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1 | DALLAS | -150 | Ov 5.5,-110 | -145 | Ov 5.5,-105 | 2 | EDMONTON | +130 | Un 5.5,-110 | +125 | Un 5.5,-115 |
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All Games | 13-18-0 | -6.6 | 13-18 | -6.6 | 16-14 | 2.9 | 29.3 | 3.4 | 31.5 | Team Stats (Road Games) | 7-7-0 | +1.6 | 7-7 | +1.6 | 7-7 | 2.6 | 27.7 | 3.3 | 32.8 | Last 5 Games | 4-1-0 | +3.6 | 4-1 | +3.6 | 2-3 | 2.8 | 28.6 | 2.0 | 25.8 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 31 | 89 | 28 | 39 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 909 | 9.8% | 107 | 16 | 15.0% | 154 | Team Stats (Road Games) | 14 | 36 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 388 | 9.3% | 40 | 5 | 12.5% | 58 | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 143 | 9.8% | 16 | 3 | 18.7% | 23 | Stats Against (All Games) | | 104 | 26 | 34 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 977 | 10.6% | 110 | 22 | 20.0% | 182 | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 459 | 10.0% | 55 | 10 | 18.2% | 78 | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 7.8% | 16 | 2 | 12.5% | 18 |
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KARI LEHTONEN (All Games) | 26 | 26 | 786 | 713 | 90.7% | 0 | 13-13 | -1.4 | 13-13-0 | 0 | 12-13 | KARI LEHTONEN (Road Games) | 10 | 10 | 321 | 296 | 92.2% | 0 | 7-3 | +5.6 | 7-3-0 | +5 | 4-6 | KARI LEHTONEN (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 97 | 90 | 92.8% | 0 | 3-1 | +2.6 | 3-1-0 | +3 | 2-2 | ANDERS LINDBACK (All Games) | 5 | 4 | 144 | 124 | 86.1% | 0 | 0-4 | -4.1 | 0-4-0 | -4 | 3-1 | ANDERS LINDBACK (Road Games) | 3 | 3 | 107 | 93 | 86.9% | 0 | 0-3 | -3 | 0-3-0 | -3 | 2-1 | ANDERS LINDBACK (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 112 | 95 | 84.8% | 0 | 0-3 | -3 | 0-3-0 | -3 | 3-0 | JUSSI RYNNAS (All Games) | 2 | 1 | 44 | 37 | 84.1% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 1-0 | JUSSI RYNNAS (Road Games) | 1 | 1 | 29 | 24 | 82.8% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 1-0 | JUSSI RYNNAS (Last 4 Games) | 2 | 1 | 44 | 37 | 84.1% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 1-0 |
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All Games | 7-26-0 | -18.2 | 7-26 | -18.2 | 14-17 | 2.1 | 28.5 | 3.3 | 29.4 | Team Stats (Home Games) | 5-12-0 | -6.9 | 5-12 | -6.9 | 7-10 | 2.1 | 27.1 | 3.1 | 27.6 | Last 5 Games | 0-5-0 | -5 | 0-5 | -5 | 2-3 | 1.4 | 24.2 | 2.8 | 30.0 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 33 | 69 | 17 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 941 | 7.3% | 96 | 12 | 12.5% | 111 | Team Stats (Home Games) | 17 | 35 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 460 | 7.6% | 58 | 10 | 17.2% | 55 | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 5.8% | 11 | 1 | 9.1% | 11 | Stats Against (All Games) | | 110 | 33 | 40 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 971 | 11.3% | 94 | 19 | 20.2% | 191 | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 53 | 14 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 470 | 11.3% | 48 | 10 | 20.8% | 90 | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 14 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 150 | 9.3% | 14 | 3 | 21.4% | 26 |
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VIKTOR FASTH (All Games) | 13 | 12 | 321 | 286 | 89.1% | 1 | 2-10 | -7.6 | 2-10-0 | -7 | 4-6 | VIKTOR FASTH (Home Games) | 4 | 3 | 80 | 68 | 85.0% | 0 | 0-3 | -3.3 | 0-3-0 | -3 | 2-1 | VIKTOR FASTH (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 96 | 85 | 88.5% | 1 | 0-4 | -4.1 | 0-4-0 | -4 | 2-2 | BEN SCRIVENS (All Games) | 24 | 21 | 651 | 582 | 89.4% | 1 | 5-16 | -10.6 | 5-16-0 | -11 | 10-11 | BEN SCRIVENS (Home Games) | 15 | 14 | 393 | 355 | 90.3% | 1 | 5-9 | -3.6 | 5-9-0 | -4 | 5-9 | BEN SCRIVENS (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 107 | 100 | 93.5% | 0 | 0-3 | -3 | 0-3-0 | -3 | 1-2 |
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| Average power rating of opponents played: DALLAS 3.1, EDMONTON 3.04 |
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11/25/2014 | EDMONTON | 3-2 | W | 0, -190 | W | 5.5 ov | U | 11/28/2014 | MINNESOTA | 4-5 | L | 0, -120 | L | 5.5 un | O | 11/29/2014 | at COLORADO | 2-5 | L | 0, +125 | L | 6 un | O | 12/2/2014 | at TORONTO | 3-5 | L | 0, +115 | L | 6 ov | O | 12/4/2014 | at DETROIT | 2-5 | L | 0, +165 | L | 5.5 ov | O | 12/6/2014 | MONTREAL | 4-1 | W | 0, -130 | W | 5.5 un | U | 12/9/2014 | WINNIPEG | 2-5 | L | 0, -130 | L | 5.5 un | O | 12/13/2014 | NEW JERSEY | 4-3 | W | 0, -160 | W | 5.5 un | O | 12/17/2014 | at VANCOUVER | 2-0 | W | 0, +160 | W | 5.5 ov | U | 12/19/2014 | at CALGARY | 2-1 | W | 0, +125 | W | 5.5 un | U | 12/21/2014 | at EDMONTON | | 12/23/2014 | TORONTO | | 12/27/2014 | at ST LOUIS | | 12/29/2014 | NY RANGERS | | 12/31/2014 | ARIZONA | |
