Connor McDavid makes his annual visit and kicks off an Alberta back to back.
The Canes righted the ship, at least for one night, with a 5-2 win over the Slugs on Thursday. The juggled lines worked, the power play scored an unlikely goal through Rantanen and Taylor Hall scored his first as a Cane. Kochetkov only faced 15 shots. We’ll probably see Andersen tonight.
The Oilers have hit the skids, losers of 5 straight, the most recent of which came to the Panthers on Thursday. They haven’t won in regulation since January 27. They’re still 2nd in the Pacific, 4 behind Vegas, 2 ahead of LA. Their defense has departed, they’re allowing 5.20 goals per game over the streak. Leon Draisaitl has his own streak, scoring in 7 straight games and 11 of his last 14. His 44 goals lead the next closest in the league by 10. McDavid’s 52 assists are 4th in the league. The Oilers only have 6 skaters with more than 10 goals including ancient Corey Perry and Jeff Skinner, who looks like he’ll finally see the playoffs from the ice instead of his living room. Stuart Skinner has started 40 games in goal, he’s at 2.87/.898. He’s backed up by Calvin Pickard at 2.69/.896. Skinner has started 4 of the games in their skid, he’s at 4.86/.861 over that stretch. Pickard is at 4.91/.849, which includes a relief appearance. They’re tied with the Canes for 8th in the league in goals per game. Despite the skid, they’re still allowing fewer than 3 goals per game, 13th in the league. Their PP is 7th, but all the damage is done by 1 unit. Draisaitl has 13 PP goals, McDavid has 8, Hyman and RNH each have 6, Eckholm has 3, Perry has 1. That’s it, that’s all the power play scoring. The PK is bad, 26th in the league.
Black jerseys, FanDuel for TV.
The Canes righted the ship, at least for one night, with a 5-2 win over the Slugs on Thursday. The juggled lines worked, the power play scored an unlikely goal through Rantanen and Taylor Hall scored his first as a Cane. Kochetkov only faced 15 shots. We’ll probably see Andersen tonight.
The Oilers have hit the skids, losers of 5 straight, the most recent of which came to the Panthers on Thursday. They haven’t won in regulation since January 27. They’re still 2nd in the Pacific, 4 behind Vegas, 2 ahead of LA. Their defense has departed, they’re allowing 5.20 goals per game over the streak. Leon Draisaitl has his own streak, scoring in 7 straight games and 11 of his last 14. His 44 goals lead the next closest in the league by 10. McDavid’s 52 assists are 4th in the league. The Oilers only have 6 skaters with more than 10 goals including ancient Corey Perry and Jeff Skinner, who looks like he’ll finally see the playoffs from the ice instead of his living room. Stuart Skinner has started 40 games in goal, he’s at 2.87/.898. He’s backed up by Calvin Pickard at 2.69/.896. Skinner has started 4 of the games in their skid, he’s at 4.86/.861 over that stretch. Pickard is at 4.91/.849, which includes a relief appearance. They’re tied with the Canes for 8th in the league in goals per game. Despite the skid, they’re still allowing fewer than 3 goals per game, 13th in the league. Their PP is 7th, but all the damage is done by 1 unit. Draisaitl has 13 PP goals, McDavid has 8, Hyman and RNH each have 6, Eckholm has 3, Perry has 1. That’s it, that’s all the power play scoring. The PK is bad, 26th in the league.
Black jerseys, FanDuel for TV.
now— unpredictable with the puck, inconsistent and slow
