{"id":868743,"date":"2018-12-31T19:44:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T00:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=868743"},"modified":"2018-12-31T19:44:33","modified_gmt":"2019-01-01T00:44:33","slug":"oilers-gameday-vs-winnipeg-2019-cant-start-soon-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/oilers-gameday-vs-winnipeg-2019-cant-start-soon-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Oilers Gameday vs Winnipeg: 2019 Can’t Start Soon Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"
For the final time in Last game against See, the Oilers have dug themselves a bit of a hole this season, and they might not be able to dig out. Based on their current pace, the Oilers are on track to hit Assuming the cutoff for the playoffs is about 95 points, the Oilers have to earn It’s a tall order and I’m not sure it can be filled.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/dellowhockey\/status\/946959159953707009<\/p>\n (ed. Yep, that was from last NYE, because even though SO MANY THINGS have changed, nothing’s changed.)<\/em><\/p>\n Edmonton<\/span><\/p>\n Winnipeg<\/span><\/p>\n Edmonton<\/span><\/p>\n Winnipeg<\/span><\/p>\n Edmonton<\/span><\/p>\n Khaira-McDavid-Rattie Nurse-Petrovic Koskinen<\/p>\n Winnipeg<\/span><\/p>\n Ehlers-Schiefele-Wheeler Morrissey-Trouba Hellebuyck<\/p>\n This team is better than its record, but maybe not much. Here’s hoping they get their stuff together and win a few games in regulation. They can’t give up Bettman points to anyone contending for a Western playoff spot and they NEED to start winning some games outright. They haven’t put together too many complete efforts yet this season, and it’s getting dangerously close to the point of no return (and to being the Cleveland Browns of the NHL).<\/p>\n It’s entirely possible that instead of a playoff appearance, the Oilers are headed to rebuild version 484937292, and we’ll never again see victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For the final time in 2017 2018, the Oilers are taking the ice tonight against the Winnipeg Jets. It’s been…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":868744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[703638946,191955770],"tags":[8066,605041449,1165309],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n2017<\/del> 2018, the Oilers are taking the ice tonight against the Winnipeg Jets. It’s been a generation since they’ve won a New Year’s Eve game, but you never know what might happen tonight.<\/p>\nChicago<\/del> San Jose was….not great. If it hadn’t been for some late 3rd period heroics, the Oilers would have walked away from Thursday’s<\/del> Saturday’s game with no points. Instead, they eked out a point which maybe isn’t going to be enough<\/del> walked away with no points in a pretty important divisional match.<\/p>\n80<\/del> 84 points this season, far off the mark for a playoff spot.<\/p>\n58<\/del> 56 points in their remaining 44 games, starting tonight, in order to have a sniff. That means they have to play at a 108<\/del> 103 point pace (without giving up Bettman points to conference rivals) to get there.<\/p>\nKeys to the Game<\/h3>\n
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Players to Watch<\/h3>\n
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Projected Lineups<\/h3>\n
\nRieder-Draisaitl-Spooner
\nLucic-RNH-Puljujarvi
\nGambardella-Brodziak-Kassian<\/p>\n
\nManning-Larsson
\nJones-Benning<\/p>\n
\nConnor-Little-Laine
\nPerrault-Lowry-Tanev
\nCopp-Roslovic-Lemieux<\/p>\n
\nKulikov-Myers
\nChiarot-Morrow<\/p>\nNotes<\/h3>\n