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11/25/2014 | at DALLAS | 2-3 | L | 0, +165 | L | 5.5 ov | U | 11/27/2014 | at NASHVILLE | 0-1 | L | 0, +210 | L | 5 ov | U | 11/28/2014 | at ST LOUIS | 3-4 | L | 0, +245 | L | 5 ov | O | 12/1/2014 | ARIZONA | 2-5 | L | 0, -110 | L | 5.5 un | O | 12/3/2014 | at WINNIPEG | 2-3 | L | 0, +160 | L | 5.5 un | U | 12/7/2014 | SAN JOSE | 2-1 | W | 0, +135 | W | 5.5 un | U | 12/9/2014 | at SAN JOSE | 2-5 | L | 0, +175 | L | 5.5 un | O | 12/10/2014 | at ANAHEIM | 1-2 | L | 0, +215 | L | 5.5 ov | U | 12/12/2014 | ANAHEIM | 2-4 | L | 0, +150 | L | 5.5 un | O | 12/14/2014 | NY RANGERS | 0-2 | L | 0, +130 | L | 5.5 un | U | 12/16/2014 | at ARIZONA | 1-2 | L | 0, +135 | L | 5.5 un | U | 12/18/2014 | at SAN JOSE | 3-4 | L | 0, +240 | L | 5 ov | O | 12/21/2014 | DALLAS | | 12/23/2014 | ARIZONA | | 12/27/2014 | at CALGARY | | 12/30/2014 | LOS ANGELES | | 12/31/2014 | at CALGARY | |
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| | | 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. | | 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 (DALLAS-EDMONTON) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Stars-Oilers Preview* ======================
By JEFF MEZYDLO STATS Senior Writer
Dallas (13-13-5) at Edmonton (7-20-6), 6:00 p.m. EDT
A coaching change hasn't helped the Edmonton Oilers end their losing ways.
Things likely won't get any easier Sunday when the Oilers look to avoid a seventh consecutive defeat and halt their home struggles against the Dallas Stars, who will try for a season-high fourth straight victory.
A pair of one-goal losses since Monday's firing of coach Dallas Eakins has shown Edmonton (7-20-6) remains competitive, but hasn't done much to lower the frustration level.
"Close isn't good enough," said forward Boyd Gordon, who scored the first goal of Thursday's 4-3 loss at San Jose. "We're struggling to win games the whole season and (Thursday's) a prime example of that."
Mired in a 1-12-5 stretch, the Oilers do have something positive to build on after scoring more than two goals for the first time in nine games and holding a 3-2 lead after two periods against the red-hot Sharks.
"I thought our guys went to the net hard," Gordon told the Oilers' official website. "Look at our goals, they were hard-working goals. If we continue to do that, it'll continue to happen where the bounces go our way."
Interim coach Todd Nelson likes the encouragement he hears amongst the players on the bench, and like Gordon, agrees the Oilers' prolonged struggles aren't due to a lack of effort.
"I thought we competed hard (Thursday)," said Nelson, who was in his fifth season coaching Edmonton's AHL affiliate in Oklahoma City before the promotion. "I thought we scored goals the way we have to. It was a good effort by everybody.
"It's a start and a move in the right direction. Putting 60 minutes together, (though), there were a few lapses there - those things happen."
The Oilers have suffered too many lapses at home, where it has lost 10 of 11 while averaging 1.63 goals.
Dallas (13-13-5) has won five straight in Edmonton by a combined 16-5 score and enters this visit looking to complete a perfect three-game road trip. The Stars are also seeking a fourth win in a row overall, which would mark their longest winning streak since a five-game run in April 2013.
Jamie Benn had a goal with an assist and Kari Lehtonen made 21 saves in Friday's 2-1 victory at Calgary.
"It's been nice to play a few good games in a row now," Lehtonen told the Stars official website after making his fifth straight start. "That gives confidence to everybody."
Lehtonen has stopped 48 of 49 shots on the trip following a 2-2-1 stretch during which he posted a 3.82 goals-against average.
"He's been great," teammate Trevor Daley said. "He's challenging the shots a lot more, he's coming out to the top of his crease. He's doing what he does."
Lehtonen has an 0.99 GAA and one shutout during a five-game winning streak at Edmonton. He beat the Oilers for the 12th time in 15 overall starts after making 35 saves in a 3-2 home victory Nov. 25.
Dallas' Tyler Seguin scored two of his league-leading 23 goals in that contest. He has four goals with two assists in five games against the Oilers.
Edmonton's Taylor Hall hasn't recorded a goal in a career-high 11 straight contests since scoring in last month's loss to the Stars.
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| Last Updated: 3/19/2024 2:46:42 AM EST. |
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