 kungpaobenji27
Messages: 315
Registered: August 2003
Location: Irving, Texas
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| watchman wrote on Wed, 21 December 2022 23:46 |
| inverno76 wrote on Wed, 21 December 2022 22:21 |
Colour me surprised.
So now that the team is getting healthy can we keep 97/29 on different lines?
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Surprised? No kidding... First a loss to ARI and then a win over a division leader. I'm not sure anything can be assumed from this one. Let's see which team comes out vs the Nucks at home on Friday. 
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Regulation home loss to *Anaheim* but a win in Dallas....no logic to this...but I'll take it...esp being in attendance not sitting too far off from the Oilers fathers which were in a private suite to the left of me. Even shouted at Kane taking in the action alongside his father as he was nice enough to acknowledge me back.
The first two goals against were frustrating ones in transition but not Stu's fault. I can honestly only blame one goal against the Oilers being the 2nd one as both Kostin & Nurse were caught pinching....other two were just byproducts of a talented Stars team having a solid season.
Other game observations:
-Loved how Woody implemented Oilers big 3 centers on their own lines....while having #29/#97 on one line at the right times
-Everybody out skated & out worked the opponent for all 60 minutes...can't remember the last time this has happened
-Besides the 2nd goal given up, great efforts from both Kostin & Nurse...#25 at his best skates extremely well in all directions against big speedy forwards as we needed that performance from him
-A +4 from the the third D pairing? I'll take it
-Only showed up as having 1 assist on the scoresheet....but JP was also a beast last night working hard along the boards and skating well all game...definitely a huge impact
-Foegele has been a completely different player since implemented onto the PK during that Tampa game..scoring key goals, checking hard, and skating better
-I believe the Stars were 4-1 on their most recent east coast trip as the first home game after a long roadie can be tough....Oilers capitalized off of this with the late TV start and just wore the opposition off gradually over a 60 minute duration...once again color me surprised but happy to see it in person.
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