Theo Peckham To Make Season Debut Tonight Against Wild

Jeffrey Chapman — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:41:30 +0000

Theo Peckham says he’ll play his first game of the season tonight, paired with fellow physical defenceman Mark Fistric

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Theo Peckham and Mark Fistric

Peckham and Fistric

Finkle and Einhorn

Fresh off a conditioning stint in OKC, the Oilers are going to throw Theo Peckham into the bottom pair tonight with Mark Fistric. Ideally, this should help to provide for some rough roads for opposing forwards. Whether or not this translates to helping keep goals out of the net remains to be seen. Peckham will likely be swinging at anything with a Wild logo on it, so it looks to at least be an entertaining set-up.

As a result of Theo Peckham getting slotted in, Ryan Whitney will be scratched

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Lennart Petrell is also scratched for tonight, but Krueger seems to think he’ll be a go for Saturday. Ryan Jones is getting closer to coming back to the fray, so things will get even more interesting on the bottom six in the coming days.

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Injury Updates for Teemu Hartikainen, Lennart Petrell, Ryan Jones

Jeffrey Chapman — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:16:10 +0000

Coach Krueger reports Teemu Hartikainen is not expected to miss any time. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports

Please recall this past Saturday. You may remember it as the one where the Oilers had 56 shots and came back from a three goal deficit.

That’s true, all that happened.

And, it was *nice*.

But, the Oilers had a couple of injuries. Those in fact, weren’t so nice.

Teemu Hartikainen went off with a shoulder injury due to a hit from Colorado’s Patrick Bordeleau during the second period. He didn’t return, raising some concern as to if (and how long) he’d miss any time.

Coach Krueger confirmed today that Hartikainen is not expected to miss any time, which is a pretty good bullet dodged by the Oilers.

As for Lennart Petrell (who took a puck to the head during warmup on Saturday), Krueger states that Petrell isn’t going on IR (yet), and he’s day-to-day due to some dizziness. Also of note: Ryan Jones might work his way back into the lineup by the weekend, as he was in and out of the fourth line at today’s practice.

With the exception of Shawn Horcoff, the Oilers have been fairly lucky with injuries. Eric Belanger was able to come back from two broken toes in a relatively quick fashion, and it sounds pretty good for Hartiakainen. With Ryan Jones possibly coming back by the weekend, it gives the Oilers a little bit of breathing room.