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Lord Thunderin’ Weber! The NHL’s Hardest Shooter Again?

Stamkos

Of course they’d put Thunder God Shea Weber last AND give him an extra shot in front of the home crowd to see if he could break the human Titan Zdeno Chara’s record (108.8mph)… He was THAT close to doing it too… Check it out below! Don’t worry about the preview if it’s not visible. The video works I assure you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q57xaI7G68c

I was surprised guys like Dustin Byfuglien, Seguin and Aaron Ekblad didn’t have harder shots and equally shocked that Stamkos and Malkin had shots that were that hard. Maybe Stamkos not so much but still, 103mph is ridiculously awesome. Why doesn’t he score more? Maybe he should play more wing…

Participants/Results (from NHL.com):

East:

Aaron Ekblad, Florida Panthers / 93.4 MPH

Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins / 97.0 MPH

Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning / 103.9 MPH

P.K. Subban, Montreal Canadiens / 102.3 MPH

West:

Dustin Byfuglien, Winnipeg Jets / 99.6 MPH

Tyler Seguin, Dallas Stars / 95.0 MPH

John Scott / 95.9 MPH

Shea Weber, Nashville Predators / 108.1 MPH

Weber wins event

Edmonton Oilers, NHL, Zach Laing

Game Two Preview: Oilers @ Predators

GAME TWO VS NASHVILLE

TALE OF THE TAPE:

Game: Edmonton Oilers (0-1-0) @ Nashville Predators (1-0-0)

Location: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee

Time: 5:00 PM MT

Where to find it: TV – CITY, FS-TN, Radio – 630 CHED

Edmonton Oilers Preview:

After suffering a tough loss in the first game of the season at the hands of the St. Louis Blues, look for the Oilers to come out strong and bounce back. Oilers Head Coach put the lines in the blender, and are giving Connor McDavid a look alongside Benoit Pouliot and Lauri Korpikoski.

For the Oilers to win tonight, they need to capitalize offensively and start the game strong – two things that didn’t happen during the Blues game. Cam Talbot starts his second game in a row, and had a fantastic debut vs the Blues, stopping 28 of 30 shots in the 3-1 loss.

The otherside:

Nashville also changed its lines at practice following a 2-1 win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday. Calle Jarnkrok moved to the top line with Mike Ribeiro and Filip Forsberg, and James Neal skated with Cody Hodgson and Viktor Arvidsson, who scored his first NHL goal. Rinne, who made 25 saves, is expected to play again for the Predators, who don’t play back-to-back games until Oct. 31- Nov. 1. After two games at home, Nashville begins a three-game road trip Tuesday against the New Jersey Devils. – oilers.nhl.com

Line Combos c/o Daily Faceoff:

Oilers:

Taylor Hall – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Teddy Purcell
Benoit Pouliot – Connor McDavid – Lauri Korpikoski
Anton Slepyshev – Anton Lander – Nail Yakupov
Matt Hendricks – Mark Letestu – Rob Klinkhammer

Oscar Klefbom – Justin Schultz
Andrej Sekera – Mark Fayne
Andrew Ference – Eric Gryba

Cam Talbot

Preds: 

Filip Forsberg – Mike Ribeiro – James Neal
Colin Wilson – Mike Fisher – Craig Smith
Viktor Arvidsson – Cody Hodgson – Calle Jankrok
Eric Nystrom – Paul Gaustad – Gabriel Bourque

Roman Jose – Shea Weber
Mattias Eklhom – Ryan Ellis
Barret Jackman – Seth Jones

Pekka Rinne