Oilers At Canucks Game Preview: The Hangover
by Sean Zandberg on Dec 26, 2010 1:22 AM PST
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Print| OILERS |
CANUCKS | ||||
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| Time | 6:00 PM PST |
TV | Sportsnet Pacific |
| Season Series | 2-0 Canucks |
Last Meeting |
2-1 Canucks (Dec.12/10) |
| The Enemy | The Copper and Blue | Scoring Leaders | D Sedin: 18-25-43 Whitney: 1-25-26 |
| Oilers |
Category | Canucks |
| 12-15-6 | Season Record | 20-8-5 |
| 15th |
Conference Position | 3rd |
| Lost 2 |
Streak | Won 1 |
| 6-7-4 |
< Road Record / Home Record > |
11-3-2 |
| 5-3-2 |
Last 10 | 7-1-2 |
| -26 |
Goals For / Against +/- | +26 |
| 2.61 (19) |
Goals Per Game | 3.36 (2) |
| 3.27 (30) |
Goals Against Per Game | 2.54 (7) |
| 0.84 (24) |
5 On 5 GF/GA | 1.16 (7) |
| 16.5 (22) |
Power Play % |
24.4 (1) |
| 71.4 (30) |
Penalty Kill % |
85.1 (5) |
| 25.7 (29) |
Shots Per Game | 30.7 (14) |
| 34.5 (29) |
Shots Against Per Game | 29.2 (12) |
| 61.5 (24) |
Winning % When Scoring First | 85.0 (4) |
| 71.4 (19) |
Winning % When Leading After 1 | 93.3 (2) |
| 66.7 (29) |
Winning % When Leading After 2 | 88.2 (15) |
| 44.9 (29) |
Faceoffs % | 57.2 (1) |
| 15.5 (26) |
PIM's Per Game | 11.4 (8) |
| NHL.com |
Update: 10:37 AM: According to Kristin Reid on Twitter, the Canucks will ice the same line up that slaughtered Columbus, and that includes Cory Schneider. (h/t missy)
A scenario that I am curious about for this game is the Xmas break for these teams. How does it affect them? 10 pounds of turkey and who knows how much alcohol stuffed into their bellies and how do they come out to play on Boxing Day? I mean, how the hell are you going to feel in the morning/tomorrow? If you eat enough bean salad you can be on the crapper til at least noon. Did all the Swedes have a meatball-eating contest? We can assume that Hank ate exactly as much as Dank did. They roll like that. Did Luongo have a pasta party and then stay out late tracking down and killing Johnny "The Rat" Valachi?
It's got to be worse for the Oilers, right? They party with family and then have to make the flight over. Maybe Khabibulin will still be drunk. Maybe Linus will forget his blanket. Maybe Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle will get separation anxiety from their mothers' breast milk. I have no idea. It could be a sloppy one though.
IN GOAL (Presumably)
INJURIES
Canucks
-Mason Raymond is still projected to miss 2 weeks with a broken thumb.
Oilers
-Shawn Horcoff (knee)
-Ales Hemsky (groin) Big effing surprise!
-Jim Vandermeer (ankle)
-Gilbert Brule (ill)
WHO'S HOT/COLD
CANUCKS
Hot
-Daniel Sedin: 6 goals and 13 assists in his last 13 games.
-Henrik Sedin: 6 goals and 13 assists in his last 13 games. Is there an echo in here?
-Ryan Kesler: 7 goals and 6 assists in his last 8.
-Christian Ehrhoff: 2 goals and 3 assists in his last 5. 15 shots too, and about 100 giveaways.
-Mikael Samuelsson: 1 goal and 3 assists in his last 3 games.
-Raffi Torres: 2 goals in his last game played. He's playing a former team again..watch out!
-Jeff Tambellini: 2 goals and 2 assists in his last 4.
Cold
-Manny Malhotra: 1 goal and 1 assist in his last 10 games.
OILERS
Hot
-Taylor Hall: 5 goals and 4 assists in his last 9 games.
-Sam Gagner: 1 goal and 4 assists in his last 4 games.
-Ryan Whitney: 1 goal and 4 assists in his last 4. This guy...well leads the team in scoring for 1. He relishes being the go-to guy. He's getting a shitload of minutes now that Visnovski and Souray are gonzo.
Cold
-Andrew Cogliano: 1 assist in his last 10 games.
-Dustin Penner: 2 goals and 2 assists in his last 9.
MISC
-The Oilers are 1-1-1 in their last 3. They beat Columbus then lost 2 nail-biters in a row to San Jose and Los Angeles. They are not to be underestimated.
-Did you know Kevin Bieksa's father and brother got into a car accident on the way to Ohio? T-boned. Maybe that's why they looked so cranky. Or maybe that's a Bieksa thing. The STARE runs in the family.
-When the Sedins do well in Vancouver do they notice in Sweden? Damned straight.
-Nikolai Khabibulin is feeling energized playing with all the kids. I think Michael Jackson had the same problem. Too soon?
