Allgemeines » Bathurst its fourth loss in a row.Nicol

The Edmonton Oilers will try again to win their first game of the season when they host the Tampa Bay Lightning in Mondays battle at Rexall Place. The Oilers are 0-4-1, matching the teams worst ever start to a season. The 1992-93 club set a club record with four losses and a tie to begin the season, and Edmonton can surpass that dubious mark if it loses again tonight. Its a disheartening start for an Oilers team that has missed the playoffs in eight straight seasons since making a surprise run to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2006. If Edmontons season-opening funk gets much worse it could cost head coach Dallas Eakins his job despite the fact Eakins was hired in the summer of 2013 and only is in the second season of a four-year deal. Edmonton is allowing 4.80 goals per game so far this season, but the club did put forth a better defensive effort in its latest setback, losing 2-0 on Friday against the visiting Vancouver Canucks. The Oilers had surrendered five goals or more in each game before the close setback versus the Canucks. Ben Scrivens allowed just one goal on 29 shots in the setback, but his team was shut out for the first time this season. We have to find a way to come out on top, Scrivens said. Despite us playing better, we have to push through and find a way. Mondays contest is the second tilt of a seven-game homestand for the Oilers, who wont play their next road game until visiting Philadelphia on Nov. 4. Edmonton was just 16-22-3 as the visiting team in 2013-14. Edmonton has fared well against the Lightning in recent years, winning its last three home games in this series and taking four of the past six encounters overall. Tampas last win at Rexall Place came in a 3-1 victory on March 7, 2007, when Lightning star Steven Stamkos was still in his first season of junior hockey. Stamkos fueled a Tampa Bay victory in the clubs most recent outing, posting two goals and an assist in Saturdays 4-2 win at Vancouver. The Canucks entered the game with a 3-0 record before the Bolts handed them their first loss of the season. The score was tied at 2-2 in the second period before Ryan Callahan scored the go-ahead goal with 3:12 remaining in the middle stanza. Alex Killorn also lit the lamp early in the third period to account for the final margin. This was huge, said Stamkos, who has five goals and seven points this season. In the third period, we kind of just shut it down and thats learning from the mistakes weve made in other games. Ondrej Palat added two helpers for Tampa Bay, which saw Ben Bishop make 30 saves. Although the victory pushed the Lightnings record to 3-1-1 this season, the club received bad news Saturday when top defenseman Victor Hedman left the game in the second period and did not return. Hedman, who is tied with Stamkos for the team lead in points with seven, suffered a hand injury and has returned to Tampa for further evaluation. According to Bolts head coach Jon Cooper, the Swedish blueliner is probably done for the rest of Tampas current road trip, which has four games left, including tonights tilt in Edmonton. Hedman reportedly could miss 4-to-6 weeks of action with the injury. Were going to test our depth, said Cooper. It just puts a little more pressure on the (defensive) core. With Hedman sidelined the Bolts recalled defenseman Luke Witkowski from the clubs AHL affiliate in Syracuse. Tampa also called up forward Jonathan Drouin and the highly-touted rookie could make his NHL debut tonight. Drouin, the third overall pick of the 2013 draft, had missed training camp with a fractured right thumb. Tampa will continue their trek tomorrow night in Calgary before completing the swing with weekend dates in Winnipeg and Minnesota. Bishop expects to start tonight and is 2-0 with a 1.45 goals against average in three career games against the Oilers. Scrivens is 2-1-0 with a 3.08 GAA in four lifetime appearances versus Tampa. Oilers Projected Lines Forwards Hall Nugent-Hopkins Eberle Perron Draisaitl Purcell Pouliot Arcobello Yakupov Hendricks Gordon Joensu Defence Marincin Fayne Nikitin