| 
Edmonton Oilers vs. the Columbus Blue Jackets - November 16, 2009 - Nationwide Arena - Sportsnet - 5:00 pm MT Oilers Game 21
The Edmonton Oilers (8-10-2) play the Columbus Blue Jackets (10-6-2) at the Nationwide arena tonight. During their first matchup, the Oilers won with by a margin of 6-4 after rallying back from a two goal deficit. Since then, the Oilers have struggled to try and win some hockey games. During their past ten games, the Oilers have gone just 2-7-1 with a recent three game losing streak. In contrast, the Columbus Blue Jackets have managed a respectable 5-3-2 record. 
Nationwide Arena - Columbus, "Nationwide is on your side!"
Oilers vs. Blue Jackets - Pregame Information ***Today, Dan Tencer, reports via Twitter that Sam Gagner will likely be out of the lineup today due to a lower body injury. Sam Ganger apparently incurred an injury while blocking a shot in the recent game vs. the Atlanta Thrashers. Tencer continued that the Oilers might dress Robert Nilsson or simply dress 7 defensemen which would likely result in Jason Strudwick playing on the 4rth line wing. 
The Columbus Blue Jackets have some recent injuries of their own to cope with--From TSN Ice Chips: Winger Raffi Torres won't play against his former team this evening. He took a puck in the mouth and has a broken jaw. - edmontonjournal.com Head coach Ken Hitchcock has announced that Mathieu Garon will start tonight when the Blue Jackets play the Edmonton Oilers at Columbus. - Columbus Dispatch The team recalled LW Tom Sestito from Syracuse of the AHL. He could take rookie Nikita Filatov's spot in the lineup. Sammy Pahlsson is still having fluid drained off his elbow and is not likely to play. Defenceman Rostislav Klesla (lower body) is still a game-time decision. - Columbus Dispatch Pregame Stats Comparison: | | STATS | | | 20 | GP | 18 | | 8 | W | 10 | | 10 | L | 6 | | 2 | OT | 2 | | 18 | P | 22 | | 0.450 | P% | 0.611 | | 2.80 | G/G | 3.00 | | 3.05 | GA/G | 3.50 | | 21.0 | PP% | 21.7 | | 79.2 | PK% | 79.3 | | 26.8 | S/G | 28.8 | | 33.3 | SA/G | 31.6 | | 46.1 | FO% | 50.1 | It's pretty clear from the above numbers that the Oilers and Blue Jackets are pretty equivalent in terms of special teams. Both teams suffer from a negative shot differential while the Blue Jackets have a narrower margin in this regard. Despit out-shooting their opposition in the past few games, the Oilers still haven't been able to translate that into a notch in the win column. Money line - Not surprsingly, the Blue Jackets are favored to win this game by a reasonable margin (-175/+155). Edmonton Oilers Projected Lineup: 
| Line 1 | Dustin Penner | Shawn Horcoff
| Ales Hemsky | | Line 2 | Comrie | Gilbert Brule | Patrick O’Sullivan | | Line 3 | Ethan Moreau | Andrew Cogliano | Zack Stortini | | Line 4 | Strudwick | Ryan Potulny | Liam Reddox | | Defence 1 | Souray | Staios | | Defence 2 | Smid | Visnovsky | | Defence 3 | Arsene | Gilbert | | Goalie 1 | Nikolai Khabibulin | | Goalie 2 | Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers | Columbus Blue Jacket Projected Lineup: 
| Line 1 | Kristian Huselius | Antoine Vermette | Rick Nash | | Line 2 | R.J. Umberger | Derick Brassard | Jakub Voracek | | Line 3 | Jason Chimera | Derek Mackenzie | Derek Dorsett | | Line 4 | Michael Blunden |
| Jared Boll | | Defence 1 | Jan Hejda | Rostislav Klesla | | Defence 2 | Anton Stralman | Fedor Tyutin | | Defence 3 | Kris Russell | Marc Methot | | Goalie 1 | Steve Mason | | Goalie 2 | Mathieu Garon | Post Game Thoughts: [See next post - after the game]
 | 
Bloguin is the revolutionary blog network specifically focused on helping bloggers get the most out of their websites. We're currently working on building a large network of online communities and hope to expand our blogging coverage to include a wide range of topics.
The Bloguin Network allows advertisers to promote their products and services to our ever-growing number of visitors. We offer both site-specific ad placements as well as the ability to run a network-wide campaign. If you're interested in working with Bloguin to meet your advertising needs, please contact us.
The Bloguin Network is always looking to expand. We're specifically looking for blogs in the sports, entertainment, and video games field, but are open to adding any type of quality site. If you're a blogger and interested in joining our network, please fill out our application form.
The Bloguin Login gives you full access to everything our network has to offer. Your name and password will work for each and every one of our sites. Signing up is simple, and will allow you to post in all our forums, create member blogs, and access other cool features! What are you waiting for? Create an Account!