Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers continue their longest road trip of the season with a stop in Washington to take on Alex Ovechkin and the Capitals tonight. The Oilers desperately need to find a way to grab two points tonight. They go up against the NHL’s best goaltender so it’s not going to be easy. Austin Hockey breaks it all down in today’s Pre-Game Report! #oilers #edmontonoilers #nhl
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39 Comments
This team just makes me want to cry. I already don’t have much to believe in my life. Maybe I invest too much into this team to feel some worth in myself. Thanks for the update on the team. I feel like watching this game would just make me feel more depressed
We need some vibes injected in this lineup. Likely leave Bako as is for now as their vibes are building nicely.
Get the boys to bond doing something and challenge them. Sprinkle in some passing and breakout drills while you’re at it!
I don’t know if Pickard is going to make it back to Edmonton so maybe start heating up the calls around the league.
goaltending goaltending goaltending,, PS trent Fredrick should stay home
Everyone expects us to lose, so maybe we won't. Maybe Dark Stu will be inspired by the matchup between himself and the guy taking his spot on Team Canada!
Caps, 7-3. More corporate slop
We need Clatenburg to come up and show Freddy how to play hard n wild! That line would be the wrecking crew with Hymie, Clat and Freddy!
Knoblauch has to go. Enough of his chaos hockey
I honestly don't think the lines matter. Only McDrai are able to score with the shackles on them. Get me back to back losses and get deboer in here already
Seriously, in regards to Bakersfield, I have one thing to say: #64 Connor Clattenburg
Not gonna happen for the Oilers team 2knight!
Mangiapane, frederic, Henrique, Janmark – all useless
Nurse on line 1 D ☠️
They will probably lose tonight it’s hard to imagine theyll win, but we’ll see
In Austin we trust 🫡
Wow… If actual lines look like this… What a chaos! Anyway, things cannot get worse, so let's see what happens tonight. Who knows, maybe the changes work somehow as a motivation for some of the players. That said, I have lately no faith in this team…
no way i'm watchin this, highlights only lol. Want oilers to win, but damn. Somebody gonna save this team? Katz? Fire the whole freakin management!!! Save us from this torture lol. Skinner in net again, damn
I've been liking the Condors lately
We've had the worst defense in the league and it takes Knobbers 20 games to finally make defense line changes when he changes forward lines every shift.
Walman played poorly in Buffalo but pushing him to 3rd pairing doesn't make sense, Kulak doesn't deserve 2nd pairing. I've always supported Bouchard/Nurse pairing, let them go offense and pair Eckholm with Walman for shut down defense.
Now that coffey is gone knob is proven not to be an nhl coach. But I've been saying that since he arrived. Since 79 -80 season i have only despised 2 oilers coaches. Tippett and knob. What was jeff (liver-lips) Jackson thinking?
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Call up Clattenberg for the rest of the road trip!
Mangiapane ( – 15 ) 😜 "GREAT" performance this year😂😂second line ?
and Hyman with boring checkers "Frederic /Henrique" ? KNOB must be fired ASAP !
Gavin McKenna to the Oilers! 🥳😭
Picks will do great tomorrow
He was terrible all season, but tomorrow if he plays he will play amazing.
I just always assume we’re gonna lose now. Smfh. Sick of watching.
I seriously hope you are incorrect about 5-2 Austin, I predict 4-3 Oilers in regulation! I think tonight is a must win. Do not think putting Hyman on the 3rd line is that bad of an option, although it all starts with much better puck management in the defensive zone…
So disappointed with the Oil…..It's like "1 step forward 2 steps back". Nurse is a blight we can't get rid of "He never shows up anymore". We have no agitators or defense and Skinner is not always the prob so this sounds harsh but I don't see them beating the Caps let alone qualifying for playoffs at this point. I pray I'm wrong but change has to come.
Another snooze fest incoming boys 😎
hyman on line 3 – balance lines due to knobs excel sheet … let's see if this holds past their first shift
My hot take is that Stu has been perfectly fine… +1.5 saved above expected, it’s more the team in front of him – that defensive structure is some of the worst I have ever seen from this team.
Oilers need to pick up Johnathan quick.
I think the Oilers will win tonight just to mess some more with our mental stability.
Thanks for giving me the final score before the game is played.
I'll have to change my evening plans…😅.
Warum werden die Reihen wieder gewechselt 😉 Und sollte nicht aufgabe der def, def sein – egal ob nurse oder bouchard – die stehen in der def. wie ein retner beim kaffeetrinken – kaum checks – keiner vor dem tor wir mal entfernt und frederic = ahl
Seeing some comments online, I seriously don't understand how some fans out there will blame literally everyone except Knoblauch and his weak offensive system. I understand why he would be worried about conceding goals with Bouchard, the most awful version of Darnell Nurse and subpar goaltending. However, I feel like there is no way to make them a defensively solid team. He's doing literally all he can to make the defense work (it's not working) but the offense has grinded to a halt (an offense that has the most gifted player the game has seen in a very long time AND Draisaitl). Ofc the players need to wake up but some people out there have a better save percentage than our goalies when it comes to defending Knoblauch.
Not even gunna bother watching this loss, i think. Why put the effort and time in when this team sure won't.
"Starting somewhere" and "showing emotion" won't help if Knob's coaching tactic is to shoot low danger shots. It fails at the outset
That's it. I'm so done with this idiot coach. He is completely clueless
Trying to keep the faith but very hard to watch them right now. Too many passengers and Knob looks out of his depth.
I still think nurse should be a winger. This would be a good time to try him on Connors wing since we have 7 defenceman dressed 🤷
Give Jarventie a call up he is doing well
Oilers 3-2