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| Oilers dump MacTavish |
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04/15/2009 |
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| Edmonton, AB (BettingExpress) - The Edmonton Oilers fired head coach Craig MacTavish just three days after the end of another disappointing season. The Oilers finished the 2008-09 campaign with a mark of 38-35-9, which was good for just 11th in the Western Conference. It marked the third straight season that the team missed the playoffs. Since taking over behind the bench as the eighth coach in team history at the start of the 2000-01 season, he amassed a record of 301-252-103 and a 19-17 mark in the playoffs |
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| Devereaux's hat trick propels Toronto past Ottawa |
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04/11/2009 |
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| Senators struck for a pair of goals just under 2 1/2 minutes apart. First it was Spezza lighting the lamp on the power play at 9:14, then Kelly's wrister tied things at 11:42. The contest remained deadlock after two periods. Game Notes Ottawa finished the season with a 14-23-4 road record this season...Toronto had a 16-16-9 home mark...The Leafs won four of six meetings versus the Senators this year...Devereaux's first hat trick came March 17, 2000 against Ottawa, when he was a member of the Edmonton Oilers. |
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| Struggling Flames end home-and-home with visiting Oilers |
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04/11/2009 |
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| (BettingExpress) - No longer in control of their own destiny, the short-handed Calgary Flames take on the Edmonton Oilers tonight at Pengrowth Saddledome in the finale of a regular-season ending home-and-home series. With last night's 5-1 loss in Edmonton, the Flames have now lost three of their last four games and are just 6-11-0 over their last 17 games. They still trail first-place Vancouver by two points in the Northwest Division standings, and the Canucks end their season this afternoon in Colorado. That |
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| Struggling Flames make a stop in Edmonton |
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04/10/2009 |
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| (BettingExpress) - Struggling down the stretch, the Flames now find themselves on the outside of home-ice advantage in the postseason's first round. Calgary will try to get back on track tonight when it opens a home-and-home set with the visiting Edmonton Oilers at Rexall Place. Calgary has lost three of its last five games and is just 6-10-0 over its last 16 outings. Its last loss was a big one, as it fell to Vancouver, 4-1, on Tuesday. That setback allowed the Canucks to jump into a tie for first place with |
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| Oilers continue homestand with visit from Kings |
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04/07/2009 |
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| (BettingExpress) - The Edmonton Oilers resume a six-game homestand tonight with a visit from the Los Angeles Kings to Rexall Place. The Oilers had dropped the first three contests of the stand, a skid that just about doomed their postseason chances. Edmonton, which has missed the playoffs in each of the last two seasons, trails both Nashville and St. Louis by three points for the final berth in the Western Conference with three games to play. However, a loss by Edmonton tonight coupled with a win by either Na |
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| National Hockey League Game Capsules |
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04/05/2009 |
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| ntage via number of wins with St. Louis at 38 and all three tied with 86 points with each team having three to play. Final Score: Edmonton 5, Vancouver 3 Edmonton, AB (BettingExpress) - Sam Gagner scored a goal and assisted on two others to help the Edmonton Oilers shake the doldrums of a lengthy losing stretch and keep their playoff hopes alive with a 5-3 victory against Vancouver at Rexall Place. Sheldon Souray and Ales Hemsky had a goal and assist each while Denis Grebeshkov and Ales Kotalik also scored for |
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| Edmonton keeps postseason hopes alive with win over Vancouver |
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04/05/2009 |
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| Edmonton, AB (BettingExpress) - Sam Gagner scored a goal and assisted on two others to help the Edmonton Oilers shake the doldrums of a lengthy losing stretch and keep their playoff hopes alive with a 5-3 victory against Vancouver at Rexall Place. Sheldon Souray and Ales Hemsky had a goal and assist each while Denis Grebeshkov and Ales Kotalik also scored for the Oilers, who entered Saturday on a three-game skid with losses in six of their last seven games. "We needed a win badly. We played good tonight. It h |
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| Sharks aim for new standard in Edmonton |
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04/02/2009 |
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| (BettingExpress) - The San Jose Sharks will attempt to match a franchise record for most wins in a season tonight, when they visit the Edmonton Oilers and Rexall Place. Despite skating without leading goal-scorer Patrick Marleau, the Sharks knocked off Calgary, 2-1, on Monday for their 50th win of the season. It marks just the second time in club history they have reached that mark, and the team needs just one win to match the franchise-best 51 victories posted in 2006-07. San Jose finished just second in the |
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| Ducks down Oilers, stay in thick of playoff hunt in West |
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04/01/2009 |
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| Edmonton, AB (BettingExpress) - Scott Niedermayer tallied a goal and two assists and the Anaheim Ducks temporarily moved into playoff position with a 5-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers at Rexall Place. Rob Niedermayer added two goals while Sheldon Brookbank scored his first NHL goal and Chris Pronger also scored for the surging Ducks, who have won seven of their last eight games overall and are now tied with Nashville (84 points) for the final two playoff seeds in the Western Conference. The idle St. Louis |
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| Oilers place Smid on IR |
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03/30/2009 |
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| Edmonton, AB (BettingExpress) - The Edmonton Oilers placed defenseman Ladislav Smid on injured reserve Monday. Smid fractured his left hand in the second period of Edmonton's 3-2 loss to Minnesota on Sunday. The native of the Czech Republic posted 11 assists in 60 games for the Oilers this season. This is the second trip to the injury list for the backliner this season. Smid was placed on IR because of a concussion in early November after winding up on the wrong end of a hit during a November 5 game at Columb |
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