In the first Battle of Alberta of the season, in their own building, the Oilers looked like they no longer believe. (by SportsnetSpec)
so vastly superior in every aspect of the game Friday? Do they not celebrate Christmas? Do they not celebrate the holidays?
• Nugent-Hopkins getting bumped off a puck eight seconds into the game, that goes straight into the slot for a goal at the 11-second mark. A veteran player should be ready to play. Nugent-Hopkins was not. • We couldn’t spend enough words telling you how good Leon Draisaitl was for the first month of the season. Unfortunately, he appears to have read them all. This is too good a player to waltz around the ice leaving drop passes and opposition scoring chances in his wake. He’s too good to be on a 16-game run of minus nights . Draisaitl is minus-25 in his past 16 games, and was abysmal again on Friday.
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