-The Oilers play the Canucks hard. They hate us. Both losses to the Canucks this season were only by a goal. Speaking of those 2 games, here are the highlights of both:
VIDEO
December 12: 2-1 Canucks
November 2: Canucks win 4-3
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They may play us hard, but they will be down like dinner. Young won’t be enough to overcome a team that likes the roll they are on and wants to keep rollin’…
5-2. Burrows with the GWG.
Nuck’s Misconduct Reverend/ Church of the kesLORD, ""After some of those plays you just look down the bench and everyone's got the same look on their face," Tanner Glass said. "It's like, 'Wow, we've got a great seat for that one.'" on watching the Sedinery.12/24/10
4-1 Canucks, Kesler
Christmas, flight, booze and youth will combine to create Oil lethargy to start the game. Luongo doesn’t like shutouts, so he lets one in near the end :p
6-1 Canucks
Torres GWG, with his patented getting-hot-vs-former-teams
4-2 Canucks, Dank
Unfortunately Khabibulin wont be in net as he is currently having his stomach pumped
3-1 Canucks, Tambo GWG
don’t estimate the young Oilers, they’ll have extra energy from all the candy in their stockings, and can play a tough game.
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Yep, it's official: time to put Sami Salo in quarantine.
that should be “underestinate”
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Yep, it's official: time to put Sami Salo in quarantine.
bah!
“underestimate”
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Yep, it's official: time to put Sami Salo in quarantine.
It's ok
I drink in the morning sometimes too.
J/K.
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by Yankee Canuck on Dec 26, 2010 8:02 AM PST up reply actions
nah
just woke up. staring at my bright computer screen in a dark bedroom is making my eyes hurt. will have to wait a while before i put up the squid.
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Yep, it's official: time to put Sami Salo in quarantine.
you know
i was only off by one Oilers goal, and Tambo did score, but not the gwg.
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Yep, it's official: time to put Sami Salo in quarantine.
Unfortunately
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
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I just saw this comment
on a TSN story about tonight’s game. Weird.
Why the f**k would I want a caravan thats got no wheels?
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Dec 26, 2010 9:42 PM PST up reply actions
4-1 Canucks, Hank GWG.
How ridiculous is that Hank pass in the first video posted?
Poutine & Meatballs
Sometimes
Im amazed by how they can pass and find each other.
Why the f**k would I want a caravan thats got no wheels?
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Dec 26, 2010 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
4-3 Nucks
Kesler ftw
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
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by Section 312 on Dec 26, 2010 9:05 AM PST reply actions
5-2 Canucks
Kesler
I'm like the female, non-hockey playing, English version of Sami Salo.
by eleccy on Dec 26, 2010 9:43 AM PST via mobile reply actions
reidder
No changes expected to the lineup from Columbus.. Including the goalie. Cory Schneider gets back to back starts.
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Yep, it's official: time to put Sami Salo in quarantine.
Impressive! I was hoping they’d do that
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"What are you? 'I'm an otter'. And what do you do? 'I swim around on my back and do cute little human things with my hands.' You're free to go. And what you? 'I'm a cow." Get in the ****ing truck, ok pal? 'But I'm an animal!' You're a baseball glove get on that truck!" -Dennis Leary
by Sean Zandberg on Dec 26, 2010 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
Nice
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
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4—2 Canucks H Sedin GWG
What we would we do without hockey in our life?
I don't ever want to find out.
Let's go Pens, Canucks, & Ducks.
Sidney Crosby can shoot waffles my way, any day...
by PensFanInDenver on Dec 26, 2010 10:54 AM PST reply actions
Canucks going to be complacent from turkey and booze
much like I am. My coach is going to make us to a soccer version of a bag skate on wednesday. 5-4 Coilers, Hall GWG.
Went to the Canucks team store today, RBK stuff was 40% off, jerseys were 20% off and everything else was 30% off. I got a Johnny Canuck hoodie for $30! So stoked.
It looks like this except its grey and in hoodie form.
Why the f**k would I want a caravan thats got no wheels?
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Dec 26, 2010 11:13 AM PST reply actions
Also
Metrotown is a shitstorm of epic proportions today because of all the boxing day ‘sales’. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.
Why the f**k would I want a caravan thats got no wheels?
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Dec 26, 2010 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
i’m catching the train in a while, won’t get back to victoria until 8:00 tonight, then i work tomorrow and tuesday 9:30-6:00. so much for boxing day shopping for me….
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Yep, it's official: time to put Sami Salo in quarantine.
You're better off Missy
much better off.
Why the f**k would I want a caravan thats got no wheels?
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Dec 26, 2010 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
i’m actually thinking of checking the websites for Mayfair and Tillicum malls to see what the hours are. if they’re open tomorrow evening, i could go shopping after work…..
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Yep, it's official: time to put Sami Salo in quarantine.
blegh
mayfair clooses at 5:30 those days, bay center at 6:00. i guess i’m waiting until Wednesday to go shopping….. (have gift cards for Ricki’s, Garage, Suzy Shier, and Warehouse One)
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Yep, it's official: time to put Sami Salo in quarantine.
