Avalanche v. Oilers - Scoring Chances #12

Tm	P	Time	Note	COL						Opponent
COL	1	19:36	Goal	8	22	23	26	27	41	5	10	19	35	71	91	5v5
EDM	1	18:18		5	25	37	41	44	54	12	22	35	41	43	67	5v5
EDM	1	17:27		10	23	26	41	52		5	10	27	35	71		4v4
COL	1	17:08		10	22	23	26	41		5	35	71	83	89		4v4
COL	1	16:07		5	23	26	27	41		10	35	41	43			4v3
COL	1	16:05		5	23	26	27	41		10	35	41	43			4v3
COL	1	11:21		9	22	27	39	40	41	10	19	35	41	43	91	5v5
COL	1	5:39		9	10	39	40	41	52	12	22	35	41	43	67	5v5
COL	1	4:43		8	22	23	26	27	41	27	35	37	77	83	89	5v5
EDM	1	3:02		5	18	25	39	41	44	12	22	35	37	41	67	5v5
COL	2	17:31		9	23	26	27	41	54	10	27	35	37	77		5v4
EDM	2	15:43		9	10	39	40	41	52	5	10	19	35	71	91	5v5
COL	2	10:55		22	25	27	37	41	54	5	27	35	71	83	89	5v5
COL	2	9:22		8	10	23	26	41	52	13	18	35	41	43	46	5v5
COL	2	8:12		5	18	22	39	41	45	12	22	35	37	67	77	5v5
EDM	2	8:04		5	18	22	39	41	45	12	22	35	37	67	77	5v5
EDM	2	7:32		5	37	39	41	52		19	27	35	71	83	89	4v5
EDM	2	6:36		22	27	37	39	41		10	19	35	46	77	91	4v5
EDM	2	5:57		5	26	41	45	52		19	27	35	71	83	89	4v5
COL	2	0:31		8	10	23	26	41	52	10	19	35	41	43	91	5v5
EDM	3	15:46		22	25	37	39	41	52	10	19	35	41	43	91	5v5
COL	3	14:14		18	27	37	41	44	45	5	13	18	35	46	71	5v5
COL	3	13:18		8	10	23	26	41	52	27	35	37	46	77	89	5v5
COL	3	11:45		9	10	25	39	41	52	10	19	35	37	77	91	5v5
COL	3	10:30	Goal	8	22	23	26	27	41	12	22	35	37	41	67	5v5
COL	3	7:11		8	22	23	26	27	41	27	35	37	77	83	89	5v5
EDM	3	5:08		8	10	23	26	27	41	5	10	19	35	37	91	5v5
EDM	3	4:46		8	22	23	26	27	41	10	19	35	37	77	91	5v5
EDM	3	3:00		22	27	37	41	54		10	35	37	77	83		4v4
COL	3	2:43		10	22	37	41	54		10	27	35	37	77		4v4
EDM	3	1:58		8	10	26	41	52		5	12	19	41	91		4v4
COL	3	1:49	Goal	8	10	26	41	52		5	12	19	41	91		4v4
EDM	3	0:48		22	27	39	41	54		27	35	37	77	83	89	4v5

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
5	B. CLARK	15:53	1	3	2:13	2	0	0:55	0	2
8	W. WOLSKI	15:02	8	3	1:23	0	0	1:11	0	0
9	M. DUCHENE	16:27	3	1	2:02	1	0	0:00	0	0
10	K. CUMISKEY	17:12	8	4	1:30	0	0	1:11	0	0
18	B. WILLSIE	9:40	2	2	0:00	0	0	1:04	0	0
22	S. HANNAN	18:54	9	4	0:46	0	0	2:34	0	2
23	M. HEJDUK	14:39	8	3	2:58	3	0	0:37	0	0
25	C. STEWART	12:45	2	3	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
26	P. STASTNY	16:25	9	4	2:37	3	0	0:50	0	1
27	K. QUINCEY	17:13	7	3	2:15	3	0	2:34	0	2
28	D. KOCI	3:46	0	0	0:05	0	0	0:00	0	0
37	R. O'REILLY	14:14	3	3	0:59	0	0	2:08	0	2
39	T. GALIARDI	16:07	4	4	0:00	0	0	2:01	0	3
40	M. SVATOS	10:45	2	1	1:11	0	0	0:00	0	0
41	C. ANDERSON	51:04	16	10	4:00	3	0	4:40	0	4
44	R. WILSON	14:05	1	2	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
45	C. DURNO	9:01	2	1	0:00	0	0	0:07	0	1
52	A. FOOTE	18:51	6	4	0:01	0	0	2:06	0	2
54	D. JONES	11:52	2	2	0:29	1	0	1:22	0	1

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	7	3	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	5	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
3	7	6	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	19	14	16	10	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0

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.