Looking at the Edmonton Oilers

by Casey Richey on Oct 28, 2009 8:19 PM CDT in Game Preview

Key wins: 6-4 over Columbus, 2-1 over Vancouver

New note on the table, the NHL Rank will now feature a indicator if the ranking given for that team is above or below Detroit's ranking. A=Above, B=Below the ranking that Detroit is currently at.

Category	Stat	NHL Rank	Leading...	Stat	Player
Goals per game	3.08	15th (1A)	Scorer (Points)	15 (8 G, 7 A)	Dustin Penner
Goals Against per game	2.92	16th (9A)	+/-	+8	Dustin Penner
Power Play	19.2%	17th (7B)	Hits	45	Jean-Francois Jacques
Penalty Kill	77.8%	18th (7A)	PIM	30	Zack Storntini
Shots per game	25.1	28th (23B)	Shots	36	Patrick O'Sullivan
Shots against per game	33.3	28th (16B)	Blocked Shots	22	Ladislav Smid
Faceoff percentage	48.4%	22nd (7B)	Faceoffs	52.1%	Shawn Horcoff
PIM per game	14.6	18th (15B)	Wins	5	Nikolai Khabibulin
PP drawn	52	6th (12A)	GAA	3.07	Nikolai Khabibulin

Much like Detroit, this team has been up and down. Detroit needs to take advantage of the amount of shots the Oilers give up per game and keep the shots down from guys like Sam Gagner and Ales Hemsky. Resident brawler Zack Stortini and some other Oilers bring a physical aspect to this team so it will be interesting to see how the Wings match up against them.

Players to watch on offense: Ales Hemsky, Dustin Penner, Sam Gagner (top line)

Players to watch on defense: Lubomir Vishnovsky, Denis Grebeshkov

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Zack Stortini

Stortini was hilarious when he was in Milwaukee with the Admirals. I could go to any game knowing that 80% of the time I’d see him get into fisticuffs. And he was a pretty fun guy off the ice. I’ve got a picture of me and him at season ticket holder’s autograph day—he’s ginormous. At least compared to my 5’9 frame.

"Career highlights? I had two. I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets." - Bob Uecker

by texwestern on Oct 29, 2009 3:33 PM CDT reply actions