The Edmonton Oilers win their first regular season game of the year.
The Edmonton Oilers just earned their first win of the season. With a decisive 6-1 victory over the Nashville Predators to go 1-2 in the first three games of 2023-24. With this victory Oiler fans can now breath a sigh of relief.
Mattias Ekholm was engaged all night. In 19:13 of time on ice he had three shots, three hits and one block.
Jack Campbell was locked in. He made 42 saves and only allowed one goal against. That works out to .977 save percentage.
Leon Draisaitl had two goals and two assists in 21 minutes. In the process, he took over the lead for the most all-time power play goals for the Oilers.
Warren Foegele made good on his new top-six assignment - netting a goal and assist. He's the first player outside of everyone on the first power play unit to score a goal.
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