Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Avalanche v. Oilers - Scoring Chances #12

TmPTimeNoteCOLOpponent
COL119:36Goal82223262741510193571915v5
EDM118:18
525374144541222354143675v5
EDM117:27
1023264152
510273571
4v4
COL117:08
1022232641
535718389
4v4
COL116:07
523262741
10354143

4v3
COL116:05
523262741
10354143

4v3
COL111:21
922273940411019354143915v5
COL15:39
910394041521222354143675v5
COL14:43
822232627412735377783895v5
EDM13:02
518253941441222353741675v5
COL217:31
923262741541027353777
5v4
EDM215:43
91039404152510193571915v5
COL210:55
222527374154527357183895v5
COL29:22
810232641521318354143465v5
COL28:12
518223941451222353767775v5
EDM28:04
518223941451222353767775v5
EDM27:32
537394152
1927357183894v5
EDM26:36
2227373941
1019354677914v5
EDM25:57
526414552
1927357183894v5
COL20:31
810232641521019354143915v5
EDM315:46
2225373941521019354143915v5
COL314:14
182737414445513183546715v5
COL313:18
810232641522735374677895v5
COL311:45
910253941521019353777915v5
COL310:30Goal822232627411222353741675v5
COL37:11
822232627412735377783895v5
EDM35:08
81023262741510193537915v5
EDM34:46
822232627411019353777915v5
EDM33:00
2227374154
1035377783
4v4
COL32:43
1022374154
1027353777
4v4
EDM31:58
810264152
512194191
4v4
COL31:49Goal810264152
512194191
4v4
EDM30:48
2227394154
2735377783894v5


#PlayerEVPPSH
5B. CLARK15:53132:13200:5502
8W. WOLSKI15:02831:23001:1100
9M. DUCHENE16:27312:02100:0000
10K. CUMISKEY17:12841:30001:1100
18B. WILLSIE9:40220:00001:0400
22S. HANNAN18:54940:46002:3402
23M. HEJDUK14:39832:58300:3700
25C. STEWART12:45230:00000:0000
26P. STASTNY16:25942:37300:5001
27K. QUINCEY17:13732:15302:3402
28D. KOCI3:46000:05000:0000
37R. O'REILLY14:14330:59002:0802
39T. GALIARDI16:07440:00002:0103
40M. SVATOS10:45211:11000:0000
41C. ANDERSON51:0416104:00304:4004
44R. WILSON14:05120:00000:0000
45C. DURNO9:01210:00000:0701
52A. FOOTE18:51640:01002:0602
54D. JONES11:52220:29101:2201


PeriodTotalsEVPP5v3 PPSH5v3 SH
1735320000000
2554210000300
3767500000100
4000000000000
Totals1914161030000400

Even though I'm tracking Avalanche chances this year I am a fan of the Oilers so this recap is written with a little bit of shame behind it because the Oilers were bad tonight. Terrible. Really, really terrible. Prior to this game the Avalanche had outchanced their opposition three times in eleven games and only seriously outchanced two opponents at EV: the Minnesota Wild and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Looking at the number of standings points those two teams have accumulated so far this year gives a pretty good indication of how well the Oilers played. There were no Oilers that had really good games. If I was forced to choose I might go with the line of Brule, Jacques and Nilsson who played an okay game. Oh, and for some reason Visnovsky didn't take a shift in the last fifteen minutes. I feel safe assuming that he wasn't benched which leads me to expect something bad has happened. What a terrible evening.

From the Avalanche perspective this was a great showing. Wolski was put back up with Stastny and Hejduk and the three of them were dominant all night, the first time the top line has done that all season. Hannan, Quincey and even Foote all posted good numbers and the team both outchanced and outshot their opponents. If there's one thing to say to detractors of the Avalanche who look at the shot totals and wonder about sustainability it's the manner in which the Avalanche have dispensed with some of the weaker clubs. This game and the games against Toronto and Carolina demonstrate that the Avalanche are certainly capable of stomping a mud-hole in inferior opponents which puts them a step up on those clubs for sure. There's still some more work to go before they're on par with the West's best teams but the Avalanche are certainly better than my 14th place pre-season projection.

Finally, I can't believe that Ruutu was suspended for his hit on Darcy Tucker. In tonight's game there were two instances where the Avalanche player delivered a hit from behind to an Oiler and no call was made. It's a dirty play and should be a penalty but as often as not it gets overlooked. In both instances the puck was in the immediate vicinity of the player being hit so it's not as though the refs didn't see the play, they just accept it as part of the game. You know, unless someone gets carted off on a stretcher. Then it's a major penalty and a three game suspension. What a strange league.

2 comments:

Dennis said...

I was looking forward to this game because it would be the first time we could compare notes:)

Ty's site is down so I haven't been able to post my results but I had the chances at 17-20 and you had them at 14-19; I just turned them around to reflect if you put the Oilers first.

But, I didn't count the ENG as a chance so we were three chances off Oilers wise and two chances off opposition wise.

So, that's pretty promising, I believe.

Scott Reynolds said...

It will of course depend on how many of the other chances we have in common. JLikens and I had a game where we each scored the exact same number of chances (20-15 Min over Col) but we each still had 8 distinct chances. I'm surprised you didn't count the ENG. The guy was on a breakaway. If the goalie was in it was a clear scoring chance (either shot or penalty shot).