GDT: XXXIII | "Orange Black & Blue" | Oilers vs. Flyers | 12.14.18 | 7:00PM | SN-W

[Soli]

(17-12-3) --vs-- (12-13-4)

Game Day: December 14th 2018
Game Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Rogers Place
Broadcast: Sportsnet West

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Leon Draisaitl - Connor McDavid - Alex Chiasson
Jujhar Khaira - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Jesse Puljujarvi
Milan Lucic - Kyle Brodziak - Zack Kassian
Tobias Rieder - Ryan Spooner - Drake Caggiula

Darnell Nurse - Adam Larsson
Kevin Gravel - Caleb Jones
Jason Garrison - Matt Benning

Mikko Koskinen

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James Van Riemsdy - Claude Giroux - Travis Konecny
Michael Raffl - Sean Couturier - Jakub Voracek
Scott Laughton - Nolan Patrick - Wayne Simmonds
Oskar Lindblom - Phil Varone - Dale Weise

Ivan Provorov - Shayne Gostisbehere
Robert Hagg - Andrew MacDonald
Travis Sanheim - Radko Gudas

Anthony Stolarz

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SOLI'S SHORTSIDE​

• We played yesterday so I don't think we'll see a morning skate or line combos before warmup. Eyes are on Caleb Jones to see if he makes his NHL debut. Koskinen will start tonight's game. EDIT: Jones in with Gravel, Benning plays with Garrison...

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[Soli]

Should have waited a few seconds...



Caleb Jones debuts tonight. Plays with Gravel. Garrison and Benning reunited...

No forward lineup changes.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Win with McPoints. Crush the stupid Flyers.

 

[ThePhoenixx]

Hoping for a win!

 

[Satire]

Like the thread title. Gonna be another tough game. Think they have to come out flying and then smother the game in the 2nd half of the game. I don't think they have enough gas in the tank for any sort of 3rd period heroics.

 

[Jet Walters]

Gravel and Jones together. So that leaves Benning and Wideman? Two righties? Or does Garrison stay in? I thought Wideman was ok last night. Gravel and Jones did play in the AHL together with Jones playing the right side, so at least there will be some familiarity there.

 

[9GWG9]

Interesting that Philly has played 3 less games. Can’t believe 8-2-2 and still in a MUST win position........Ahhhh Koskinen

 

[WhyteAveJesus]

Heyyy Jonesy! Welcome to the show, bucko

 

[duul]

Excited to see Jones play. More excited to see Koskinen play.

Philadelphia has a very strong team on paper. Wonder why they aren't putting it together.

 

[Konami McDavid]

That defense takes me from 6 to 4:15. Still predicting a win. 4-2 Oilers with Koski standing on his head.

 

[tiger_80]

That defense. Yikes. Arguably one top 4 defenseman (Larsson), one No.5 defenseman (Nurse) and a bunch of AHlers.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Yikes that third pairing.

 

[Soliloquy of a Dogge]

I wish we could get Parayko for nothing substantial.

Klefbom, Larsson, Nurse, Parayko, Russell, Bouchard, Jones would be a solid group of 7 defenders.

5 points for McDaddy tonight.

 

[GMofOilers]

That defense. Yikes. Arguably one top 4 defenseman (Larsson), one No.5 defenseman (Nurse) and a bunch of AHlers.

Flyers dont have great defense either lol

I would still argue ours is better then theirs even with the injuries.

 

[CycloneSweep]

I like that Benning is getting pushed back to the bottom pairing and Jones is getting the second line minutes. Big slap to Benning imo

 

[Shaquille Oatmeal]

Oilers playing for 2nd in the division tonight. Fricken awesome. Go get it boys!

 

[oXo Cube]

Willing to bet money that the pairings won't shake out that way once the actual game starts.

Benning will be ahead of Jones in ice time by at least 5 minutes and probably more like 10.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Willing to bet money that the pairings won't shake out that way once the actual game starts.

Benning will be ahead of Jones in ice time by at least 5 minutes and probably more like 10.

Depends. Benning will get more special teams time probably cause Jones hasn't had a chance to practice those but I think there is a strong chance Jones gets more 5v5 play

 

[oXo Cube]

Depends. Benning will get more special teams time probably cause Jones hasn't had a chance to practice those but I think there is a strong chance Jones gets more 5v5 play

Benning played an alright 18 minutes last night. Garrison(for good reason) played 8:59.

That won't be a full time 5v5 pairing.

 

[The Bored Man]

I would play Wideman over Garrison, but there's no reason so far to doubt the Cock.

Flyers are gonna be pissed after blowing a two-goal lead against Calgary. McDavid and Nurse are gonna be gassed after playing huge minutes yesterday. This will be tough.

 

[Jeff Lebowski]

Interesting that Philly has played 3 less games. Can’t believe 8-2-2 and still in a MUST win position........Ahhhh Koskinen

It's definitely not a must win game. Far from it.

 

[Joey Moss]

This defense right now with Klef, Russell, Sekera out is 2010-2011 bad..

Excited to watch Jones tonight though.

 

[T-Funk]

So which player tonight is gonna leave us wanting more despite an average game, but be called a bust by 50% of the board and an incredible dman by the rest. Oops did I give the player away?

 

[CupofOil]

I like that Benning is getting pushed back to the bottom pairing and Jones is getting the second line minutes. Big slap to Benning imo

Not really. Jones paired with Gravel in the AHL so I'm sure they want to ease him in with some familiarity.
I'm not sure why Garrison is in the lineup other than the lefty-righty thing. Wideman should in there over him on merit.

 

[Cypress]

A little surprised by the lineup, but I trust Hitchcock's judgement. Excited to start off my weekend with this game!