GDT: X | "Nuge Capital Gains" | Oilers vs. Caps | 8:00 PM | HNIC

[Soli]

(3-5-1) --vs-- (4-5-1)
Game Day: October 28th 2017
Game Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Rogers Place
Broadcast: CBC, HNIC

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Patrick Maroon - Connor McDavid - Leon Draisaitl
Milan Lucic - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Ryan Strome
Drake Caggiula - Mark Letestu - Zack Kassian
Jussi Jokinen - Jujhar Khaira - Anton Slepyshev

Oscar Klefbom - Adam Larsson
Kris Russell - Matt Benning
Darnell Nurse - Eric Gryba

Cam Talbot

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Jakub Vrank - Nicklas Backstrom - T.J. Oshie
Alex Ovechkin - Evgeny Kuznetsov - Devante Smith-Pelly
Chandler Stephenson - Lars Eller - Tom Wilson
Anthony Peluso - Jay Beagle - Alex Chiasson

Christian Djoos - John Carlson
Dmitri Orlov - Taylor Chorney
Brooks Orpik - Madison Bowey

Braden Holtby

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SOLI'S SHORTSIDE​

• Strome was on the 2nd line with Nuge and Looch. Guessing it's just a Letestu/Strome swap and the rest of the lineup is as was.
• For the love of Gord, avoid the penalty box.

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[Connor McFries]

Should have been the pre game thread.

 

[Da McBomb]

Kinda surprising that both these teams are under .500

 

[Aerrol]

Wow, that Caps blueline is thoroughly unimpressive now. Yeesh. Hopefully we can withstand their still-terrifying offense and stay out of the box. Winnable game, but definitely not an easy one.

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

Get your shit together Soli. The inmates ran the asylum last game.

*folds arms*

 

[oilers'72]

The game's also on Sportsnet One.

 

[Soli]

Get your **** together Soli. The inmates ran the asylum last game.

*folds arms*

Will have to reduce your yard time and adjust your meds accordingly.

 

[Del Preston]

I'm gonna miss this one.

 

[The Batman]

Free to watch on Gamecentre.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Get your **** together Soli. The inmates ran the asylum last game.

*folds arms*

We took over decades ago

 

[tv14]

Wow, Caps depth upfront and on the back end has took a serious hit. Shocking to see where they are now.

 

[ujju2]

Pumped for this one. My two favourite teams on Saturday night? Yes please!

 

[NeverForget06]

1. STAY OUT OF THE BOX

2. SCORE

 

[snipes]

Need a big game here boys.

Expecting McDavid and Drai magic tonight on that D.

Special teams better get their ****ing **** together.

 

[bobbythebrain]

1. STAY OUT OF THE BOX

2. SCORE

Coaching level achieved: expert

 

[McFlyingV]

1. STAY OUT OF THE BOX

2. SCORE

What's 3? There's always 3!

 

[LemmyUlanov55]

Don't make me regret staying up all night for the game, Oilers.

 

[EchoesoftheEighties]

What's 3? There's always 3!

Win

 

[McFlyingV]

Win

 

[EchoesoftheEighties]

2 points would be nice please.

Secondary scoring would be great again

 

[Mav3rick07]

Tonight's win would go a long ways. Finally winning on HNIC this season , closer to .500 ...

 

[NeverForget06]

What's 3? There's always 3!

3. WIN !

Edit: oops didn't see there are others who share my strategies for tonights game

 

[TheRebuild]

Saturday game....all the Caps had to do was play their backup goalie and this could have been a sure-fire win for them.

 

[McClelland]

Taylor chorney 2 pair for the caps Expecting a McJesus feast tonight! 7-3 Oilers

 

[KarmaPolice]

I think maybe the key to a more effective Klefbom might be to limit his minutes more. He's playing almost 24.5 minutes a game, compared to 22.5 last season. It's actually just over a 2 minute difference, which can be quite a bit if you're not used to playing that much. Then again, in his last 4 games he's played well over 25 minutes in all of those games, and he racked up 2 assists (his only points so far) and a +1, despite those huge minutes. Hell, I don't know; it's too early to say anything definitive I guess. He did have his breakout season last year playing 20 seconds or so over 22 minutes a game, but maybe he's ready for 25+? Will be interesting to me how many minutes Todd plays him tonight. Going by his past 4 games, don't be surprised to see 26 or maybe even 27 minutes from him tonight. He is incredibly well built and strong as an ox; he just doesn't play a rough style, so I really hope he has the conditioning for this pace (2 of his last 4 games he played over 27 minutes). Hope he can keep it up. Go Klef!