The Edmonton Oilers had the second best team on the ice, tonight, on paper, at least. Their lineup has been decimated by injuries, including Matt Hendricks, who left early in the 1st Period. But this patch-work lineup did a lot of little things right, got great goaltending, and got the game winner from a generational talent on a breathtaking rush. Good stuff.
9 Things:
9. The Edmonton Oilers were really terrible on the road early in the year (7 wins in 32 games), it was only their home record that extended their post-season hopes for a while.