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| 21 | VANCOUVER | -130 | Ov 5.5,-110 | -135 | Ov 5.5,-105 | | 22 | EDMONTON | +110 | Un 5.5,-110 | +115 | Un 5.5,-115 |
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| All Games | 7-3-0 | +4.2 | 7-3 | +4.2 | 6-2 | 3.4 | 32.5 | 2.9 | 29.1 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 3-2-0 | +1.3 | 3-2 | +1.3 | 3-1 | 3.2 | 32.2 | 3.2 | 32.2 | | Last 5 Games | 4-1-0 | +3.3 | 4-1 | +3.3 | 2-1 | 3.6 | 28.2 | 2.6 | 31.4 | | vs. Division | 3-0-0 | +3 | 3-0 | +3 | 2-1 | 3.7 | 35.3 | 2.0 | 27.3 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 10 | 34 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 325 | 10.5% | 38 | 9 | 23.7% | 59 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 5 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 161 | 9.9% | 15 | 2 | 13.3% | 29 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 141 | 12.8% | 15 | 5 | 33.3% | 29 | | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 3 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 106 | 10.4% | 13 | 3 | 23.1% | 20 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 29 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 291 | 10.0% | 39 | 5 | 12.8% | 53 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 9.9% | 23 | 3 | 13.0% | 30 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 8.3% | 17 | 2 | 11.8% | 25 | | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 7.3% | 11 | 1 | 9.1% | 10 |
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| EDDIE LACK (All Games) | 3 | 2 | 87 | 75 | 86.2% | 0 | 0-2 | -2.1 | 0-2-0 | -2 | 2-0 | | EDDIE LACK (Road Games) | 2 | 1 | 63 | 55 | 87.3% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 1-0 | | EDDIE LACK (vs. Division) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | EDDIE LACK (Last 4 Games) | 3 | 2 | 87 | 75 | 86.2% | 0 | 0-2 | -2.1 | 0-2-0 | -2 | 2-0 | | RYAN MILLER (All Games) | 8 | 8 | 204 | 187 | 91.7% | 0 | 7-1 | +6.3 | 7-1-0 | +6 | 4-2 | | RYAN MILLER (Road Games) | 4 | 4 | 98 | 90 | 91.8% | 0 | 3-1 | +2.3 | 3-1-0 | +2 | 2-1 | | RYAN MILLER (vs. Division) | 3 | 3 | 82 | 76 | 92.7% | 0 | 3-0 | +3 | 3-0-0 | +3 | 2-1 | | RYAN MILLER (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 109 | 103 | 94.5% | 0 | 4-0 | +4.3 | 4-0-0 | +4 | 1-1 |
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| All Games | 4-6-0 | -1.6 | 4-6 | -1.6 | 5-5 | 2.7 | 27.4 | 3.6 | 30.7 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 4-3-0 | +1.4 | 4-3 | +1.4 | 2-5 | 2.6 | 26.6 | 2.6 | 29.7 | | Last 5 Games | 4-1-0 | +3.8 | 4-1 | +3.8 | 1-4 | 3.2 | 23.6 | 2.2 | 30.4 | | vs. Division | 0-5-0 | -5.4 | 0-5 | -5.4 | 4-1 | 2.2 | 31.2 | 5.0 | 31.0 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 10 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 274 | 9.9% | 31 | 5 | 16.1% | 39 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 7 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 186 | 9.7% | 23 | 4 | 17.4% | 25 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 13.6% | 16 | 2 | 12.5% | 21 | | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 5 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 7.1% | 15 | 3 | 20.0% | 18 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 36 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 307 | 11.7% | 29 | 6 | 20.7% | 61 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 208 | 8.7% | 15 | 2 | 13.3% | 32 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 7.2% | 10 | 1 | 10.0% | 18 | | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 25 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 155 | 16.1% | 19 | 5 | 26.3% | 43 |
