Leafs, Penguins poised for shootout http://about-sport.net/?p=10676... The slumping Toronto Maple Leafs could be hard-pressed to right their ship ”” not to mention shore up their porous defence ”” when they visit the streaking Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday (7:30 p.m. ET). Pittsburgh (5-3-0) has rebounded nicely from a slow start.
Oilers prevail over Canucks in shootout http://about-sport.net/?p=19264... Ales Hemsky and Shawn Horcoff negated Trevor Linden’s mark at scoring in the shootout as the Edmonton Oilers pulled abroad a 5-4 victory over the visiting Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.
Linden was Vancouver’s second skater of the shootout and outguessed Mathieu Garon, yet Hemsky and Horcoff replied accompanying goals on Roberto Luongo at the other end.
Edmonton had forfeited eight of its previous 11 meetings accompanying Vancouver, including four in a rank at Rexall Place.
Horcoff and Tom Gilbert provided one mark and one help each in regulation, time Marty Reasoner and Dustin Penner rounded abroad the scoring for the the Oilers (9-12-1), who halted a couple-game losing skid.
Hemsky contributed couple assists, and Garon made 20 saves in 65 minutes.
Alexander Edler and Markus Naslund each had a mark and an help for the Canucks (10-8-2), who have earned at smallest one point in seven rectilinear games.
Alex Burrows, on a breakaway, and Brad Isbister had the other goals.
Despite the setback, Vancouver is 5-1-2 in November.
accompanying files from the Canadian Press
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Gagner’s shootout winner leads Oilers to 3-2 Blackhawks defeat http://about-sport.net/?p=20442... EDMONTON - Sam Gagner scored the shootout winner like the Edmonton Oilers won their sixth shootout this time, defeating the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 forward Saturday night. Ales Hemsky and Marty Reasoner scored in adjustment for Edmonton time Jim Vandermeer and Duncan Keith responded for the Hawks.
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