The Edmonton Oilers‘ profitable streak ended at 16 video games on Tuesday evening as they misplaced, 2-1, to the Vegas Golden Knights.
That left the Oilers one sport in need of the NHL document (17 video games) which was set by the Pittsburgh Penguins throughout the 1992-93 season.
Chandler Stephenson’s purpose simply two minutes into the third interval was the game-winner for the Golden Knights.
William Karlsson added an empty-net purpose later within the interval to place the sport away for the defending Stanley Cup champions.
Though the Oilers ended up lacking the document, it was nonetheless an unbelievable run that has performed a giant function in serving to to show their season round after a sluggish begin.
The Oilers’ streak started on Dec. 21 with a 6-3 win over the New Jersey Devils.
In the course of the streak, the Oilers scored 62 objectives (3.8 objectives per sport) and outscored their opponents by a 62-24 margin.
Connor McDavid was the workforce’s prime level producer throughout the streak with 26 factors (9 objectives, 17 assists) in 16 video games, whereas Leon Draisaitl had 23 (10 objectives, 13 assists) and Zach Hyman added 12 objectives.
The Oilers have been one of many league’s most disappointing groups by means of the primary month of the season with a 2-9-1 document of their first 12 video games, ensuing within the firing of head coach Jay Woodcroft. He was changed by Kris Knoblauch.
Since that sluggish begin, the Oilers at the moment are 27-7-1 and have two totally different profitable streaks of at the very least eight video games. They’re now in a strong playoff place within the Western Convention and might flip their focus to the upcoming NHL commerce deadline on March 8 and pursue the franchise’s first Stanley Cup because the 1989-90 season.