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| VIKTOR FASTH (All Games) | 2 | 2 | 54 | 47 | 87.0% | 0 | 0-2 | -2 | 0-2-0 | -2 | 2-0 | | VIKTOR FASTH (Home Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | VIKTOR FASTH (vs. Division) | 2 | 2 | 54 | 47 | 87.0% | 0 | 0-2 | -2 | 0-2-0 | -2 | 2-0 | | VIKTOR FASTH (Last 4 Games) | 2 | 2 | 54 | 47 | 87.0% | 0 | 0-2 | -2 | 0-2-0 | -2 | 2-0 | | BEN SCRIVENS (All Games) | 9 | 8 | 251 | 225 | 89.6% | 1 | 4-4 | +0.4 | 4-4-0 | 0 | 3-5 | | BEN SCRIVENS (Home Games) | 7 | 7 | 207 | 190 | 91.8% | 1 | 4-3 | +1.4 | 4-3-0 | +1 | 2-5 | | BEN SCRIVENS (vs. Division) | 4 | 3 | 99 | 84 | 84.8% | 0 | 0-3 | -3.4 | 0-3-0 | -3 | 2-1 | | BEN SCRIVENS (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 128 | 119 | 93.0% | 1 | 3-1 | +2.4 | 3-1-0 | +2 | 1-3 |
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| 10/8/2014 | at CALGARY | 4-2 | W | 0, -125 | W | 5 ov | O | | 10/11/2014 | EDMONTON | 5-4 | W | 0, -190 | W | 5 ov | O | | 10/17/2014 | at EDMONTON | 2-0 | W | 0, -150 | W | 5.5 ev | U | | 10/18/2014 | TAMPA BAY | 2-4 | L | 0, -110 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 10/21/2014 | at DALLAS | 3-6 | L | 0, +115 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 10/23/2014 | at ST LOUIS | 4-1 | W | 0, +130 | W | 5 ev | P | | 10/24/2014 | at COLORADO | 3-7 | L | 0, +140 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 10/26/2014 | WASHINGTON | 4-2 | W | 0, -160 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 10/28/2014 | CAROLINA | 4-1 | W | 0, -230 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 10/30/2014 | MONTREAL | 3-2 | W | 0, -140 | W | 5 ov | P | | 11/1/2014 | at EDMONTON | | | 11/2/2014 | NASHVILLE | | | 11/4/2014 | at COLORADO | | | 11/6/2014 | at SAN JOSE | | | 11/8/2014 | at LOS ANGELES | | | 11/9/2014 | at ANAHEIM | | | 11/11/2014 | OTTAWA | |
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| 10/9/2014 | CALGARY | 2-5 | L | 0, -140 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 10/11/2014 | at VANCOUVER | 4-5 | L | 0, +165 | L | 5 ov | O | | 10/14/2014 | at LOS ANGELES | 1-6 | L | 0, +205 | L | 5 ov | O | | 10/15/2014 | at ARIZONA | 4-7 | L | 0, +175 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 10/17/2014 | VANCOUVER | 0-2 | L | 0, +130 | L | 5.5 ev | U | | 10/20/2014 | TAMPA BAY | 3-2 | W | 0, +140 | W | 5.5 ov | U | | 10/22/2014 | WASHINGTON | 3-2 | W | 0, +125 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 10/24/2014 | CAROLINA | 6-3 | W | 0, -160 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 10/27/2014 | MONTREAL | 3-0 | W | 0, +110 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 10/29/2014 | NASHVILLE | 1-4 | L | 0, +105 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 11/1/2014 | VANCOUVER | | | 11/4/2014 | at PHILADELPHIA | | | 11/6/2014 | at BOSTON | | | 11/7/2014 | at BUFFALO | | | 11/9/2014 | at NY RANGERS | | | 11/11/2014 | at NASHVILLE | |
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| |  | VANCOUVER: LAST SEASON: 36-35-11, finished 12th in the Western Conference and missed the playoffs.
COACH: Willie Desjardins, first season with the Canucks.
ADDED: C Nick Bonino, LW Derek Dorsett, G Ryan Miller, D Luca Sbisa, RW Radim Vrbata.
LOST: RW Zac Dalpe, D Jason Garrison, C Ryan Kesler, C Mike Santorelli, C Jordan Schroeder.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Ryan Miller. On June 29, 2013, the Canucks had a goaltending tandem of Roberto Luongo and Cory Schneider. When Vancouver's season ended 288 days later, the duo in net was Eddie Lack and Jacob Markstrom after Schneider and Luongo were traded. In a combined 45 games with Vancouver, Lack and Markstrom were 17-19-5 with a 2.39 goals against average and .908 save percentage. Miller, who was signed to a three-year, $18 million free agent deal, has a 2.55 GAA and .916 save percentage the last four seasons.
