EDMONTON – Beating the Florida Panthers 6-3 to complete their longest highway journey of the season ought to have given the Edmonton Oilers a lift again at dwelling on Tuesday.
Instead, a sellout crowd watched their group embarrass itself. And the boo birds returned.
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Losing 8-3 to the Dallas Stars marked the third time the Oilers gave up seven objectives this season, the one group within the NHL to take action. Stuart Skinner gave up 4 objectives on simply eight photographs within the first interval earlier than being pulled in favor of Calvin Pickard, who allowed 4 objectives on 22 photographs.
The Oilers’ tone-setter this recreation wasn’t Leon Draisaitl or Connor McDavid. It was 20-year-old Connor Clattenburg, who scored his first profession aim in his second profession recreation.
Edmonton has but to win greater than two video games in a row this season. That’s left them two factors behind the Utah Mammoth within the second wild-card spot, though Utah has two video games in hand.
McDavid advised the media this group hasn’t misplaced confidence, nevertheless it is aware of it should work out how you can come out with higher begins persistently.
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“We have to find a way to generate our own momentum, our own energy and find a way to get ourselves going,” McDavid stated.
Watch Avry Lewis-McDougall’s video column up above for extra about how the Oilers are struggling to maintain up with the Western Conference’s finest.
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