It really isn’t that hard to dissect what stood between the Edmonton Oilers and a point or two, against the Colorado Avalanche Sunday night: Special Teams. The Av’s were able to execute on the man advantage and the Oilers (to say the least) were not.
I could stop there, really, as that was the crux of it. However…
9 Things:
9. It had become inevitable, but with the regulation loss tonight, the Edmonton Oilers were officially eliminated from the playoff picture, and have now missed the post-season for 10 consecutive seasons.