It has not been easy, but for Edmonton Oilors now it is one, two, three.
After a hard start of the season after losing the Stanley Cup final to Florida Panthers, Oilors won a 3–2 win over Buffalo Sabers on Saturday, making them finished first in the Pacific region. Division with a record of 31–15–3, second in Western Conference and third in NHL.
Oilors’ goalkeeper Stuart Skinner said, “It is a great thing to secure the first place, who defended 39 for victory, 35 of which came in the last 40 minutes.
“We still have to play a lot of hockey. We have such a tough division that this is still a game of anyone, the marks are so close. For us, the mindset should be like this, obviously it is very good to stay in the first place, but let’s try to score some more points here and keep playing in the same way that we are playing and hopefully we move a little further with it. Can
“The way we are playing, he says a lot about the group and how mature we are and how much mental flexibility we have.”
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In the Admonton Pacific Division, the passive Vegas is one point above the Golden Nights, and the Western Conference-Agni is four points behind the Vinypeg Jets.
Oilors, who started the season 0–3 before getting their form, have now won 10 of their last 13 matches.
Oilors Forward Ryan Nugant-Hopkins said, “Obviously our goal is to keep scoring points and reach as much as possible.”
“It was nice to see this. There is still a long way to travel and apparently the work is not over here. We can keep getting better, but after what we have started, we should not be satisfied, but should be happy how much we have come. ”
Oilors’ head coach Chris Noblouch said last year’s playoffs showed the importance of domestic-arrest in the series.
“It is likely to make that path a little easier for us, whether it is to shorten the series or to make domestic ice in the event of Game 7 – we were quite lucky to win a game 7 on the road, but we did not win Second, “He said.” It helps you to reach the top. “
Admonton lost 2–1 without the services of captain and star forward Conner McDevid, who served a three-game suspension suspension to cross-check Conner Garland of Vancouver a week ago.
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