{"id":794407,"date":"2018-02-17T15:09:31","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T20:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=794407"},"modified":"2018-02-17T15:09:31","modified_gmt":"2018-02-17T20:09:31","slug":"oilers-gameday-arizona-afternoon-delight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/oilers-gameday-arizona-afternoon-delight\/","title":{"rendered":"Oilers Gameday @ Arizona: Afternoon Delight?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Oilers take to the ice this afternoon in Arizona to face the Coyotes. The Oilers are in the midst of a 5-game losing streak, and nothing seems to be working to get them out of it. The Coyotes, on the other hand, are on a 3 game win streak and have put together a decent 5-4-1 run in the last 10 games. (The Oilers are 3-6-1 in their last 10)<\/p>\n<p>If history holds, today won&#8217;t be the day that fixes anything. Afternoon games are killer.<\/p>\n<h3>Keys to the Game<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Edmonton<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Score the first goal. The Oilers have allowed a goal on the first shot against 10 times this season, and another 10 goals\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oilersnation.com\/2018\/02\/14\/the-oilers-and-early-goals-the-bad-the-bad-and-the-ugly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">within the first 6 shots<\/a>. They haven\u2019t lost all of those games, but they certainly haven\u2019t won many that way. It\u2019s like playing from the blue tees when you should be playing from the whites.<\/li>\n<li>Stay out of the penalty box. The Oilers aren\u2019t good at killing penalties, and so if they don\u2019t take them, they can\u2019t get scored on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Arizona<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Score the first goal. It\u2019s been a good strategy against the Oilers so far this season.<\/li>\n<li>Force the Oilers to take penalties. Their road PK is markedly better than the home PK, but it\u2019s not great, and is overall only successful 70.9% of the time. That\u2019s abysmal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Players to Watch<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Edmonton<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Connor McDavid is always the best player on the ice and will obviously catch your eye. Look out for him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Arizona<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Max Domi? He&#8217;s kind of fun when he&#8217;s not being a giant pest.<\/li>\n<li>Jason Demers, and imagine what could have been.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Projected Lineups<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Edmonton<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Patrick Maroon \u2013 Connor McDavid \u2013 Ryan Strome<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Milan Lucic \u2013 Leon Draisaitl \u2013 Michael Cammalleri<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Anton Slpyshev \u2013 Jujhar Khaira \u2013 Jesse Puljujarvi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Iiro Pakarinen \u2013 Mark Letestu \u2013 Zack Kassian<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Darnell Nurse \u2013 Brandon Davidson<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Oscar Klefbom \u2013 Kris Russell<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Yohann Auvitu \u2013 Matt Benning<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Cam Talbot<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Arizona<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Brendan Perlini &#8211; Derek Stepan &#8211; Clayton Keller<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Josh Archibald &#8211; Christian Dvorak &#8211; Christian Fischer<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Richard Panik &#8211; Max Domi &#8211; Tobias Rieder<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Jordan Martinook &#8211; Brad Richardson &#8211; Nick Cousins<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Oliver Ekman-Larsson &#8211; Jason Demers<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Jakob Chychrun &#8211; Niklas Hjalmarsson<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Kevin Connauton &#8211; Alex Goligoski<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Antti Raanta<\/p>\n<h3>Notes<\/h3>\n<p>This season is a wash, and it&#8217;s finally starting to wear on local media. At some point, someone has to ask some hard questions about the plan going forward. I&#8217;m not sure who that will be, but someone has to ask those questions and fans deserve some answers. At the game in Vegas, someone threw a jersey on the ice but there was no Ben Scrivens to throw it back. There are too many games left in this season for fans to get restless. Here&#8217;s hoping the team can figure it out before someone burns Rogers Place to the ground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oilers take to the ice this afternoon in Arizona to face the Coyotes. 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