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| 55 | EDMONTON | +160 | Ov 5.5,+115 | +160 | Ov 5.5,+120 | | 56 | NASHVILLE | -185 | Un 5.5,-135 | -185 | Un 5.5,-140 |
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| All Games | 0-1-0 | -1 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1 | 1.0 | 24.0 | 3.0 | 31.0 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 0-1-0 | -1 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1 | 1.0 | 24.0 | 3.0 | 31.0 | | Last 5 Games | 0-1-0 | -1 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1 | 1.0 | 24.0 | 3.0 | 31.0 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 0 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 0 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 0 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 9.7% | 3 | 0 | 0.0% | 5 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 9.7% | 3 | 0 | 0.0% | 5 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 9.7% | 3 | 0 | 0.0% | 5 |
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| ANDERS NILSSON (All Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | ANDERS NILSSON (Road Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | CAMERON TALBOT (All Games) | 1 | 1 | 30 | 28 | 93.3% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 0-1 | | CAMERON TALBOT (Road Games) | 1 | 1 | 30 | 28 | 93.3% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 0-1 | | CAMERON TALBOT (Last 4 Games) | 1 | 1 | 30 | 28 | 93.3% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 0-1 |
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| All Games | 1-0-0 | +1 | 1-0 | +1 | 0-1 | 2.0 | 25.0 | 1.0 | 26.0 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 1-0-0 | +1 | 1-0 | +1 | 0-1 | 2.0 | 25.0 | 1.0 | 26.0 | | Last 5 Games | 1-0-0 | +1 | 1-0 | +1 | 0-1 | 2.0 | 25.0 | 1.0 | 26.0 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 4 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 4 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 4 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.8% | 3 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.8% | 3 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.8% | 3 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 |
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| CARTER HUTTON (All Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | CARTER HUTTON (Home Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | PEKKA RINNE (All Games) | 1 | 1 | 26 | 25 | 96.2% | 0 | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0-0 | +1 | 0-1 | | PEKKA RINNE (Home Games) | 1 | 1 | 26 | 25 | 96.2% | 0 | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0-0 | +1 | 0-1 | | PEKKA RINNE (Last 4 Games) | 1 | 1 | 26 | 25 | 96.2% | 0 | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0-0 | +1 | 0-1 |
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| | Average power rating of opponents played: EDMONTON 3.37, NASHVILLE 2.37 |
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| 10/8/2015 | at ST LOUIS | 1-3 | L | 0, +160 | L | 5 ov | U | | 10/10/2015 | at NASHVILLE | | | 10/13/2015 | at DALLAS | | | 10/15/2015 | ST LOUIS | | | 10/17/2015 | at CALGARY | | | 10/18/2015 | at VANCOUVER | | | 10/21/2015 | DETROIT | |
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| 10/8/2015 | CAROLINA | 2-1 | W | 0, -190 | W | 5 ov | U | | 10/10/2015 | EDMONTON | | | 10/13/2015 | at NEW JERSEY | | | 10/15/2015 | at NY ISLANDERS | | | 10/17/2015 | at OTTAWA | | | 10/20/2015 | TAMPA BAY | |
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| |  | EDMONTON: LAST SEASON: 24-44-14, 62 points. Missed playoffs.
COACH: Todd McLellan (seven NHL seasons, 311-163-66).
ADDED: D Eric Gryba, LW Lauri Korpikoski, C Mark Letestu, C
Connor McDavid, G Anders Nilsson, D Griffin Reinhart, D Andrej
Sekera, G Cam Talbot.
LOST: G Viktor Fasth, RW Matt Fraser, C Boyd Gordon, D Martin
Marincin, RW Steve Pinizzotto.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Connor McDavid. Yes, the Oilers have brought in
seven other players, but all eyes are going to be on the No. 1
overall draft pick as the team tries to reach the playoffs for
the first time since 2005-06. The 18-year old recorded 120
points (44 goals, 76 assists) in 47 games with the Erie Otters -
and he missed time last season due to a broken hand and his
international duties playing for Team Canada at the World Junior
Hockey Championships.
