GDT: Blues at Oil Can 7:00 FanDuel

[hotrivets]

Hollo back, Nuge plays game 1K. Walker gets rewarded for a strong last game...

Blues Projected Lineup subject to game time announcements

Otto Stenberg-Brayden Schenn-Jimmy Snuggerud
Dylan Holloway-Dalibor Dvorsky-Jake Neighbours
Pavel Buchnevich-Nick Bjugstad-Jordan Kyrou
Alexey Toropchenko-Oskar Sundqvist-Nathan Walker

Philip Broberg-Colton Parayko
Tyler Tucker-Justin Faulk
Cam Fowler-Logan Mailloux

Jordan Binnington will start in goal; Joel Hofer will be the backup.

Healthy scratches include Jonatan Berggren, Robby Fabbri and Matthew Kessel. Pius Suter (high ankle sprain), Robert Thomas (lower body) and Mathieu Joseph (elbow infection) are out.

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Oilers Projected Lineup

Vasily Podkolzin-Connor McDavid-Zach Hyman
Trent Frederic-Ryan Nugent-Hopkins-Kasperi Kapanen
Isaac Howard-Jack Roslovic-Matthew Savoie
Andrew Mangiapane-Curtis Lazar-Mattias Janmark

Mattias Ekholm-Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse-Ty Emberson
Jake Walman-Spencer Stastney

Connor Ingram will start in goal; Calvin Pickard will be the backup.

Healthy scratches include Leon Draisaitl, Alec Regula and Tristan Jarry. Adam Henrique (upper body) is out. Leon is attending to a family issue in Germany.

[hotrivets]

from Korac:

Connor McDavid, who is once again tearing up the league and going toe-to-toe with Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche for most points. McDavid has 83 (30 goals, 53 assists) in 49 games; his 30 goals is second in the NHL behind MacKinnon’s 36. MacKinnon has 82 points

They’ve gone 0-4-0 and been outscored 24-9 in previous attempts to win three straight. But what Montgomery saw last week, and more specifically against a very good Lightning side, is something that will need to continue if they are to end this cycle of up and down play.

“The thing I really liked is how well we checked in the third period,” Montgomery said of the last game. “We checked fast, we played defense fast in all three zones and it led to us having a lot more O-zone time. That was the period that led to us having the most O-zone time and I felt that everybody was on the same page and everybody checked really fast. The next step is playing offense really fast.”

That will be a challenge against the Oilers, who are playing the second of back-to-back games having blown out the Vancouver Canucks, 6-0, on Saturday.

[moose-and-squirrel]

sure seems like they're sheltering hofer against the higher scoring teams

[DawgDad]

OK, five of the top-6 are "new core" guys (Yes, they need to get Thomas back). This should be a great test for them.

[SameOldBlues]

I was gonna slap the SOB guaranteed win on this game since Im 3-0 so far this season, till I saw that Binnington’s starting.

Unfortunately I have to guarantee a loss now. OooOoo so close to the first 3 game winning streak of the year too.

[Harry York 37]

Binner needs some help from the team.
In his last five starts he has gotten awful offensive support. Two games we scored once, two games we scored twice. One game we scored three goals, but that was the 7-3 debacle.

[theograce]

Binner needs some help from the team.

Buchnevich has 3 more goals than Ryan Reaves at ES

[Backesdraft]

Binner needs some help from the team.

Buchnevich has 3 more goals than Ryan Reaves at ES

Since 1993 Buchnevich has the same number of Stanley Cups as all of Canada.

[theograce]

Binner needs some help from the team.

Buchnevich has 3 more goals than Ryan Reaves at ES

Since 1993 Buchnevich has the same number of Stanley Cups as all of Canada.

Do touch American flags when Florida wins cups?

Laughing

[TruBlueFan_1970]

Berggren gets his strong play rewarded with the bench in favor of Walker. Don’t get that move, nor do I get starting Binner. Guess they truly NEVER want to win 3 straight. Lol.

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Neighbours-Schenn-Snuggerud
Holloway-Dvorsky-Kyrou
Stenberg-Bjugstad-Buchnevich
Toropchenko-Sundqvist-Walker

Broberg-Parayko
Tucker-Faulk
Fowler-Mailloux

Binnington

[JoshInFenton]

Berggren gets his strong play rewarded with the bench in favor of Walker. Don’t get that move, nor do I get starting Binner. Guess they truly NEVER want to win 3 straight. Lol.

I'd agree with the confusion on the Berggren sitting, but would swap Walker with Sunny. Edmonton is a fast moving team up front, and as much as i love Sunny he's not fast, i think it's too easy for him to get skated past to be in tonight.

[Zizzle1297]

How do the Oilers not have a 3 game winning streak?

[JoshInFenton]

How do the Oilers not have a 3 game winning streak?

Despite the change in net, they largely need to score 4 to win games. They rarely win games 1-0 or 3-2, they need to win 4-1, 5-3, 6-2 etc.

[HighStick]

Crazy to think the Oil are at the top of their division and haven't won 3 games in a row yet just like the Blues haven't.
Let's change that tonight Blues....LGB!