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SPORTS
PAST
(5-0) edm 4 , sTL 2 edm 3, CoL 1 edm 2, Was 1 edm 3, vaN 2 edm 2, Nyr 0
Game Day
OILERS GAMEDAY LINES
Taylor Hall Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Ryan Smith Shawn Horcoff Magnus Paajarvi Eric Belanger Ben Eager Anton Lander Ladislav Smid Jeff Petry Colten Teubert
PAST
(2-2-1) CoL 3 , Lak 2 Phx 3, Lak 2 (oT) Lak 5, daL 3 NJd 3, Lak 0 Lak 1 , daL 0
TONIGHTS MATCHUP
Derek Van Diest breaks it down
LEFT WING
CENTRE
RIGHT WING
CENTRE
Anze Kopitar Mike Richards Jarret Stoll Trevor Lewis Drew Doughty Jack Johnson Matt Greene
RIGHT WING
Justin Williams Dustin Brown Brad Richardson Ethan Moreau
DEFENCE PAIRINGS
FORWARDS
Have a handful of snipers who can fill the net
GOALIES
Devan Dubnyk Nikolai Khabibulin
DEFENCE PAIRINGS
GOALIES
Jonathan Quick Jonathan Bernier
DEFENCE
Have been solid all year
GOALTENDING
Close call, but Oilers have the better duo
POWER PLAY
Scoring on nearly one in every four opportunities
PENALTY KILL
Still one of the teams strengths
COACHING
Has gotten every player to buy into the defensive system
OVERALL
Making believers out of everyone
PLUS
ryan smyth is finding his stride, scoring a pair of goals in the win over the st. Louis blues on sunday. The oilers need the veteran to contribute and take some of the pressure off their youngsters, who are garnering a lot of attention this season.
MINUS
magnus Paajarvi, once mentioned in the same breath as Taylor hall and Jordan eberle, has yet to get off the mark this season. he heads into the contest still looking to collect his first point.
OILERS SCORING
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WHO TO WATCH
Dustin Penner
They have doghouses in Los angeles as well and the former oilers winger had been in it since practically the start of the season. Penner has just one assist on the year and is starting to feel the ire of his head coach. Where have we heard that before?
OILeRS
KINgS
C Colin Fraser (ankle)
INJURIES
SPECIAL
OILERS: PP 20.8% (12th), PK 89.1% (4th) KINGS: PP 23.1% (4th), PK 86.1% (10th)
TEAMS