Game Previews

Game Day #81: Kings @ Oilers Preview

Time: 6:30 PM

TV: TSN, Fox Sports West

Enemy reading: Copper & Blue

Oilers (projected) lineup:

Hall-Nugent-Hopkins-Eberle
Smyth-Gagner-Perron
Pitlick-Lander-Pinizzotto
Hendricks-Acton-Larsen

Marincin-Petry
Klefbom-Schultz
Fraser-Belov

Fasth

Kings (projected) lineup:

Gaborik-Kopitar-Williams
King-Carter-Toffoli
Pearson-Stoll-Brown
Clifford-Richards-Lewis

Muzzin-Voynov
Mitchell-Martinez
Campbell-Greene

MARTIN JONES MARTIN JONES

Game Notes:

Somewhere along the way, I missed a game and so I thought this was game 80 but it is not. I know! I am as disappointed in myself as you are. I am now going to proceed to put absolutely no effort into the following preview.
In a shocking turn of events, I care even less about this game against the Oilers than I cared about the two previous games against the Flames and the Canucks. (Sorry, Jordan Eberle. You are still my personal hero.)
Uhh.
The Edmonton Oilers are a "professional hockey team", I believe? Many of their "hockey players" are injured. The rest of them are "not good" at hockey.
My friend is sitting beside me on my couch, shouting "LOOK AT YOUR FOURTH LINE COMPARED TO THEIR FIRST LINE." I think that is pretty much all that needs to be said. (Sorry again, Jordan Eberle.)
Let's all take a moment to laugh at Manhattan Beach refugee Ryan Smyth.
~Fun With Numbers~ from Extra Skater. The Oilers are really bad. They should trade Nail Yakupov to the Kings for Kyle Clifford and a third round pick. That only seems fair.
Prediction: Kings win.
WHAT. EVER.