Edmonton Oilers thumped in season-opener a second straight year

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EDMONTON — It was a familiar start to the NHL season for the Edmonton Oilers.

The Oilers were trounced 6-0 in their home-opener Wednesday by the Winnipeg Jets, after starting the 2023-2024 campaign in similar fashion when they were stomped 8-1 by the Vancouver Canucks."You just don’t want to believe that you are going to have a crappy start again.”

He allowed five goals on 13 shots and was pulled just past the mid-mark in favour of backup netminder Calvin Pickard. "I have been pulled before, I have let in five goals in a game before. You just don’t want to do it the first game. You don’t want to do it ever. I’ll just get better from this and move on.”

The Oilers overcame their early-season woes to reach Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final. Edmonton lost 2-1 in that game to to the Florida Panthers.

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