -5 SH
Update: Here’s a look at the head-to-head numbers as compiled by Jonathan Willis; there are also some attached notes of his that I figured I’d include as well.
Oilers lines
Cole - Horcoff - Hemsky
Nilsson - Cogliano - Gagner
Moreau - Pisani - Penner
Pouliot - Brodziak
Steve MacIntyre was on the fourth line for just under two minutes, playing only two shifts, so I’ve excluded him from this calculation. It almost goes without saying, but he didn’t see any time against Calgary’s top line.
Visnovsky - Souray
Grebeshkov - Gilbert
Strudwick - Staios
Sheldon Souray only managed a little under eight minutes of even-strength ice-time, so Lubomir Visnovsky played some shifts with other defenceman, averaging a little over two minutes with each.
Calgary’s Lines:
Bertuzzi – Langkow – Iginla
Bourque – Lombardi – Cammalleri
Glencross – Conroy – Moss
Primeau – Boyd
Andre Roy played a little more than Steve MacIntyre, but still played about half as many shifts as Primeau and Boyd. Also, Cammalleri and Bertuzzi switched spots for a couple of shifts.
Sarich/Aucoin - Regehr
Phaneuf – Vandermeer/Giordano
Keenan and Co. did some interesting things with their defence. While Aucoin and Giordano played about half of their ice-time with each other, Regehr double shifted with Aucoin, while Phaneuf did the same with Giordano
Match-Ups
Cole – Horcoff – Hemsky
Langkow Line: 31.1%
Lombardi Line: 29.2%
Conroy Line: 12.3%
Primeau Line: 27.4%
Regehr Tandem: 56.1%
Phaneuf Tandem: 43.9%
Nilsson – Cogliano – Gagner
Langkow Line: 27.8%
Lombardi Line: 42.6%
Conroy Line: 20.9%
Primeau Line: 8.7%
Regehr Tandem: 41.1%
Phaneuf Tandem: 58.9%
Moreau – Pisani – Penner
Langkow Line: 59.0%
Lombardi Line: 15.5%
Conroy Line: 25.4%
Primeau Line: 0%
Regehr Tandem: 45.5%
Phaneuf Tandem: 54.5%
Pouliot – Brodziak
Langkow Line: 23.4%
Lombardi Line: 29.9%
Conroy Line: 15.6%
Primeau Line: 31.2%
Regehr Tandem: 20.9%
Phaneuf Tandem: 79.1%
Visnovsky – Souray
Langkow Line: 36.0%
Lombardi Line: 26.7%
Conroy Line: 20.0%
Primeau Line: 17.3%
Grebeshkov – Gilbert
Langkow Line: 57.6%
Lombardi Line: 23.3%
Conroy Line: 12.8%
Primeau Line: 6.4%
Strudwick – Staios
Langkow Line: 24.5%
Lombardi Line: 30.3%
Conroy Line: 22.6%
Primeau Line: 16.1%
Notes:
I haven’t said anything here yet about Dave Berry’s little run-in the other night but, having heard Gregor’s subsequent interview with Alan Watt (Oilers VP of Communications, Broadcasting and Publicity) on his show, I’m finally moved to write something here about all of this that I think is something more than just some online complaining.
First of all, I’m amazed at how far this story has gone, what with it having moved from Covered in Oil, to local media members, to Finland (this link leads to an English translation, such as it is) and now, to Elliot Friedman. The Finnish translation is awesome:
Oilogosphere is a fairly sizeable one thing piled around a new media concentration. Full of potential to express the visibility and interest in Oilers about it - and now harnessing to tell about how clammy man Kevin Lowe is all about.
It was always about making sure that the Finns know the truth.