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| Time | Fri. 7:00 PM PST |
TV | Sportsnet Pac |
| Season Series | 3-0 Canucks |
Last Meeting |
3-2 Canucks (Dec.26/10) |
| The Enemy | The Copper And Blue | Scoring Leaders |
D. Sedin: 22-28-50 Penner: 12-55-27 |
| Oilers |
Category | Canucks |
| 13-19-7 | Season Record | 26-8-5 |
| 15th |
Conference Position | 1st |
| Won 1 |
Streak | Won 7 |
| 6-8-4 |
< Road Record / Home Record > |
14-3-2 |
| 2-6-2 |
Last 10 | 9-0-1 |
| -32 |
Goals For / Against +/- | +38 |
| 2.54 (21) |
Goals Per Game | 3.41 (2) |
| 3.23 (30) |
Goals Against Per Game | 2.41 (5) |
| 0.80 (25) |
5 On 5 GF/GA | 1.30 (4) |
| 14.6 (26) |
Power Play % |
24.5 (2) |
| 75.0 (30) |
Penalty Kill % |
85.3 (5) |
| 25.6 (29) |
Shots Per Game | 31.1 (13) |
| 33.8 (26) |
Shots Against Per Game | 30.2 (17) |
| 53.3 (29) |
Winning % When Scoring First | 88.0 (2) |
| 75.0 (16) |
Winning % When Leading After 1 | 95.0 (1) |
| 63.6 (30) |
Winning % When Leading After 2 | 90.5 (14) |
| 44.9 (29) |
Faceoffs % | 56.2 (1) |
| 14.2 (22) |
PIM's Per Game | 11.8 (11) |
| NHL.com |
-Update: From Kristin Reid on Twitter: Bolduc out Volpatti in. Gotta match that Oilers goon presence. Apparently Glass will play center.
-Update: Oilers' forward lines (FYI): Hall-Gagner-Hemsky; Penner-Cogliano-Brule; Paarjarvi-Reddox-Omark; Jones-Fraser-Stortini. Canucks roster stays the same. (h/t Ian Walker.)
-It's amazing to look at how bad the Oilers are in the major statistical categories above, but all 3 Canucks victories over Edmonton this season have only been by 1 goal. They play the Canucks hard, or do they? Not always. The Canucks have outshot the Oilers 92-58 in their 3 meetings. In their 2-1 win over them on December 12, the Oilers only managed 12 shots (1 in the 3rd period). In their last meeting the Oilers had a 2-0 lead until late in the 2nd period this happened:
The Canucks came back in the 3rd and won.
In their first matchup of the season on November 2, the Oilers erased a 3-0 Canucks lead but there was a former Oiler who was not to be denied:
-Vancouver is 10-1 against Northwest Division teams.
-Raffi Torres has 3 goals and 1 assist against the Coil this season.
-Kevin Bieksa has 1 goal and 3 assists.
-The Sedins have a combined 7 points.
-Dustin Penner has 1 goal and 2 assists against the Canucks this season.
-Taylor Hall has no points and 7 shots.
-Jordan Eberle has 1 goal and 3 shots.
PROJECTED STARTING GOALIES
WHO'S HOT/COLD
CANUCKS
Hot
-Henrik Sedin: 3 goals and 10 assists in his last 8 games played
-Daniel Sedin: 6 goals and 6 assists in his last 8.
-Ryan Kesler: 8 goals and 8 assists in his last 10.
-Alexandre Burrows:1 goal and 3 assists in his last 2 games.
Cold
-Mikael Samuelsson: 0 points in his last 5 games.
-Manny Malhotra: 1 goal and 2 assists in his last 12 games.
-Jeff Tambellini: 0 points in his last 4 games. 9 shots in those 4 games. 5 of them came against San Jose.
OILERS
Hot
-Sam Gagner: 2 goals and 6 assists in his last 9 games.
-Ales Hemsky: 1 goal and 4 assists in his 5 games since returning from injury.
-Dustin Penner: 2 goals and 5 assists in his last 6 games.
Cold
-Jordan Eberle: 1 assist in his last 6 games.
-Taylor Hall: 1 goal in his last 6 games.
INJURIES
CANUCKS
-Rick Rypien (personal-out indefinitely)
OILERS
-Ryan Whitney (ankle- out indefinitely) That is a huge loss. Whitney is a team high +13...on a lousy team.
-Jordan Eberle (ankle-day-to-day)
-Shaun Horcoff (knee-out indefinitely)
VIDEO
Wayne Gretzky scored his 500th goal against:
Sometimes I miss Rick Rypien..
Sometimes I miss Rick Rypien Part 2:
Go Canucks!