Except
Isn’t it “boxing week” sales these days?
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
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yeah, it is. the question is how long the stores’s stock will last….
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Yep, it's official: time to put Sami Salo in quarantine.
I second the metro thing. Holy even sportchek has a line up.
by Chocolate on Dec 26, 2010 5:35 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
5-4 Canucks in oooovvvertime!
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"What are you? 'I'm an otter'. And what do you do? 'I swim around on my back and do cute little human things with my hands.' You're free to go. And what you? 'I'm a cow." Get in the ****ing truck, ok pal? 'But I'm an animal!' You're a baseball glove get on that truck!" -Dennis Leary
GWG?
You sound like Rick Jeannaret.
Why the f**k would I want a caravan thats got no wheels?
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Dec 26, 2010 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
why yes I do!
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"What are you? 'I'm an otter'. And what do you do? 'I swim around on my back and do cute little human things with my hands.' You're free to go. And what you? 'I'm a cow." Get in the ****ing truck, ok pal? 'But I'm an animal!' You're a baseball glove get on that truck!" -Dennis Leary
by Sean Zandberg on Dec 26, 2010 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
Burrows!
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"What are you? 'I'm an otter'. And what do you do? 'I swim around on my back and do cute little human things with my hands.' You're free to go. And what you? 'I'm a cow." Get in the ****ing truck, ok pal? 'But I'm an animal!' You're a baseball glove get on that truck!" -Dennis Leary
by Sean Zandberg on Dec 26, 2010 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
Merry Christmas/Festivus/Kwanzaa… and anything else I might have missed!!
Another sleepy Sunday for the ’Nucks??
Anyone catch Pens/Caps ep. 2? Highlite for me was Crosby and his OCD
"Either you give it right back or the next thing you know everyone and his brother will be trying you on for size." - Doug Harvey
Great episode
loved the elation of the Caps when they finally won a game.
Why the f**k would I want a caravan thats got no wheels?
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Dec 26, 2010 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
Video
Why the f**k would I want a caravan thats got no wheels?
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Dec 26, 2010 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
My nephew the Sens fan wasn’ t quite as excited lol. I watched that game – the momentum swing was as sudden as described.
"Either you give it right back or the next thing you know everyone and his brother will be trying you on for size." - Doug Harvey
by reggiedunlop on Dec 26, 2010 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
Staying up until 4 in the morn, because of a cough that refuses to go away is not fun……
4-2 canucks, torres gwg
by kiyotok on Dec 26, 2010 12:47 PM PST via mobile reply actions
-When the Sedins do well in Vancouver do they notice in Sweden? Damned straight.
Did anyone read this site when translated? So many awesome headlines.
Now Foppa career be over
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Merry Christmas, bro
Merry Christmas, my brother – seven Sedin Scores in the night
So much better than hockey journalism in english.
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“In the night”. I love that. So Slayer! haha. Yeah I really dig hockeyexpressen and swedish translations
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"What are you? 'I'm an otter'. And what do you do? 'I swim around on my back and do cute little human things with my hands.' You're free to go. And what you? 'I'm a cow." Get in the ****ing truck, ok pal? 'But I'm an animal!' You're a baseball glove get on that truck!" -Dennis Leary
by Sean Zandberg on Dec 26, 2010 5:44 PM PST up reply actions
26-24
26 for the bottle of rye tonight.
24 for the case of beer last night.
There are no losers at Christmas time.
Did all the Swedes have a meatball-eating contest? We can assume that Hank ate exactly as much as Dank did.
Actually, we can’t assume that.
Hank would be too busy passing the gravy……..
haha! No that’s the woman’s job!
/runs away
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"What are you? 'I'm an otter'. And what do you do? 'I swim around on my back and do cute little human things with my hands.' You're free to go. And what you? 'I'm a cow." Get in the ****ing truck, ok pal? 'But I'm an animal!' You're a baseball glove get on that truck!" -Dennis Leary
by Sean Zandberg on Dec 26, 2010 5:45 PM PST up reply actions
5-1 ehrhoff
Don't drink and park, accidents cause people!
If it ain't got a packet, go home and whack it.
I'm just a loser geek, crazy with an evil streak! -- everclear
Work was a gongshow
5-1 Nuts.
Torres FTW
"I was thinking it would be cool to see a game on the road. I have been looking all over this atlas but I don't see Vancouver anywhere. What state is this sh*t in!?"
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by eightyseven on Dec 26, 2010 4:15 PM PST via mobile reply actions
I don’t envy anyone who had to work retail today
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
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I don't mind.
I was doing stock in the back/the boys were cute.
"I was thinking it would be cool to see a game on the road. I have been looking all over this atlas but I don't see Vancouver anywhere. What state is this sh*t in!?"
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by eightyseven on Dec 26, 2010 6:26 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Let's go with
5-3 Canucks
Kezler with the winner
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
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