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1 | EDMONTON | +180 | Ov 5,-140 | +190 | Ov 5,-145 | 2 | NASHVILLE | -220 | Un 5,+120 | -230 | Un 5,+125 |
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All Games | 6-16-0 | -9.5 | 6-16 | -9.5 | 9-11 | 2.3 | 30.2 | 3.5 | 30.0 | Team Stats (Road Games) | 2-7-0 | -4.4 | 2-7 | -4.4 | 4-3 | 2.4 | 32.8 | 4.0 | 30.8 | Last 5 Games | 0-5-0 | -5.5 | 0-5 | -5.5 | 2-3 | 1.6 | 31.4 | 3.8 | 29.8 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 22 | 51 | 11 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 665 | 7.7% | 71 | 9 | 12.7% | 80 | Team Stats (Road Games) | 9 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 295 | 7.5% | 26 | 2 | 7.7% | 36 | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 5.1% | 17 | 2 | 11.8% | 12 | Stats Against (All Games) | | 77 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 660 | 11.7% | 66 | 13 | 19.7% | 132 | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 36 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 277 | 13.0% | 26 | 6 | 23.1% | 62 | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 12.8% | 22 | 5 | 22.7% | 32 |
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VIKTOR FASTH (All Games) | 9 | 8 | 225 | 201 | 89.3% | 0 | 2-6 | -3.6 | 2-6-0 | -3 | 2-4 | VIKTOR FASTH (Road Games) | 7 | 7 | 182 | 162 | 89.0% | 0 | 2-5 | -2.4 | 2-5-0 | -2 | 2-3 | VIKTOR FASTH (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 94 | 84 | 89.4% | 0 | 0-3 | -3.2 | 0-3-0 | -3 | 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 | 14-7-0 | +6.4 | 14-7 | +6.4 | 5-12 | 2.9 | 31.0 | 2.1 | 27.4 | Team Stats (Home Games) | 8-2-0 | +5.4 | 8-2 | +5.4 | 2-5 | 2.8 | 31.6 | 2.2 | 25.6 | Last 5 Games | 4-1-0 | +2.8 | 4-1 | +2.8 | 2-2 | 4.0 | 36.8 | 2.2 | 24.6 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 21 | 61 | 14 | 20 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 651 | 9.4% | 65 | 9 | 13.8% | 105 | Team Stats (Home Games) | 10 | 28 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 316 | 8.9% | 32 | 1 | 3.1% | 43 | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 184 | 10.9% | 18 | 2 | 11.1% | 31 | Stats Against (All Games) | | 45 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 575 | 7.8% | 54 | 13 | 24.1% | 74 | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 22 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 256 | 8.6% | 25 | 6 | 24.0% | 35 | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 8.9% | 11 | 1 | 9.1% | 16 |
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CARTER HUTTON (All Games) | 3 | 3 | 81 | 74 | 91.4% | 0 | 0-3 | -3.2 | 0-3-0 | -3 | 0-3 | CARTER HUTTON (Home Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | CARTER HUTTON (Last 4 Games) | 3 | 3 | 81 | 74 | 91.4% | 0 | 0-3 | -3.2 | 0-3-0 | -3 | 0-3 | PEKKA RINNE (All Games) | 18 | 18 | 493 | 457 | 92.7% | 0 | 14-4 | +9.6 | 14-4-0 | +9 | 5-9 | PEKKA RINNE (Home Games) | 10 | 10 | 256 | 235 | 91.8% | 0 | 8-2 | +5.4 | 8-2-0 | +5 | 2-5 | PEKKA RINNE (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 104 | 96 | 92.3% | 0 | 4-0 | +4 | 4-0-0 | +4 | 2-1 |
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| Average power rating of opponents played: EDMONTON 3.16, NASHVILLE 3.16 |
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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 | 2-3 | L | 0, +165 | L | 5.5 ov | U | 11/27/2014 | at NASHVILLE | | 11/28/2014 | at ST LOUIS | | 12/1/2014 | ARIZONA | | 12/3/2014 | at WINNIPEG | | 12/7/2014 | SAN JOSE | |
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10/31/2014 | at CALGARY | 3-4 | L | 0, -135 | L | 5 ev | O | 11/2/2014 | at VANCOUVER | 3-1 | W | 0, +100 | W | 5 ov | U | 11/4/2014 | at WINNIPEG | 1-3 | L | 0, +100 | L | 5 ov | U | 11/6/2014 | at DALLAS | 3-2 | W | 0, +115 | W | 5 ov | P | 11/8/2014 | at ST LOUIS | 2-1 | W | 0, +140 | W | 5 ov | U | 11/11/2014 | EDMONTON | 3-2 | W | 0, -200 | W | 5 ov | P | 11/13/2014 | at ST LOUIS | 3-4 | L | 0, +140 | L | 5 un | O | 11/15/2014 | WINNIPEG | 2-1 | W | 0, -165 | W | 5 ev | U | 11/18/2014 | at TORONTO | 9-2 | W | 0, -105 | W | 5.5 un | O | 11/20/2014 | at OTTAWA | 2-3 | L | 0, -115 | L | 5.5 un | U | 11/22/2014 | FLORIDA | 3-2 | W | 0, -190 | W | 5 un | P | 11/25/2014 | LOS ANGELES | 4-3 | W | 0, -135 | W | 5 ov | O | 11/27/2014 | EDMONTON | | 11/29/2014 | COLUMBUS | | 12/2/2014 | at CAROLINA | | 12/4/2014 | ST LOUIS | | 12/6/2014 | CHICAGO | |
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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. | | NASHVILLE: LAST SEASON: 38-32-12, 88 points. Missed the playoffs by finishing 10th in the Western Conference.
