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Time : 9:30 pm EDT Thu Oct 29, 2009
Keeping the opposition off the scoreboard has been the Detroit Red Wings’ biggest issue during their surprisingly mediocre start. The Edmonton Oilers, meanwhile, are suddenly wondering why they can’t put the puck in the net. The previously high-scoring Oilers have been shut out in their past two games, and they’ll look to avoid a fourth straight loss Thursday night when they host the Red Wings. Edmonton jumped out to a 6-2-1 start by scoring nearly four goals a game, but that highly productive offensive attack has disappeared.
Edmonton (6-5-1) hasn’t scored in more than seven periods, totaling 141 minutes and 25 seconds since Dustin Penner’s eighth goal of the season in the second against Calgary. The Oilers have never been shut out three games in a row. The Oilers haven’t lost four straight since a five-game skid Oct. 22-30, 2008. Detroit (4-4-2) has had trouble at the back end, allowing 3.40 goals per game to rank among the bottom third of the league. It had lost three in a row, dropping the first two of a five-game road trip, before facing Vancouver on Tuesday.
The Red Wings are averaging 45.5 shots over their last two games after not surpassing 37 in their first eight. Defensively, though, there’s more concern. Osgood has been pulled twice and is 3-2-2 with a 3.40 goals-against average. Jimmy Howard, who replaced Osgood in Vancouver, is 1-1-0 with a 2.15 GAA in his past three games—one start. The Red Wings averaged 38.8 shots in winning all four games against the Oilers last season, outscoring them 19-8 to move to 7-0-4 in the last 11 meetings. The last five matchups in Edmonton have been decided by one goal, with Detroit going 3-0-2.
