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| 7 | EDMONTON | +165 | Ov 5.5,-110 | +165 | Ov 5.5,-125 | | 8 | DALLAS | -190 | Un 5.5,-110 | -190 | Un 5.5,+105 |
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| All Games | 6-15-0 | -8.5 | 6-15 | -8.5 | 9-10 | 2.3 | 29.9 | 3.5 | 29.8 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 2-6-0 | -3.4 | 2-6 | -3.4 | 4-2 | 2.5 | 32.2 | 4.1 | 30.4 | | Last 5 Games | 0-5-0 | -5.5 | 0-5 | -5.5 | 3-2 | 1.8 | 31.4 | 4.0 | 29.0 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 21 | 49 | 10 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 628 | 7.8% | 69 | 9 | 13.0% | 77 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 8 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 258 | 7.8% | 24 | 2 | 8.3% | 33 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 5.7% | 19 | 3 | 15.8% | 15 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 74 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 626 | 11.8% | 62 | 13 | 21.0% | 127 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 33 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 243 | 13.6% | 22 | 6 | 27.3% | 57 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 20 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 145 | 13.8% | 22 | 5 | 22.7% | 34 |
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| VIKTOR FASTH (All Games) | 8 | 7 | 191 | 170 | 89.0% | 0 | 2-5 | -2.6 | 2-5-0 | -2 | 2-3 | | VIKTOR FASTH (Road Games) | 6 | 6 | 148 | 131 | 88.5% | 0 | 2-4 | -1.4 | 2-4-0 | -1 | 2-2 | | VIKTOR FASTH (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 81 | 73 | 90.1% | 0 | 1-2 | -0.6 | 1-2-0 | 0 | 0-2 | | BEN SCRIVENS (All Games) | 16 | 14 | 432 | 383 | 88.7% | 1 | 4-10 | -6 | 4-10-0 | -6 | 7-7 | | BEN SCRIVENS (Road Games) | 4 | 2 | 93 | 80 | 86.0% | 0 | 0-2 | -2 | 0-2-0 | -2 | 2-0 | | BEN SCRIVENS (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 102 | 86 | 84.3% | 0 | 0-4 | -4.3 | 0-4-0 | -4 | 3-1 |
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| All Games | 8-13-0 | -6.9 | 8-13 | -6.9 | 10-10 | 2.9 | 28.6 | 3.4 | 31.5 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 3-9-0 | -8.6 | 3-9 | -8.6 | 6-5 | 3.0 | 29.1 | 3.5 | 30.6 | | Last 5 Games | 2-3-0 | -1.8 | 2-3 | -1.8 | 3-2 | 3.0 | 25.8 | 3.8 | 32.4 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 21 | 61 | 20 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 601 | 10.1% | 73 | 12 | 16.4% | 106 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 12 | 36 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 349 | 10.3% | 47 | 8 | 17.0% | 66 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 11.6% | 13 | 2 | 15.4% | 28 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 72 | 14 | 24 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 661 | 10.9% | 74 | 16 | 21.6% | 123 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 42 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 367 | 11.4% | 44 | 10 | 22.7% | 74 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 11.7% | 15 | 4 | 26.7% | 32 |
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| KARI LEHTONEN (All Games) | 18 | 18 | 561 | 508 | 90.6% | 0 | 8-10 | -3.8 | 8-10-0 | -3 | 8-9 | | KARI LEHTONEN (Home Games) | 11 | 11 | 329 | 295 | 89.7% | 0 | 3-8 | -7.6 | 3-8-0 | -7 | 5-5 | | KARI LEHTONEN (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 131 | 116 | 88.5% | 0 | 2-2 | -0.6 | 2-2-0 | -1 | 3-1 | | ANDERS LINDBACK (All Games) | 4 | 3 | 97 | 82 | 84.5% | 0 | 0-3 | -3.1 | 0-3-0 | -3 | 2-1 | | ANDERS LINDBACK (Home Games) | 2 | 1 | 37 | 31 | 83.8% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 1-0 | | ANDERS LINDBACK (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 97 | 82 | 84.5% | 0 | 0-3 | -3.1 | 0-3-0 | -3 | 2-1 |
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| 10/29/2014 | NASHVILLE | 1-4 | L | 0, +105 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 11/1/2014 | VANCOUVER | 2-3 | L | 0, +125 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 11/4/2014 | at PHILADELPHIA | 1-4 | L | 0, +160 | L | 5.5 ov | U | | 11/6/2014 | at BOSTON | 2-5 | L | 0, +205 | L | 5 ov | O | | 11/7/2014 | at BUFFALO | 3-2 | W | 0, -115 | W | 5 ov | P | | 11/9/2014 | at NY RANGERS | 3-1 | W | 0, +165 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 11/11/2014 | at NASHVILLE | 2-3 | L | 0, +170 | L | 5 ov | P | | 11/13/2014 | OTTAWA | 3-4 | L | 0, +100 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 11/16/2014 | ARIZONA | 1-2 | L | 0, -130 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 11/19/2014 | VANCOUVER | 4-5 | L | 0, +110 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 11/21/2014 | NEW JERSEY | 0-2 | L | 0, -120 | L | 5 ov | U | | 11/22/2014 | CHICAGO | 1-7 | L | 0, +160 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 11/25/2014 | at DALLAS | | | 11/27/2014 | at NASHVILLE | | | 11/28/2014 | at ST LOUIS | | | 12/1/2014 | ARIZONA | | | 12/3/2014 | at WINNIPEG | |
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| 10/31/2014 | ANAHEIM | 1-2 | L | 0, -130 | L | 5.5 ev | U | | 11/1/2014 | at MINNESOTA | 1-4 | L | 0, +150 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 11/4/2014 | LOS ANGELES | 1-3 | L | 0, -120 | L | 5 ov | U | | 11/6/2014 | NASHVILLE | 2-3 | L | 0, -135 | L | 5 ov | P | | 11/8/2014 | SAN JOSE | 3-5 | L | 0, -105 | L | 5.5 ov | O | | 11/11/2014 | at ARIZONA | 4-3 | W | 0, -115 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 11/13/2014 | at LOS ANGELES | 2-0 | W | 0, +120 | W | 5 ov | U | | 11/15/2014 | MINNESOTA | 1-2 | L | 0, -125 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 11/16/2014 | at CHICAGO | 2-6 | L | 0, +180 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 11/18/2014 | CAROLINA | 4-6 | L | 0, -165 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 11/20/2014 | ARIZONA | 3-1 | W | 0, -160 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 11/22/2014 | LOS ANGELES | 5-4 | W | 0, +105 | W | 5 ov | O | | 11/25/2014 | EDMONTON | | | 11/28/2014 | MINNESOTA | | | 11/29/2014 | at COLORADO | | | 12/2/2014 | at TORONTO | | | 12/4/2014 | at DETROIT | | | 12/6/2014 | MONTREAL | |
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| |  | 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. | | DALLAS: LAST SEASON: 40-31-11, 91 points, 5th Central Division. Made Western Conference playoffs as wild card, lost first-round playoff series in six games to top-seeded Anaheim.
