Oilers shut out Canucks

Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers 0-3 (0-1, 0-1, 0-1) 

Edmonton made no changes up front, but Anton Babchuk returned, forcing bruiser Nolan Yonkman out of the lineup.

The home fans were pleased to see that Edmonton were better defensively than had been the case in Vancouver two days ago. Following a big hit, Adam Hall added his first ever goal as an Oiler, directing Laich's slap pass into the net. Khabibulin had an outstanding game, saving 38 shots for a shutout. A sad note was Dustin Penner's second period injury, which turned out to be a knee injury that would keep him out for about ten days.

"We showed a lot of character in this game, but I'm afraid this result will not necessarily be mirrored in other games we are outshot by 38 to 25 in. We need to reduce the shots against a bit, but our defensive game did not allow many big chances, which is really the essence of the win."

It is expected that Swedish winger Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson will be called up if Penner is out for any length of time.

Scoring Summary
1st period: 
EDM - Hall (Laich, Gilbert)

2nd period: 
EDM - Tangradi (Brule)

3rd period: 
EDM - Hemsky (Fowler)

Lines:
Penner - Gagner - Hemsky
Tangradi - Cogliano - O'Sullivan 
Moore - Laich - Hall
Axelsson - Falardeau - Brule

Babchuk - Visnovsky
Fowler - Gilbert
Smid - Plante


Khabibulin
(Hiller)