GDT: Game VIII | Star Wars: The Fast Jedi | Oilers @ Penguins | 8/24/17 | 5:00pm

[Laodongxi]

Stellar vid!!!

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Maybe this'll be the game we actually score more than 3 times.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Hopefully this is the game our shooting percentage begins to rise... right now its 3.9%. Second last to the dreadful Habs. Leafs' shooting percentage is 11.5.

Our percentage has to start going up eventually right? RIGHT???

whats the NHL average for team shooting %?

 

[Oilception]

4-2 Oilers

McDavid x 2
Jokinen
Nurse

 

[Digger12]

In my mind they have to at least take the game to OT, and even if they lose it there that's still 3 out of a possible 6 points on a pretty tough east coast road trip so I would consider that 'ok' given how they were stumbling out of the gate. Certainly not great, but it'd be at least keeping their head above water as they head into a 5 game homestand.

Lose this game in regulation, and things look a lot more dire.

 

[GMofOilers]

Drai back is a huge thing for this team.

Can’t wait to see him with McDavid again. I miss the magic

 

[Apathetic]

I think McDavid and Talbot carry us to an OT win tonight. Lets not give up a goal in the first 5 minutes tonight boys.

 

[McDrai]

I think McDavid and Talbot carry us to an OT win tonight. Lets not give up a goal in the first 5 minutes tonight boys.

That's our problem. In order for us to win any game McDavid and Talbot have to be exceptional. See Calgary and Chicago wins

 

[Spawn]

Oilers can't score to save their lives. Pens can't keep the puck out of the net to save their lives.

Who wants to put a wager on which of these two facts holds true after tonight?

 

[nhlisajoke]

Projected #Oil lines:
Maroon-McDavid-Yamamoto
Lucic-Nuge-Strome
Letestu-Draisaitl-Caggiula
Pakarinen-Khaira-Kassian

Out: Jokinen, Slepyshev

 

[Digger12]

Hopefully this is the game our shooting percentage begins to rise... right now its 3.9%. Second last to the dreadful Habs. Leafs' shooting percentage is 11.5.

Our percentage has to start going up eventually right? RIGHT???

I think your numbers are wrong. Currently we're shooting at 5.14%, Montreal's at 3.9%. Both suck of course.

Compare that to Toronto currently shooting at 13.00%, or Tampa Bay's ridiculous 13.25%. Both of these teams shot around 9.4-9.5% last year, so they're riding some wicked hot streaks right now that cannot continue long term. Doesn't mean they won't keep winning though.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Oilers can't score to save their lives. Pens can't keep the puck out of the net to save their lives.

Who wants to put a wager on which of these two facts holds true after tonight?

I'll always put money on the stoppable force rather than the moveable object, which in this case would be the Oilers offense since Niemi isn't a Penguin anymore.

 

[Da McBomb]

With Drai back in the lineup, the pressure is on Yammy to produce now if he stays on McDavid's line. You know Todd won't be afraid to move Drai up to the first line without any hesitation if the first line isn't producing.

 

[Spawn]

With Drai back in the lineup, the pressure is on Yammy to produce now if he stays on McDavid's line. You know Todd won't be afraid to move Drai up to the first line without any hesitation if the first line isn't producing.

Nor should he. Yamamoto is playing with a top 2 player in the world. If he can't put pucks in the net playing with McDavid it is imperative we get someone who can.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Nor should he. Yamamoto is playing with a top 2 player in the world. If he can't put pucks in the net playing with McDavid it is imperative we get someone who can.

I don't want to say that KY is holding McDavid back but this is something of a concern. If you can't score a goal with Connor McDavid you probably aren't ready to be a top 6 player in the NHL just yet. KY should really go back before the end of this week.

 

[slaman]

What a video... Amazing job.

And a normal start time for me! Maybe my youngins can watch the first or second!

 

[Digger12]

whats the NHL average for team shooting %?

If I had to guess, it's probably close to 9%.

Playing around with the nhl.com stats page, over the past 4 years the top 10 shooting %'s were from 10.0-10.7% over a full season, and the bottom 10 were 6.9-7.8%.

 

[nexttothemoon]

Drai and Yamamoto are both near the top of the NHL in shots/60 this year (small samples obviously)... but those shots have to start connecting eventually (hopefully).

 

[nexttothemoon]

Median shooting percentage league wide is Vancouver at 9.35%.

 

[NeverForget06]

I think your numbers are wrong. Currently we're shooting at 5.14%, Montreal's at 3.9%. Both suck of course.

Compare that to Toronto currently shooting at 13.00%, or Tampa Bay's ridiculous 13.25%. Both of these teams shot around 9.4-9.5% last year, so they're riding some wicked hot streaks right now that cannot continue long term. Doesn't mean they won't keep winning though.

I was looking at 5v5, thats probably it. Either way, our numbers are bad and should get better

 

[Canovin]

Hoping for an exciting game. Win or lose. Those 1-2 loss type games are starting to put people to sleep.

 

[McDaddy]

Those lines are atrocious. Good job TMac, great way to utilize 8.5m Drai centering the 3rd line with Latest and Caggiula. So sad to see this organization value 6M Nuge over Drai. I don't care if its cause he may be rusty, after the rust is shaken off, it's straight back to being stapled on the top line with McD.

 

[frag2]

Projected #Oil lines:
Maroon-McDavid-Yamamoto
Lucic-Nuge-Strome
Letestu-Draisaitl-Caggiula
Pakarinen-Khaira-Kassian

Out: Jokinen, Slepyshev

ugh Khaira...and Strome...

more so seeing Strome in the lineup. Guy is so useless

 

[Forgot About Drai]

Projected #Oil lines:
Maroon-McDavid-Yamamoto
Lucic-Nuge-Strome
Letestu-Draisaitl-Caggiula
Pakarinen-Khaira-Kassian

Out: Jokinen, Slepyshev

Dont really get these lines at all.

 

[oXo Cube]

McLellan wants to play RNH against tough competition. He can't do that if he is putting Slepyshev and Caggiula on his wings.

I don't necessarily agree with his angle here, but I can see what the idea is.