The orange jerseys were on. The barn was dark. It was a late start from Edmonton. Everything could have been perefect. But the Oilers were flat, and they lost the game 4-2. Once again, Vladimir Tarsenko probably had the goal of the game.
Taylor Hall played his ass off, like a man possessed. He scored all by himself coming out of a faceoff to cut the lead to 3-2.
Hall took six shots and was +1 on the night, but the Oilers are just playing a flat game right now of mostly dumping the puck down the ice and then skating in circles. Todd Mclellan has not shaped these guys yet.
In five minutes of power play time, Connor Mcdavid failed to record a shot. I was underwhelmed by his game.
Once again, the next game is the big one. Saturday night in Calgary is the Battle of Alberta. It's time to get it going.
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