PS GDB #2 Oilers vs Islanders

For the 2nd night in a row, the Oilers dressed a trio of NHL veterans on the blueline. I missed the first half of the game, but I caught some of the highlights and the Oilers looked like they were out chancing the Islanders early on. The Oilers were unfortunate to be off the board for so long, Eberle hit the post on an open net and Hemsky got stoned by Lawson.

The Oilers PK looked sharp again, not allowing too many quality chances. Once again though, they faced a less than stellar PP grouping, though it did have Weight and Tavares.

After a pretty strong showing on the PP against Calgary, it went 0 for against the Islanders (though the Hemsky chance was generated on the PP off a nifty Gagner feed).

Both Deslauriers and Dubnyk continued their strong pre-season play. If this continues JDD will most likely get the nod as the backup this year, simply because that gives the Oilers more options. At this point, for JDD to lose the job his play would have to seriously decline (more so than Dubnyk being able to outplay him).