Saturday, October 31, 2009

Preview: Oilers vs. Bruins


Boston Bruins Record: 5-5-1

Edmonton Oilers Record: 7-5-1

Boston's Record vs. Edmonton Since 2005: 3-0-0

Boston's Likely Goalie: Tim Thomas (4-4-0, GAA: 2.86)

Edmonton's Likely Goalie: Nikolai Khabibulin (6-4-1, GAA: 3.22)

Boston's Top Scorer: Patrice Bergeron (4)

Edmonton's Top Scorer: Dustin Penner (9)

Injury Report: Same old story for the Bruins, Lucic and Savard are still out

Edmonton's injuries are plentiful. Ryan Stone, Steve Staios, Marc Pouliot, and Fernando Pisani are all on the IR. If that wasn't bad enough, they also have Lubomir Visnovsky, Sheldon Souray, and Mike Comrie are all DTD.

Preview Notes:
-This year, the Oilers are....good?
-Should the pattern continue, Bruins are guaranteed a win
-Boston has only lost to Edmonton once in the past 10 years
-In that time, the Bruins have given up 17 goals and scored 25
-Edmonton has more injuries than Gaborik's groin
-Thomas is reportedly having surgery to close is 5 hole

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