Predict The Score Challenge: Season Opener, EDM @ VAN Oct 11 2023

[Goalie29]

And, we're back.

 

Welcome to the (at least) 6th annual Predict The Score Challenge.  OK, I changed the name a little.  And I know the season doesn't start for several more days, but with Thanksgiving weekend coming up, this felt like a good day to kick this off.

 

If you haven't played before, this is a fun little game we play where we try to predict the outcome of each Canuck game for the season.  The one who makes the most correct predictions is the winner.

 

The challenge is simple.  For each Canucks game I will post a thread.  You predict the game winner, the final score of the game and who scores the game winning goal.  I will keep a running tally of the points through the entire season.  This will continue until the final game of the regular season, or until the Canucks are eliminated from the playoffs, or until the Canucks win the Stanley Cup, whichever comes last.  No betting is allowed.  Only bragging rights are on the line.  This is why I changed it to challenge from contest, no prizes.

 

Here are how the points work:

• If you get just the winning team correct, that's one point.
• If you get the final score correct, but the winning team wrong, that's one point.
• If you get both the winning team and the final score correct, that's three points.
• If you correctly predict the game winning goal scorer, that's one point.

 

Note - As the NHL does not count shootout goals as game winning goals, neither do I.  However, if instead of picking a GWG scorer, you correctly predict that the game will end in a shoot-out, that's one point.

 

If you get everything correct, you get a bonus point for a total of 5 points.  Points will increase after 28 games and 56 games.

All predictions MUST be posted before the drop of the puck or they will not be counted.  Also, do not edit your post after the puck has been dropped, and only one prediction per game.  If you accidentally post more than one prediction (it happens) I will only count the first one.

 

On occasion I will post bonus questions.  These will generally be of the 50/50 variety (but not always) so the odds of predicting it right are pretty good.  These will be worth 1 point.

 

I will post the leaderboard of everyone that has earned at least one point, in the following game's thread.  In the event of an error (it happens every year), please fire me a DM.  I keep very thorough records and am happy to correct any mistake I make.

 

Banter about predictions is fine, but please keep game discussions to the applicable GDT.

 

Congrats to previous winners:

• 2018-19 season @Roberts & @RogersTowell
• 2019-20 Covid interrupted season @FijianCanuck 
• 2020 Covid Bubble Playoffs  @Chickenspear
• 2020-21 season  @FijianCanuck
• 2021-22 season @Vintage Canuck
• 2022-23 season @Vintage Canuck

 

I haven't been able to find all previous winners on the new platform yet.  If any of the above have new user names, please let me know.

 

Let's get started.

Predict The Score Challenge:  EDM @ VAN Oct 11th 2023

 

 

Predict the winner, the score and the Game Winning Goal. (1pt each for individual predictions or 5pts for all three)

Bonus question - Who scores the first Canuck goal of the season? (1pt)

 

My predictions

 

Edmonton wins 4 - 2

Draisaitl with the GWG

Miller with the first Canuck goal

 

Good luck, and Go Canucks Go!  

 

[D.B Cooper]

3-1 Edmonton 

McDavid

Hogz

[Jess]

4-3 Oilers

McDavid with the GWG

Kuzmenko with the first Canuck goal

[grumpyone]

4-2 Canucks

Kuz gwg

Hughes first canucks goal. 

 

[6of1_halfdozenofother]

7-3 Canucks

EP40 with the hatty, the gwg, and the 1st Canuckleheader's goal.

[PhillipBlunt]

5-3 Canucks

GWG - Hronek

First Canucks goal - Miller

 

[DrJockitch]

5-1 Oilers. Bouchard with winner. EP for us. 

[Sophomore Jinx]

 5 - 2 EDM

 

GWG - McDavid

 

1st Nux goal - Huggy

[Hero11]

4-2 canucks

Hughes gwg

Pettersson 1st goal of the season

[Devron]

4-2 Coilers. Mcdavid 

 

Miller

 

Hope I’m wrong 

Edited October 6, 2023 by Devron

[timberz21]

4-3 OT Canucks win

 

EP

Miller

Blueger

Hronek

 

McDavid x2

Hyman

 

[RolexSub]

4-2 Oils 

McDavid GWG

Kuz First Goal

[smithers joe]

3 to 2 edmonton

 

garland and kuzmenko

 

mcdavid and drysidle with 2

[xMagnus]

Canucks 4-3 (S.O)

Hughes GWG in shootout

Miller first Canuck goal

[Roberts]

2 hours ago, Goalie29 said:

Congrats to previous winners:

• 2018-19 season @Roberts & @RogersTowell

[Rip The Mesh]

3 - 2 Canucks on OT.  

Miller.

[BCNeil]

4-2 Oilers

Drai

JT Miller

[John.Tallhouse]

4-2 Van 

Kuzzy GWG 

Beauvilly with 1st Canuck goal 

[gizmo2337]

5-2 Oilers
Draisaitl GWG
Hughes Canuck 1st goal

[Truefan99]

2 hours ago, Roberts said:

 

What have you won lately 

 

 

[Captkirk888]

3-2 Nucks

Garland GWG

Huggy with first

[Coconuts]

Edmonton wins 5-3

Draisaitl GWG

Pettersson scores the first Canucks goal of the season

 

Thanks for continuing this

[cripplereh]

4-3 us I say

[Roberts]

1 hour ago, Truefan99 said:

What have you won lately 

 

 

I was mentioned not once, but TWICE in @Huggy Bear's CDC farewell post. Not only that, I was the FIRST to be mentioned, and then, get this, I was mentioned AGAIN later on.

 

Also, since you asked, recently I won the contest for finding the worst sidewalk in Victoria  It appeared on Global News, Chek News, and was featured in the Times Colonist paper. I won $50, but being on the news for the first time in my life was a neat experience for sure.

[6of1_halfdozenofother]

17 minutes ago, Roberts said:

I was mentioned not once, but TWICE in @Huggy Bear's CDC farewell post. Not only that, I was the FIRST to be mentioned, and then, get this, I was mentioned AGAIN later on.

 

Also, since you asked, recently I won the contest for finding the worst sidewalk in Victoria  It appeared on Global News, Chek News, and was featured in the Times Colonist paper. I won $50, but being on the news for the first time in my life was a neat experience for sure.

 

Horry sheet!  You're so young!  For some reason, I thought of you as a grizzled old vet with tattoo sleeves and a big biker build.