Will the Real Edmonton Oilers Please Stand Up: Win 7-2 Despite Being Outshot 39-19

Holy Smokes. The Oilers finally woke up. And in fine fashion, I might add.

I didn't watch this one because I was in class, but from what I hear, here's what happened:

Hemsky was a force all night

Penner was creating chances everywhere: drawing penalties, banging bodies, crashing the net, sniping wristshots...

Pouliot played like an NHL player, not an AHL callup - perhaps he is the guy who played with Sidney Crosby in Rimouski after all

Roloson was outstanding

Souray and Visnovsky played like the top pairing once again

Gagner played much better

Reddox continues to impress

I hope to acquire a copy of that game so that I can watch it for myself.

I have a few worries though. The Oilers were outshot 39-19. Horcoff said in the post game interview that the score didn't reflect how close the game was. Playing the devil's advocate, this could be the result of a few things:

A. Pascal LeClaire's ankle not being fully healed

B. The Oilers' superior offense

C. The Oilers' superior defense

D. The Oilers' superior goaltending

E. Luck

F. MacBlender finding the right chemistry, finally

G. The team waking up realising they had been shut out by Ty Conklin, of all people...

H. Unleashing the Penner within

I. Some combination of the things above

I know it reads a lot like a goddamn multiple choice exam, but I pray to God the answer is I and the combination is B,C,D,F,H, though if G is included it would help us get revenge against the Red Wings Thursday night at Rexall Place.

Maybe they woke up and realised that the loss of Fernando Pisani meant that the team would have to start putting in a group effort. Who knows.

There is doubt and rightfully so that we can win every game being outshot by 20 or more. Not every goalie not named LeClaire will give up 7 goals on 19 shots, unless the Oilers dynasty was revived tonight. Look to the Oilers putting the pedal to the metal against the Red Wings Thursday.

I will be in attendance with Suneil Parmar of Addicted to Oil and we will cheer on the Oilers from home ice. See you there hockey fans.