OUTLOOK: Edmonton now has experienced personnel in CEO Bob
Nicholson, GM Peter Chiarelli and coach Todd McLean. The
selection of McDavid was a no-brainer, and the additions of
goaltender Cam Talbot and defensemen Andrej Sekera, Eric Gryba
and Griffin Reinhart are upgrades. The Oilers may not be a
playoff team this season, but they won't be a contender for the
first overall pick in next June's draft either. | | NASHVILLE: LAST SEASON: 47-25-10, 104 points. Second Central Division. Lost
to Chicago Blackhawks in Eastern Conference quarterfinals.
COACH: Peter Laviolette (second season, 436-307-25 over 13 NHL
seasons).
ADDED: D Barret Jackman, RW Cody Hodgson.
LOST: C Matt Cullen, D Cody Franson, F Mike Santorelli.
PLAYER TO WATCH: RW Filip Forsberg. The Swede played every game
of his first full NHL season and scored a franchise-rookie
record 63 points with 26 goals and 37 assists. He became the
fifth youngest player in NHL history to lead a playoff-bound
team in scoring. Can he match, or better, last season?
OUTLOOK: The Predators believe they were so close to beating the
eventual Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks last spring with eight
players making their postseason debuts, and now they think they
are even better positioned for a title run in their second
season with Laviolette's system with Jackman bringing his
defensive skills to Nashville. They will have a chance to finish
strong with eight of their final 12 games on home ice. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (EDMONTON-NASHVILLE) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Oilers-Predators Preview* ==========================
By JEFF BARTL STATS Senior Writer
Edmonton (0-1-0) at Nashville (1-0-0), 7:00 p.m. EDT
Connor McDavid is the latest in a recent string of No. 1 overall picks expected to help revive a once-proud Edmonton Oilers franchise that has missed the playoffs for nine straight seasons.
It's probably why new coach Todd McLellan didn't sugarcoat the debut of the 18-year-old who has been dubbed the NHL's best prospect since Sidney Crosby.
McDavid's next challenge is to try and solve Pekka Rinne as the Oilers visit the Nashville Predators on Saturday night.
Edmonton selected first in the draft for the fourth time in six years in June, as McDavid joined Taylor Hall (2010), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins ('11) and Nail Yakupov ('12) as the top selections in that stretch.
None of the others before McDavid have been able to help the Oilers reach the playoffs for the first time since they lost Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final to Carolina in 2006. McLellan was hired this offseason as the seventh coach during the drought and hopes to get the most out of his young core.
Nugent-Hopkins was credited with Edmonton's goal in a 3-1 loss to St. Louis on Thursday, but that came on a fluke when a Blues defenseman shot it off a teammate and into the net trying to clear the puck while shorthanded.
McDavid played an inconsistent 18:07 in his anticipated debut, mostly on a line with Hall and Anton Slepyshev, who also was playing his first NHL game.
"At times I thought he was very dangerous and at other times I didn't think that line had a lot going," McLellan said of McDavid. "So it's a matter of timing and chemistry and trying to find the right combinations for him and his linemates."
McDavid acknowledged he could've been better after finishing minus-1 with two shots on goal and losing 10 of his 13 faceoffs.
"I did some good stuff, did some bad stuff," McDavid said. "There's obviously some stuff to improve on. We didn't finish the way we wanted to, but for the most part we were right there."
The Oilers now try to snap a three-game skid against the Predators, who also hope to put together a more complete effort.
Craig Smith scored and Viktor Arvidsson followed with his first NHL goal in the opening period as Nashville outshot Carolina 14-5 on Thursday, but it had just 11 shots the rest of the way in a 2-1 win.
Rinne made 25 saves and lost a shutout on Eric Staal's goal with 1:40 remaining.
"We played great hockey in the first, but we let off the gas for sure, and we knew they weren't going to give up," said defenseman Seth Jones, who assisted on both goals. "Pek made some huge saves for us and we got some timely bounces."
Rinne provided a boost as he did time and again last season, when he won 41 games with a 2.18 goals-against average while helping the Predators to a surprising second-place finish in the Central Division and being named a Vezina Trophy finalist.
He posted a 0.98 GAA while winning all three starts against the Oilers last season and had a 37-save shutout the last time he faced them Nov. 27.
Cam Talbot is getting his first opportunity to be a full-time starter after Edmonton acquired him from the New York Rangers in the offseason. He's 2-1-0 with a 1.35 GAA in three starts against the Predators and likely will be in net after making 28 saves Thursday.
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