COACH: Peter Laviolette, 1st season with Predators, 389-282-25-63 overall.
ADDED: F James Neal, F Olli Jokinen, F Mike Ribeiro, F Derek Roy.
LOST: Coach Barry Trotz, goaltenders coach Mitch Korn, F Patric Hornqvist, F Nick Spaling.
PLAYER TO WATCH: G Pekka Rinne. Even with Ribeiro needing to prove his personal issues have been handled, Rinne is the two-time Vezina Trophy finalist who anchors Nashville's defense. He only played 24 games last season after an infection in his surgically-repaired hip needed more surgery, keeping him on crutches for weeks. Rinne went 3-0-1 in his final four games and was the MVP of the World Championships.
OUTLOOK: The Predators missed the playoffs by three points with Rinne missing much of last season. Laviolette is expected to boost the Predators' offense and take advantage of the experienced forwards added during the offseason, and general manager David Poile has made it clear they must reach the playoffs. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (EDMONTON-NASHVILLE) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Oilers-Predators Preview* ==========================
By KEVIN CHROUST STATS Writer
Edmonton (6-14-2) at Nashville (14-5-2), 8:00 p.m. EDT
More than a quarter of the way into the season, the Nashville Predators might be emerging as true contenders in the Western Conference.
The Edmonton Oilers, meanwhile, are still seeking their first win over such a foe.
The Central Division leaders will try to complete a three-game sweep of the Pacific stragglers Thursday night in Nashville, where the Oilers' most recent stretch of struggles began more than two weeks ago.
After Tuesday's 4-3 shootout win over Los Angeles, the Predators (14-5-2) are 8-1-1 at home with four straight victories, and another over the Oilers (6-14-2) would give them their top home streak since taking six straight from Jan. 7-Feb. 4, 2012. They're also 5-1-1 against the Pacific Division.
"It's been a good start, but at the same time to stay at the top of the league it's probably the hardest thing, and everybody who comes here or any team we're going to face, they want to get a piece of us," goaltender Pekka Rinne said. "You have to be ready for it. But it's been good. All the changes we've made ... obviously you got the record. It's easy to say that it's been working."
Craig Smith had a goal and an assist against the Kings and scored twice in the first meeting with Edmonton on Oct. 29.
What hasn't been working so well is the power play. Nashville turned in a second straight 0-for-4 night against the Kings, and its 13.8 percent season mark ranks near the bottom of the league. Its penalty kill has also struggled with a 75.9 percent mark, though it has killed off 15 of 17 over the last nine games.
At five-on-five, however, the Predators have been the best team in the league with a 1.68 goals-for-to-against ratio.
Plenty of that has to do with the emergence of rookie Filip Forsberg and the additions of James Neal and Mike Ribeiro in first-year coach Peter Laviolette's overhaul of the offense.
Forsberg has cooled off without a point in the last three games, but still leads the team and all rookies with 22. His plus-18 rating leads the league.
Defensively, the Predators have limited opponents to 2.10 goals per game, which is among the league leaders. Rinne has been in goal for each of Nashville's wins - he's tied for the league lead - and has a 1.97 goals-against average that's among the best in hockey.
Two of those victories have come against the Oilers, whose seven-game losing streak - their longest since going 0-8-3 from March 8-31, 2011 - started with a 3-2 loss in Nashville on Nov. 11. Forsberg had the game-winning goal and an assist.
More recently, the Oilers fell 3-2 in Dallas on Tuesday and are now 0-11-1 against the West. Even so, Jordan Eberle thinks the problems are more correctable than in years past.
"We were over-skating the puck and cheating, and that's not how you win games," Eberle told the team's official website. "We're beating ourselves. ... Last year teams were beating us, this year we're beating ourselves."
Eberle has nine points on a five-game streak against the Predators.
In goal, Viktor Fasth gave starter Ben Scrivens a night off after allowing five goals in each of his last two starts. Scrivens is 0-6-1 with a 3.88 GAA in his last eight games.
The Oilers are allowing 3.45 goals per game and their goaltenders' .885 save percentage is easily the worst in hockey.
Scrivens is 1-3-0 with a 2.39 GAA in five games against Edmonton. Rinne is 4-2-0 with a 2.25 GAA over the past three seasons against Edmonton.
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| Last Updated: 3/19/2024 12:03:09 AM EST. |
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