Schultz Ference Petry Goalie Scrivens Lightnings Projected Lines Forwards Palat Stamkos Callahan Killorn Filpula Johnson Kucherov Namesnikov Brown Morrow Boyle Connolly Defence Carle Stralman Sustr Garrisson Barberio Brewer Goalie Bishop Nike Shox Clearance .Former NBA forward Morris Peterson has been added to TSNs Toronto Raptors broadcast team. Nike Shox Uk Sale . Al Harrington, another former Knicks forward, scored 22 of his 24 points after halftime for the Nuggets, allowing them to withstand Anthonys attempt to rally the Knicks after his poor shooting had them behind until the final minutes of regulation. Anthony finished with 25 points and 10 rebounds, missing 20 of 30 shots in the Knicks sixth straight loss. http://www.nikeshoxuk.com/ . Lowry and the Raptors officially announced a four-year US$48 million dollar deal Thursday. The deal was reported last week but couldnt be made official until Thursday, when the moratorium on signings was lifted. "They were real factors. I did my homework. Cheap Nike Shox .Y. - Referee Ed Hochuli referred to replay official Tom Sifferman by his nickname Jungle Boy, which was heard on the in-stadium microphone during the Arizona Cardinals-Carolina Panthers NFC wild-card game Saturday. Cheap Nike Shox Uk . Catch all the action on TSN starting at 10:30pm et/7:30pm pt. Toronto won at Denver and Utah, but lost in Portland and Sacramento. The Kings loss was the most recent game for the Raptors.CHICOUTIMI, Que. - Christophe Lalonde scored twice and set up two more while Anthony Beauvillier added a goal and four assists as the Shawinigan Cataractes downed the Chicoutimi Sagueneens 6-2 on Friday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.Gabriel Slight also had a pair of goals for the Cataractes (25-17-2), who extended their win streak to six games.Samuel Hodhod and Reid Halabi scored for the Sagueneens (18-19-4).Shawinigans Marvin Cupper made 23 saves for the win as Julio Billia stopped 25-of-31 shots for Chicoutimi.The Cataractes went 3 for 5 on the power play while the Sagueneens scored once on three chances with the man advantage.---ISLANDERS 2 PHOENIX 0SHERBROOKE, Que. — Mason MacDonald stopped all 31 shots his way as Charlottetown blanked the Phoenix.Filip Chlapik and Alexandre Goulet supplied the offence for the Islanders (21-19-4).Evan Fitzpatrick turned away 26-of-28 shots for Sherbrooke (23-16-4).---FOREURS 10 TIGRES 2VICTORIAVILLE, Que. — Nicolas Aube-Kubel had two goals and three assists as Val-dOr hammered the Tigres to snap its three-game skid.Jan Mandat also had a pair of goals for the Foreurs (19-19-7) while Julien Gauthier, Vytal Cote, Anthony Beauregard, Jeremie Fraser and Alexis Pepin each had a goal and assist.Pascal Laberge scored both goals for Victoriaville (21-19-5). Chase Marchand allowed seven goals onn 40 shots before giving way to Olivier Tremblay, who stopped 9-of-12 shots in 17:17 of relief.dddddddddddd.---DRAKKAR 4 TITAN 1BAIE-COMEAU, Que. — Philippe Cadorette stopped 26 shots as the Drakkar handed Acadie-Bathurst its fourth loss in a row.Nicolas Meloche, Dzmitry Ambrozheichik, Jamie Clavet and Luca Ciampini found the back of the net for Baie-Comeau (24-13-7).Aaron Kerr scored the lone goal for the Titan (13-29-5), who got a 34-save outing from Reilly Pickard. ---ARMADA 8 WILDCATS 3BOISBRIAND, Que. — Nikita Jevpalovs and Philippe Bureau-Blais each scored twice as the Armada toppled Moncton.Emil Aronsson, Yvan Mongo, Alexander Katerinakis and Danick Martel also scored for Blainville-Boisbraind (26-12-5) while Samuel Montembault made 20 saves for the win.Will Smith, Ivan Barbashev and Bronson Beaton scored for the Wildcats (28-12-3). Alex Dubeau was pulled after letting four goals past on 13 shots in a period of action. Jason Rioux gave up four goals on 21 shots through the final 40 minutes.---OLYMPIQUES 4 HUSKIES 1GATINEAU, Que. — Alex Dostie scored twice and Francois Brassard made 28 saves as the Olympiques beat Rouyn-Noranda.Jake Coughler and Tommy Veillieux also scored for Gatineau (17-24-4).Alexandre Sills supplied the scoring for the Huskies (22-19-3) as Jeremy Belisle kicked out 25-of-29 shots in defeat.--- ' ' '