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| Surging Kings visit Sharks in Pacific showdown |
NHL Hockey |
02/19/2009 |
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| before in his career. Los Angeles is 12-10-1 on the road this year, and after returning home to host Phoenix on Saturday, the club will play five straight as the guest. The Sharks, meanwhile, have struggled as of late, as Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers was just the club's second in its last eight games (2-2-4). Patrick Marleau scored two goals to pace the San Jose offense, giving him a team-best 32 on the season. Coming off a disappointing 19-goal campaign last year, Marleau has five goals over hi |
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| Ailing Stars to open homestand with Oilers |
NHL Hockey |
02/19/2009 |
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| son despite the loss of their captain. Now, the team must continue its push for a playoff spot without another one of its top offensive weapons. Minus Brad Richards, the Stars begin their longest homestand of the season tonight with a visit from the Edmonton Oilers to American Airlines Center. Dallas began the season by going just 6-10-4 in its first 20 games and also lost captain Brenden Morrow to a knee injury late in that stretch. Morrow underwent surgery after suffering the ailment on November 20 and was e |
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| Jacques completes conditioning stint in Springfield |
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02/18/2009 |
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| Springfield, MA (Best E Casino) - The Edmonton Oilers recalled left winger J.F. Jacques from the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League, it was announced on Wednesday. Jacques had been on a two-week conditioning assignment in Springfield after missing Edmonton's first 51 games due to a back injury. In his eight games with the Falcons, Jacques scored a goal and five assists. Jacques will join the Oilers in Dallas for the game vs. the Stars on Thursday. |
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| Sharks double up Oilers |
NHL Hockey |
02/18/2009 |
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| San Jose, CA (Best E Casino) - Patrick Marleau scored two goals to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 4-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers at HP Pavilion. Joe Pavelski and Joe Thornton also scored for the Sharks, who won for only the second time in their last eight games (2-2-4). Evgeni Nabokov allowed two goals on 26 shots in the victory. San Jose leads the Western Conference with 85 points and will host the Kings on Thursday. Zack Stortini and Erik Cole scored for Edmonton, which saw its three-game win streak halte |
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| Sharks try to end slide in home test vs. Oilers |
NHL Hockey |
02/17/2009 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The suddenly struggling San Jose Sharks will try to halt a three-game losing streak for the second time in 10 days, as they host the Edmonton Oilers tonight at HP Pavilion. San Jose leads the Western Conference with 83 points -- also good enough for a 20-point edge in the Pacific Division -- but losses in six of its last seven games has its edge over Detroit for the top spot in the West down to just a point. The Sharks lost a season-high three straight from January 31-February 7, ending tha |
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| Oilers make a stop in Phoenix |
NHL Hockey |
02/16/2009 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Edmonton Oilers will shoot for a third straight victory when they visit the struggling Phoenix Coyotes for tonight's matchup at Jobing.com Arena. The Oilers have recorded wins over Montreal and Los Angeles in their last two outings, slamming the visiting Canadiens by a 7-2 score on Wednesday and then recording a shootout victory Saturday in LA. Edmonton is currently on the edge of the Western Conference playoff picture with 60 points. The Oilers are one point behind Dallas, Columbus and |
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| Gagner leads Oilers past Kings in SO |
NHL Hockey |
02/14/2009 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (Best E Casino) - Sam Gagner scored the game-winner in the shootout as the Edmonton Oilers edged the Los Angeles Kings, 3-2, at Staples Center. Patrick O'Sullivan was the first shooter, but Dwayne Roloson made a glove save on O'Sullivan's wrister. Gagner then gave Edmonton the advantage as he buried a wrister into the right corner. Alexander Frolov then tried to slip the puck between Roloson's pads, but the goaltender was able to keep it out of the net. Robert Nilsson then sealed the win as h |
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| Kings welcome Oilers to LA |
NHL Hockey |
02/14/2009 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Los Angeles Kings will try to get back on the winning track when they host the Edmonton Oilers in this afternoon's encounter at the Staples Center. The Kings had won a season-high-tying four games in a row before getting shut out by visiting Calgary this past Thursday. It was also just the second setback in the last nine games for Los Angeles, which is still outside the playoff picture as is tied for 11th in the Western Conference standings. LA dropped a 2-0 decision to the Flames on Th |
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| Edmonton tallies seven goals to destroy Montreal |
NHL Hockey |
02/12/2009 |
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| Edmonton, AB (Best E Casino) - Ales Hemsky was one of seven different goal- scorers, as the Edmonton Oilers walloped the road weary Montreal Canadiens, 7-2, at Rexall Place. Sam Gagner, Zack Stortini, Andrew Cogliano, Kyle Brodziak, Dustin Penner and Liam Reddox also found the back of the net for the Oilers, who won for just the second time in their last six games. Tom Gilbert recorded three assists and Shawn Horcoff added two helpers, while Dwayne Roloson turned aside 36 shots to pick up win No. 18 on the y |
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| Habs try to solve road woes in Edmonton |
NHL Hockey |
02/11/2009 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Montreal Canadiens will attempt to halt a six-game road losing streak tonight, as they visit the Edmonton Oilers and Rexall Place. The Canadiens began a string off six consecutive games as the visitor on Monday, their longest trek of the season, with a 6-2 setback in Calgary. They haven't won on the road since January 17 in Ottawa and have lost eight of their last 10 overall as well. Versus Calgary, Matt D'Agostini and Tomas Plekanec had first-period goals for the Canadiens, who have lo |
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