Tonight was a good illustration of how different this year’s edition of the Edmonton Oilers is superior to last year’s. Yes, it was a 4-2 loss. But the Rangers scored their 4th into an empty net, in a game where the Oilers stayed right with New York, until the dying seconds, in the 2nd of back-to-back games.
I’ve seen far, far worse from this club. 9 Things:
9. First, I was impressed with how Luke Gazdic performed, when elevated onto the line with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jordan Eberle.