COACH: Lindy Ruff, 2nd season with Stars, 40-31-11; 17th season overall in NHL, was 571-432-162 in Buffalo.
ADDED: C Jason Spezza, RW Ales Hemsky; G Anders Lindback, RW Patrick Eaves.
LOST: RW Alex Chiasson, D Aaron Rome, LW Ray Whitney.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Jamie Benn. In his first season as the Stars captain, the 25-year-old Canadian ranked eighth in the NHL with 79 points and ninth with 34 goals. Both were career highs, as was his plus-21 rating. Benn has increasingly accepted his role as a leader on a team filled with plenty of 20-something players, and is part of a dynamic scoring line with Tyler Seguin.
OUTLOOK: With the experience of a hard-fought first-round series in their first season under veteran Ruff, the Stars expect to do more than just make the playoffs this time around. That is a reasonable goal with their added scoring punch. With Benn and Seguin on the front line, the Stars will have another line with 31-year-old former Ottawa teammates Spezza and Hemsky likely together. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (EDMONTON-DALLAS) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Oilers-Stars Preview* ======================
By KEVIN CHROUST STATS Writer
Edmonton (6-13-2) at Dallas (8-9-4), 8:30 p.m. EDT
After a disastrous homestand, the Edmonton Oilers are embarking on a three-game road trip that could present a perfect storm for a continued losing streak.
It begins Tuesday night in Dallas, where the Oilers will try to overcome sustained struggles against the Stars while beating a Western Conference opponent for the first time this season.
A five-game homestand extended Edmonton's losing streak to 0-5-1, with Saturday's loss of the embarrassing variety, 7-1 to Chicago. The Oilers have matched their longest losing streak of last season and another defeat will give the team its worst slide since going 0-8-3 from March 8-31, 2011.
All three of Edmonton's opponents on the trip are from the West, against which the Oilers are 0-10-1.
It only gets more difficult after the Dallas matchup with stops in Nashville and St. Louis, but even the Stars (8-9-4) have dominated the Oilers (6-13-2) with 13 wins in 16 meetings.
Edmonton hasn't given itself much of a chance with 23 goals in a 2-9-1 stretch. David Perron scored against the Blackhawks, but it was just his second in 21 games after scoring a career-high 28 a season ago.
Fellow forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has gone four games without a point and has two in eight career games against Dallas.
"We've got to find a way to not get too frustrated or else the negativity really seeps into your game," Nugent-Hopkins told the team's official website. "It just makes things a lot worse and I know the past few years there have been instances where it has been like that. We've shown a lot more promise this year than in the past couple of years, I know that for sure. We've just got to find a way to get ourselves motivated and get back on track."
The Stars were probably having similar thoughts after opening a five-game homestand with a third straight loss. They've since won two in a row, including Sunday's 5-4 victory over Los Angeles.
They'll need more time to improve a 3-5-4 home record, and possibly have more success while playing with a lead after nearly blowing a 4-0 advantage. Dallas has allowed 17 goals in four games.
"It's hard to stand here and talk about how well we played for almost 40 minutes," Ruff told the team's official website. "We've got some guys that have to grab hold of moments in a game and be able to change it."
Defenseman Jason Demers, acquired from San Jose on Friday, scored in his first game with the Stars, while Jamie Benn had two goals and an assist. Benn has three goals and three assists in three games.
Kari Lehtonen faced 41 shots and allowed at least four goals for the third time in four games - a 2-1-0 stretch with a 4.17 goals-against average. He's been considerably better against the Oilers with an 11-2-1 record and 1.92 GAA in 14 starts since joining the Stars.
Ben Scrivens' struggles have been far more sustained. He's posted a 4.27 GAA in a 0-6-1 span and has allowed five goals in each of his past two games - he faced only 13 shots against the Blackhawks before being pulled in the second period - culminating in the firing of goaltender coach Frederic Chabot prior to the trip.
Scrivens' struggles could lead the Oilers to call on Viktor Fasth, 2-1-0 with a 1.65 GAA in four games against Dallas.
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| | Last Updated: 4/19/2024 11:02:00 AM EST. |
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