Sam Gagner BREAKS Oilers Scoring Curse! Edmonton Oilers LACK FULL EFFORT vs Dallas Stars… #NHL
Edmonton Oilers vs Dallas Stars tonight ends the way many woulda thought it was going to. The Oilers lose, but Sam GAGNER does amazing in his return! #EdmontonOilers #Oilers #DallasStars #NHL
The Gagner success is super cool. That's a big glimmer of hope…but you are so right: the Oilers must play like they mean it. They might be a bit high on the cup talk. Gotta be humble and work like a horse
We had 50 shots tonight. Offensive effort was there, defensive effort was the problem tonight, bouchard and broberg made 2 big goofs, and skinner should have had the first goal. If Bouchard wants to make 7M in this league, he should keep doing what hes doing because he will earn it with this terrible play and terrible GM.
Philosophical thought of the moment: How can players contribute when they're playing under 6 or 7 minutes each. They have to FIND a way (and not score a lot). This game was odd for me. First, I couldn't watch it AGAIN (I hate my medical reality) BUT I could watch highlights and look at the stats. The Oilers were volume shooters but other than ONE to tie it up in the first and 2 goals by Gagner in the 3rd they did a whole lot of nothing but shooting. The Power Play has died and needs a resurrection. Connor isn't close to 100% (he took ONE faceoff and LOST that). Kane did great again (though his one penalty gave the Stars the PP goal they needed to take the lead in the 2nd and they never looked back). The Oilers NEVER had the lead. They tied it up ONCE but other than that, nada, zip, zilch. Skinner had a sub .900 night AGAIN. I don't think everything is his fault. In fact a lot didn't look directly like his fault. On paper it wasn't a horrible game, you see the score and think it was close. It wasn't close. It was an NGE game (NOT GOOD ENOUGH). Take care all.
Dallas won solely cause of Wedgewood, it he starts vs Calgary and we got oetter tonight oilers W it was just his night. It’s a loss, but it’s very encouraging too see that old oilers comeback team. Defence needs to be a better, and goaltending, but we all know that
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we suck we suck now suck later u lose to tired out stars how??????
The Gagner success is super cool. That's a big glimmer of hope…but you are so right: the Oilers must play like they mean it. They might be a bit high on the cup talk. Gotta be humble and work like a horse
They got 50 shots they played the full 60
Time to give Gags the "C" . I know it's a crazy idea but worth a try to ignite our offense.
i disagree i think they did there best its just the goalie was fanatic
'New guy' shows oilers how its done. Sad. At least i didnt drop 200$ watching this.
All those bums you see around Rogers Place used to be scalpers.
Vegas is 10-0-1
We had 50 shots tonight. Offensive effort was there, defensive effort was the problem tonight, bouchard and broberg made 2 big goofs, and skinner should have had the first goal. If Bouchard wants to make 7M in this league, he should keep doing what hes doing because he will earn it with this terrible play and terrible GM.
Easy win against Nashville on Saturday. Vancouver on Monday will be a good game.
Statistics for Dallas Stars at Edmonton November 2nd, 2023
Edmonton:
Gagner 2 Goals (Welcome Home Sam)
Kane 1 Goal, 1 Primary Assist
Nuge 1 Primary Assist
Ceci 1 Primary Assist
Kulak 1 Secondary Assist
Stars: (*included for fairness, won't do it every time but it's fair to do)
Hintz 2 Goals (including game winner, 1 on PP), 1 Primary Assist
Pavelski 1 Goal, 1 Primary Assist
Duchene 1 Goal
Marchment 1 Primary Assist
Lindell 1 Secondary Assist
Heiskanen 1 Secondary Assist
Benn 1 Secondary Assist
Robertson 1 Secondary Assist
Stars Oilers
Shots on Goal 27 49
Hits 20 22
Faceoffs Won 29 44
PP 1/2 0/4
Giveaways 23 12
Takeaways 11 13
Blocked Shots 25 13
Skinner 23 Saves on 27 Shots = .852 Save Percentage (and we're back in the suckage column)
Scott Wedgewood 46 Saves on 49 Shots = .939 Save Percentage for Dallas so their Goalie situation is good
3 Stars: Pavelski, Hintz, Gagner
Player TOI SOG +/- PIM Hits Blocks Giveaways Takeaways
Bouchard 25:21 4 1 0 1 2 0 1
Ekholm 19:47 4 1 0 0 3 0 1
Nurse 19:26 3 -2 0 4 2 2 0
Ceci 17:16 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
Kulak 12:44 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
Desharnais 12:07 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Broberg 5:46 1 -1 0 0 2 0 0
Draisaitl 25:58 3 -1 0 0 0 1 2
McDavid 25:35 5 -1 0 2 1 3 0
Nuge 24:02 3 0 2 0 2 0 1
Kane 22:47 6 1 2 4 0 1 0
Hyman 22:33 1 -1 0 2 0 0 0
McLeod 14:15 3 0 0 3 0 2 2
Gagner 13:00 5 2 0 3 0 0 0
Foegele 12:48 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
Holloway 10:58 2 0 0 1 0 1 1
Ryan 9:01 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Brown 6:25 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Faceoffs Won Lost Percent
Draisaitl 18 12 60.0
Nuge 9 12 42.9
McLeod 9 2 81.8
Gagner 5 1 83.3
Ryan 6 2 75.0
Holloway 1 0 100.0
McDavid 0 1 0.00
Kane 0 1 0.00
Philosophical thought of the moment: How can players contribute when they're playing under 6 or 7 minutes each. They have to FIND a way (and not score a lot). This game was odd for me. First, I couldn't watch it AGAIN (I hate my medical reality) BUT I could watch highlights and look at the stats. The Oilers were volume shooters but other than ONE to tie it up in the first and 2 goals by Gagner in the 3rd they did a whole lot of nothing but shooting. The Power Play has died and needs a resurrection. Connor isn't close to 100% (he took ONE faceoff and LOST that). Kane did great again (though his one penalty gave the Stars the PP goal they needed to take the lead in the 2nd and they never looked back). The Oilers NEVER had the lead. They tied it up ONCE but other than that, nada, zip, zilch. Skinner had a sub .900 night AGAIN. I don't think everything is his fault. In fact a lot didn't look directly like his fault. On paper it wasn't a horrible game, you see the score and think it was close. It wasn't close. It was an NGE game (NOT GOOD ENOUGH). Take care all.
Doesn’t matter. Seasons over. 2-6-1 is unacceptable. 9 games in and i’ve already had enough of this.
Dallas won solely cause of Wedgewood, it he starts vs Calgary and we got oetter tonight oilers W it was just his night. It’s a loss, but it’s very encouraging too see that old oilers comeback team. Defence needs to be a better, and goaltending, but we all know that
This defense is just simply SOOOOOOOOO TRAAAAAAASH
Gagner showed the players and the team mates how to start prepared and get it done. That said looks like this season is still a bust.
We all know this guy is a great signing at 750k so glad he is back I’d play him 3rd line center and pk