Sunday, March 05, 2006
Orbs of Power do it again
I have a tough time getting excited about afternoon games, but overall it was a nice game by the Oil today.
- Neither Pronger or Smyth showed any ill effects from their Olympic sojourn as both were terrific today. The Orbs of Power were especially luminous
- Vokoun made it closer than the score would suggest (42-20 shots for the Oil), but Conks was decent for the second game in a row.
- I love that Mac-T sent Quimby to warm-up for the shootout
- What does Conky's play of the last two games mean? Is his trade value higher? Or will K-Lowe get sucked in and hold on to him?
# posted by sacamano @ 4:42 pm 
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Wait, wasn't Conklin pretty good during the stretch drive last season? Does this mean we can ride him until we get another goaltender?
Considering how rare it is to have the same goalie start consecutive games with the Oil, then yeah, it is pretty significant. Conks could start four games in a row, that's amazing for us.
Well, to be fair, at the start of the season Mac-T started Jussi back to back to back until he exploded, and then he did the same thing with Conks, then back to Jussi, etc.
But, yeah, you're right, lately it has been pretty rare for anyone to get anything back-to-back.
It's got to be pretty unusual for a guy to get consecutive starts two weeks after he's been successfully waived through the league, doesn't it?
Fun stat: the Oilers have now outshot their opponents 309-229 in the last ten games, winning only two of them in regulation time.
What are the Goals For/Against in that period? I would be intrigued to see whether the problem has been our goaltending or our goal scoring.
Andy, the goals for (not counting shootouts) were 29. The opposition save % was .906. Goals against were 33, with the Oilers' save % being a dazzling .856. So, the goal scoring was no hell, but .856, well, enough said.
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Wait, wasn't Conklin pretty good during the stretch drive last season? Does this mean we can ride him until we get another goaltender?
# posted by 
: March 05, 2006 5:46 pm
: March 05, 2006 5:46 pm 
Considering how rare it is to have the same goalie start consecutive games with the Oil, then yeah, it is pretty significant. Conks could start four games in a row, that's amazing for us.
# posted by : March 05, 2006 8:41 pm
: March 05, 2006 8:41 pm Well, to be fair, at the start of the season Mac-T started Jussi back to back to back until he exploded, and then he did the same thing with Conks, then back to Jussi, etc.
But, yeah, you're right, lately it has been pretty rare for anyone to get anything back-to-back.
It's got to be pretty unusual for a guy to get consecutive starts two weeks after he's been successfully waived through the league, doesn't it?
# posted by : March 06, 2006 3:51 pm
: March 06, 2006 3:51 pm Fun stat: the Oilers have now outshot their opponents 309-229 in the last ten games, winning only two of them in regulation time.
# posted by : March 06, 2006 3:56 pm
: March 06, 2006 3:56 pm What are the Goals For/Against in that period? I would be intrigued to see whether the problem has been our goaltending or our goal scoring.
Andy, the goals for (not counting shootouts) were 29. The opposition save % was .906. Goals against were 33, with the Oilers' save % being a dazzling .856. So, the goal scoring was no hell, but .856, well, enough said.
# posted by : March 06, 2006 9:23 pm
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