Edmonton Oilers Blow It in Anaheim… AGAIN + Jason Demers | Oilersnation Everyday with Tyler & Liam
Tyler and Liam are back with a heated recap after the Edmonton Oilers blew multiple leads in a frustrating 6–5 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on the road.
Edmonton jumped out to a 2–0 lead just nine minutes into the game, only to surrender two unanswered goals. The Oilers regained a two-goal cushion heading into the third period… and somehow still fell 6–5 by the final horn. Another night, another blown lead.
Tristan Jarry struggled again, allowing five goals on 20 shots before being pulled late in the third period. The guys dig into what went wrong defensively, the goaltending concerns, and why this continues to be a recurring issue. On the positive side, Matt Savoie had the game of his young career with a goal and two assists, providing a much-needed spark in an otherwise disappointing effort.
Former NHL defenceman Jason Demers joins the show to share his thoughts on the blown leads, the now-viral Connor McDavid interview question from Mark Spector, and his overall takeaways from the Winter Games. Plus, it’s a quick turnaround as the Oilers face the Los Angeles Kings tonight in the second half of a back-to-back — with both teams looking to bounce back after losses. Tyler and Liam preview the matchup and what needs to change immediately.
To close things out, the guys dive into what’s trending, answer your Spotify questions, and bring back the Gameday Betting Challenge powered by Bet365.
00:00: “It’s tough”
04:00: Oilers Blew it
07:15: Jarry sucked
09:00: Defence sucked
11:20: Game recap
12:00: Nurse needs fewer minutes
15:00: Refs sucked, but not an excuse
16:00: 2 players cost you the game
18:30: Deserve To Win Metre
22:00: Jarry’s Rebound control
26:20: Protect between the posts
27:00: Jason Demers joins the show
49:20: Department of Player Microphone Safety
57:00: Prioritizing partying over playoffs
58:00: Mock Trade
1:02:20: Dennis Burnstein joins the show
1:15:00: LA could trade for Thomas
1:15:45: Betting challenge
1:18:30: Would you undo the Jarry deal
1:25:30: Keys to victory
1:26:15: Goalie needs to give us a reason to believe
1:27:00: Forwards have another good game
1:29:15: No emergency recall
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19 comments
Darnell Freaking Nurse, Oilers have paid you much more you deserve. Please do your buddy, Mcdivid, a favor to win. Just retire now. Oilers fans will thank you.
What’s Jarry’s buyout in the off-season ? 😂
man, I sure do hope the fans that ran Skinner out of town love his replacement – you got what you wanted!
Jarry, The five million dollar Campbell curse. Hopefully he doesn’t have a mental breakdown? With Spec. Asking dumb questions like he did to Mcdavid it’s inevitable.
We wanted a 3-game winning streak so bad we weren't prepared to deal with the after effects of said winning streak (currently 4 L's in a row) 😭 Monkey's paw curled SO HARD LOL
I gotta say I don’t care for goalie play as well or not well. It’s a challenging position and they go through good times and tough times. Even the best look bad at times.
The thing that is making me lose my shit with Jarry is his passive aggressive horse shit post game interviews. I feel like we just took on a dressing room problem. If you’re on the team, how do you feel if you got a guy who every time he shits the bed as an interview with the media basically calling out everybody else in public. And it’s not like he’s a 10 year veteran of this team. It’s already proved himself to the guys in the room.
I run a small eBay store as a side hustle with sports cards. I always use you guys as something to listen too while I post or package cards! The show is much awesome and I always look forward to hearing what you guys have to say.
I will continue to raise this until there is real awareness around how Darnell Nurse’s play is impacting this team.
His gap control — both with and without the puck — is consistently off. He gives opposing players too much space, which leads to controlled entries and extended zone time. Away from the puck, he often looks unsure of his assignment and loses positioning.
With the puck, there is a noticeable level of panic. Instead of allowing plays to develop, he frequently shoots directly into the goalie’s chest or ices the puck without significant pressure. These aren’t isolated incidents — this has been a recurring pattern, not just this game and not just this season.
His physical play also lacks impact. He tends to hit high rather than driving through the body, which limits effectiveness and rarely separates the opponent from the puck.
At this stage in his career, awareness and decision-making are unlikely to dramatically improve. The issues we’re seeing are long-standing. In this particular game alone, he was directly involved in three goals against. While plus/minus isn’t a perfect metric, in this case it reflects a larger and consistent problem.
He also appears disengaged in media interactions, which doesn’t help public perception. Regardless of personal relationships within the team, accountability has to come from management and coaching.
It’s time for a serious evaluation and decisive action. As constructed, this team cannot reach its ceiling with this level of defensive play.
Personally I would rather see any other NHL defender at least they would try after they made a huge mistake at the end of the game instead he just stared at the player scoring the winner . It is time someone does something !!
Def remember the crew wanting Jarry and they saw the cost and that is when the comments stated to change. I just rewatched the could the Oilers trade for Jarry video and you guys are definitely fibbing to yourselves that you were not cheerleading for Jarry.
Nurse sbould wave his no trade clause so the oilers can trade him
They have the same save percentage right now him and Stu. His career save percentage is better than stus and has played 100 plus more games than him. Our d is shit right now we just got back from a break. I’m not giving up on jarry just yet stu was overly positive every game he played like shit and made excuses and drove us crazy as well. Jarry doesn’t look good but I still have hope Ingram is Dec and ungard or what ever his name is could maybe be a back up. Let’s go, kaps coming back we are getting a new big trade for sure before deadline bowman gets shit done regardless if it’s good or bad he can make moves he was also on usas team becuase of his skill set. Let’s stay positive davo and dri are exhausted and will pick it up when it really matters and the boys will follow. Bouch looks amazing this year as well and walman isn’t playing like a school girl anymore and give Paul Coffey some time with these guys
Jason said it the best becuase … he knows !
Shout-out to Paul Bissonette who said the Oilers are fucking fucked
It's ironic that Leon calls out the goaltending before the break then has the dumbest defensive play on the gwg last night in the first game back….slow clap for Leon 🤣
skinner would have lost that game too.
fire knobby and hire John Tortorella. trade jarry for binnington
Imagine trading a goalie that is a FA this summer for someone who has that same amount of term as McJesus. They will literally have to pay to get rid of him this summer instead of paying for a FA.
Put Paul Coffey in for a shift, then you'll see the value of Nurse.
were doomed!