Game Story
Best in the West?
The Minnesota Wild found themselves atop the Western Conference for more than 2 games. Heck, they found themselves to be the best in the whole league. Ridiculous.
This is the team that re-invented trap hockey.
Minnesota.
Shudder at that thought.
Anyhoo, they haven't won in 5 games. The Oilers haven't won in 4.
Something's got to give tonight.
Lines/Injuries
Hemsky is sick.
Not like "man, that dangle was sick" like he's been prior to this season, but more like "I need a nap and I think I might have caught the flu watching you" sick.
If he plays, Petrell will sit - Hordichuk and B-eager draw in against the hard-hitting, face-crushing Wild.
Lander was practicing on the third line - does this mean he'll move up in lieu of Belanger? Not likely.
Predictions
Glorious Prediction - Oilers snap 5 game home-skid, 4 game NHL skid with a resounding 5-1 victory. RNH, who hasn't scored in 5 games (legasp), will burst with 2 and 2. Ebs, of course, tallies 3 points.
Realistic Prediction - Keep predicting we'll win and we will! Although all signs (the fact we're playing on Sportsnet Edmonton, the channel we have yet to win on) point to a loss, I'm just going to wing it, say that the Oilers win on Taylor Hall's mad-hatter 3-2.
ELPH Prediction - The worst kind of loss. 2-0. One of them was an empty netter, the other a powerplay marker. Oilers fans are treated to lovely trap hockey for the whole game.
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