EDMONTON-- The Edmonton Oilers intend to look back on the 2023 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic against the Calgary Flames at Republic Arena on Sunday as a very early pivotal moment to their season. The Oilers go into the outdoor game having shed four right following a 3-0 loss to the New york city Rangers at Rogers Place on Thursday. It was Edmonton's second straight video game without captain Connor McDavid, who received an upper-body injury in a 3-2 overtime loss versus the Winnipeg Jets on Oct. 21. The complying with day, the Oilers said McDavid would be out 1-2 weeks, however he has actually not been eliminated of playing in the Heritage Classic Brett Howden Jersey. " I can inform you as a trainer you take a look at that as two points that are on the table," Edmonton coach Jay Woodcroft said complying with the loss Thursday, "and now, we remain in search of 2 points. Not one factor, not zero points-- two points. " The way I always considered that video game is that I would manage it when we pertained to it. The very first seven video games of the season are done and our focus gets on Game 8. It is outdoors, there is mosting likely to be a great deal of excitement in the city, it's something different. " Our hope is that maybe that is something that jump-starts us, that obtains us all on the same page here in functioning with each other to attempt and find those two points. " The Oilers were thought about a Stanley Cup contender entering the season, making few adjustments to the lineup that finished 50-23-9 last season, great for second location in the Pacific Department, two points behind the ultimate Mug champion Vegas Golden Knights. Edmonton was the highest-scoring group in the NHL led by McDavid, that won the Hart Prize elected as League MVP, and center Leon Draisaitl. McDavid won the scoring race last period with 153 factors-- each an NHL career high-- in 82 games and Draisaitl finished second with an Organization career-high 128 points in 80 games. So much this period, Draisaitl has 11 points in 7 video games and McDavid has eight factors in 5 games. The Oilers are seventh in the Pacific, 11 factors behind the first-place Golden Knights, that eliminated Ed
EDMONTON-- The Edmonton Oilers intend to look back on the 2023 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic against the Calgary Flames at Republic Arena on Sunday as a very early pivotal moment to their season. The Oilers go into the outdoor game having shed four right following a 3-0 loss to the New york city Rangers at Rogers Place on Thursday. It was Edmonton's second straight video game without captain Connor McDavid, who received an upper-body injury in a 3-2 overtime loss versus the Winnipeg Jets on Oct. 21. The complying with day, the Oilers said McDavid would be out 1-2 weeks, however he has actually not been eliminated of playing in the Heritage Classic Brett Howden Jersey. " I can inform you as a trainer you take a look at that as two points that are on the table," Edmonton coach Jay Woodcroft said complying with the loss Thursday, "and now, we remain in search of 2 points. Not one factor, not zero points-- two points. " The way I always considered that video game is that I would manage it when we pertained to it. The very first seven video games of the season are done and our focus gets on Game 8. It is outdoors, there is mosting likely to be a great deal of excitement in the city, it's something different. " Our hope is that maybe that is something that jump-starts us, that obtains us all on the same page here in functioning with each other to attempt and find those two points. " The Oilers were thought about a Stanley Cup contender entering the season, making few adjustments to the lineup that finished 50-23-9 last season, great for second location in the Pacific Department, two points behind the ultimate Mug champion Vegas Golden Knights. Edmonton was the highest-scoring group in the NHL led by McDavid, that won the Hart Prize elected as League MVP, and center Leon Draisaitl. McDavid won the scoring race last period with 153 factors-- each an NHL career high-- in 82 games and Draisaitl finished second with an Organization career-high 128 points in 80 games. So much this period, Draisaitl has 11 points in 7 video games and McDavid has eight factors in 5 games. The Oilers are seventh in the Pacific, 11 factors behind the first-place Golden Knights, that eliminated Ed