The Edmonton Oilers got a better balanced attack, Monday night, on the way to a relatively rare regulation win, 4-2 in Florida, in front of a whole bunch of empty red bleachers. The 2 points are essential in keeping the Oilers in the playoff race, but the win did come at a price yet again. We’ll get to that sobering news in a moment.
9 Things:
9. Iiro Pakarinen did not get a point on the score sheet, but he was terrific tonight. It is games like this that may preserve his NHL job when the Oilers finally get healthy (if that EVER happens).