OUTLOOK: The dismissals of coach John Tortorella and Kesler, traded to Anaheim, can be seen as addition by subtraction. Kesler's in-season trade request became a distraction for a team whose 2013-14 campaign was an unmitigated failure. So the Canucks can do nothing but improve in 2014-15. Will there be enough improvement to qualify for a playoff berth? That may be too much to ask for a team in the tough Western Conference. | | EDMONTON: LAST SEASON: 29-44-7, 67 points, finished 14th in the Western Conference and missed the playoffs.
COACH: Dallas Eakins, second season with the Oilers, 29-44-7.
ADDED: D Mark Fayne, D Nikita Nikitin, F Benoit Pouliot, F Teddy Purcell.
LOST: D Anton Belov, C Sam Gagner, LW Ryan Smyth.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Justin Schultz: The Oilers signed the defenseman to a one-year, $3,675,000 deal on Aug. 29. Why one year? ''Justin is going to be a great player and a great Oiler. What we wanted to do as an organization is buy ourselves a little bit of time to negotiate a long-term deal,'' general manager Craig MacTavish said. ''We as an organization wanted a little more information, fully aware information can be expensive.''
OUTLOOK: Six straight years of drafting in the top 10 and stockpiling high-end young talent without showing tangible on-ice improvement tends to create skepticism. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (VANCOUVER-EDMONTON) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(UPDATES with Burrows' suspension)
*Canucks-Oilers Preview* ========================
By JEFF MEZYDLO STATS Senior Writer
Vancouver (7-3-0) at Edmonton (4-5-1), 10:00 p.m. EDT
The Edmonton Oilers will have a hard time ending an eight-year playoff drought if they can't beat teams from their own conference.
Looking for their first win in seven games against a West opponent this season, the Oilers try to avoid a third straight defeat to the visiting Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night.
Edmonton (4-5-1) opened a seven-game homestand with a 2-0 loss to Vancouver on Oct. 17, then followed with four straight victories over teams from the East. Its win streak ended with a 4-1 defeat to Nashville on Wednesday that kept the Oilers winless against the West.
All but seven of the 36 goals allowed by Edmonton have come against West foes.
"There are no excuses," forward Teddy Purcell told the Oilers' official website. "Every team in this league is a real good team. Maybe we have a little bit more swagger against teams in the East, but to win and make the playoffs we're going to have to bring that over to the West.
"We've got (to) regroup, learn from our mistakes and hopefully get on track here for our next game."
Taylor Hall scored Wednesday and has a team-leading six goals after recording one in each of the past two games. However, he's been held without a point while the Oilers have gone 0-1-1 against the Canucks (7-3-0) this season.
Vancouver's Ryan Miller, who started both meetings with Edmonton and made 28 saves Oct. 17, is 9-0-0 with a 1.76 goals-against average against the Oilers.
Miller improved to 7-1-0 with a 2.27 GAA after stopping 23 shots in a 3-2 overtime victory over Montreal on Thursday.
Daniel Sedin scored a power-play goal 2:45 into the extra period as Vancouver concluded a 3-0-0 homestand. The Canucks, however, felt a bit agitated after blowing a two-goal third-period lead.
"You should not give up a 2-0 lead at home, for sure," Sedin said, "but we just stood with our game, no panic."
Though the Canucks are playing well under first-year coach Willie Desjardins, games like Thursday's serve as a reminder that there's no room for complacency.
"It's a hard league," Miller said. "A good start helps, but you need to keep improving, keep climbing. Come together as a group."
Daniel and Henrik Sedin each finished minus-1 and both were on the ice when Max Pacioretty tied the game with 2:33 left in regulation, but the brothers share the team lead with 12 points. Henrik Sedin has two goals and four assists during a six-game point streak.
"When their game's not a good game, it's still not a bad game," Desjardins said. "Maybe it wasn't quite to their standards, but it was a pretty good game."
The Sedins came through in overtime on a power play that has produced four goals on 10 chances in the last three games. Vancouver went 2 for 10 with the man advantage in the first two meetings with Edmonton, which has killed 12 of 13 penalties over its last six contests.
The twins have combined for two goals and seven assists against the Oilers this season.
Edmonton's Ben Scrivens, who allowed all four goals on 35 shots against the Predators, has a 1.77 GAA while going 2-2-0 versus Vancouver.
Vancouver will be without forward Alexandre Burrows, who has been suspended for three games without pay by the NHL for his late, illegal check to the head of Montreal defenseman Alexei Emelin.
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| | Last Updated: 4/24/2024 8:00:41 PM EST. |
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