GDT: Maple Leafs @ Oilers || 8PM EST

[willmma]

Average goals per game for each player in this line up

Player	GP	G	GPG
Mitch Marner	60​	20​	0.33​
Auston Matthews	53​	28​	0.53​
Michael Bunting	60​	19​	0.32​
Line 1			1.18​
John Tavares	60​	27​	0.45​
Ryan O'Reilly	5​	3​	0.60​
William Nylander	60​	33​	0.55​
Line 2			1.60​
Calle Jarnkrok	53​	12​	0.23​
Alexander Kerfoot	60​	7​	0.12​
David Kampf	60​	6​	0.10​
Line 3			0.44​
Zach Aston-Reese	57​	5​	0.09​
Noel Acciari	5​	1​	0.20​
Lafferty	51​	10​	0.20​
Line 4			0.48​
Morgan Rielly	45​	2​	0.04​
T.J. Brodie	38​	2​	0.05​
Mark Giordano	60​	4​	0.07​
Timothy Liljegren	49​	5​	0.10​
Justin Holl	59​	2​	0.03​
			0.30​

Line 1	1.18​
Line 2	1.60​
Line 3	0.44​
Line 4	0.48​
Defense	0.30​
Total	4.00​

Our goalies (minus Kallgren) played 50 games and allowed 125 goals combined.
So

We have 4.0 goals for per game
and allowed 2.5 goals against per game

We are never losing again.

 

[3blizzard4]

Local start times are only changed for only the centre of the universe. Eat that Oiler fans!

 

[Isaac Nootin]

Local start times are only changed for only the centre of the universe. Eat that Oiler fans!

As it should be.

 

[ACC1224]

Local start times are only changed for only the centre of the universe. Eat that Oiler fans!

Game is at 8?

 

[3blizzard4]

Game is at 8?

8pm Toronto time.

6pm local Edmonton time.

 

[Cleetus]

Game is at 8?

yes

 

[ACC1224]

8pm Toronto time.

6pm local Edmonton time.

If they truly wanted to cater to us it would be at 7 here.

I guess Calgary is doing the same?

 

[Damisoph]

If they truly wanted to cater to us it would be at 7 here.

I guess Calgary is doing the same?

They have more gumption in Calgary - 9pm eastern start

 

[stickty111]

Accurate

 

[Cleetus]

They have more gumption in Calgary - 9pm eastern start

Vancouver must have no gumption because its a 7pm est. game lmao!

 

[TheDoldrums]

Not sure who's starting for the Oilers. Usually goalies always get starts against their former teams but Jack is so mentally fragile its more likely to blow up in their face tbh

 

[crump]

Who's shutting down McDavid tonight?

Also, thanks to the fine folk of Edmonton to change their schedules to accommodate me. Pick up the kids early from daycare, ask for an early day at work to beat traffic, finding a parking spot during rush hour, skip the home made dinner and break out the wallet for expensive arena food, not to mention dealing with the runs in the middle of the night. Awfully nice of yous.

 

[ULF_55]

I don't think he'll measure up.

 

[BayStBullies]

I think the 3rd line is fine. Pretty responsible players. The team is top heavy and those first 2 lines must produce. If you are worried about contributions from the bottom 6, then you don't go top heavy.

 

[TheDoldrums]

Also, thanks to the fine folk of Edmonton to change their schedules to accommodate me. Pick up the kids early from daycare, ask for an early day at work to beat traffic, finding a parking spot during rush hour, skip the home made dinner and break out the wallet for expensive arena food, not to mention dealing with the runs in the middle of the night. Awfully nice of yous.

The sun certainly shines bright on the centre of the universe. I've checked my privilege and its definitely there, plan to keep enjoying it as well!

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Not sure who's starting for the Oilers. Usually goalies always get starts against their former teams but Jack is so mentally fragile its more likely to blow up in their face tbh

Oiler fans are saying it is a Campbell start.

 

[Divine]

Light him up boys

Why is Ekholm in the Oilers lineup but both of the trades we made before him are unavailable?

 

[SeaOfBlue]

I think the 3rd line is fine. Pretty responsible players. The team is top heavy and those first 2 lines must produce. If you are worried about contributions from the bottom 6, then you don't go top heavy.

Or at least don't stack up the top 6 when you can easily swap Jarnkrok and ROR to create more depth.

 

[crump]

Light him up boys

Why is Ekholm in the Oilers lineup but both of the trades we made before him are unavailable?

Such a great guy. Always humble and glowing about his time in Toronto. And as you say, light em up tonight.

 

[DarkKnight]

The fourth line is the third line. Or at least it’s debatable, which is awesome.

 

[BTP]

That 3rd line is simply not going to get it done. Need another scoring winger. Been saying it for over a year now

 

[Damisoph]

I almost feel bad that we're going to bury 5 behind Soupy tonight.

Almost.

 

[bansheebeat]

I'll hold out judging Kerfoot until I see him in the playoffs. He's been dependably feisty the last few series. Plus if Knies plays in the top-6 and ROR centres the 3rd line it's a totally different story.

Bunting-Matthews-Marner
Knies-Tavares-Nylander
Kerfoot-RoR-Jarnkrok
Acciari-Kampf-Lafferty

 

[DopeyFish]

Light him up boys

Why is Ekholm in the Oilers lineup but both of the trades we made before him are unavailable?

probably not ideal flight times, don't forget they were in dallas

so schenn had to fly back to vancouver likely with the canucks and then get a flight to edmonton today

there really isn't direct flights between dallas and edmonton, so waiting on leafs jet would have been a waste

same issue with gus, they were in anaheim so it's probably a multi-leg flight as well

 

[nsleaf]

probably not ideal flight times, don't forget they were in dallas

so schenn had to fly back to vancouver likely with the canucks and then get a flight to edmonton today

there really isn't direct flights between dallas and edmonton

Also, I believe Schenn's wife is due to give birth at any time now, so he could be sidelined for that as well.