Khabibulin Starting Friday For Oilers: Nikolai Khabibulin will start in net for the Oilers Friday against the Kings, according to Dan Tencer of Oilers Radio. (Updated 03/31/2012)
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/27/12).
Fantasy Analysis
Nikolai Khabibulin earned a shutout in his lone outing against the Kings this season stopping all 19 shots they threw at him to up his career record against the club from Southern California to 20-11-2. (Updated 03/31/2012).
03/31/2012 00:17 Kings take over Pacific Division lead
Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist and the Los Angeles Kings took over the Pacific Division lead with a 4-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday.
03/22/2012 22:24 Lightning 3, Oilers 2 (SO)
Teddy Purcell scored in the sixth round of a shootout and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Thursday night.
Khabibulin's stay in Edmonton has been a bumpy one to say the least. He missed most of his first season with the club due to back surgery and then was arrested for DUI. Last season, he only played 47 games due to various injuries and ineffective play as his goals-against average was 3.40 with a save percentage of only 89 percent. Those numbers cost him a number of starts as Devan Dubnyk started to eat more and more into Khabibulin's playing time. Actually, Dubnyk may be the leading candidate to take over the starting job this season.
(Updated 10/4/11)
