The Winnipeg Jets lost 5-1 to the Edmonton Oilers in NHL action

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Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Leon Draisaitl and Matt Savoie scored even-strength goals before the period was eight minutes old. Evan Bouchard then notched a power-play goal later on to finish the onslaught.

Published Dec 06, 2025 • 2 minute read

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Jets Edmonton The Edmonton Oilers’ Matt Savoie (22) is stopped by the Winnipeg Jets’ goalie Thomas Milic (32) during third period NHL action at Rogers Place, in Edmonton Saturday Dec. 6, 2025. The Oilers won 6-2. Photo by Photo by David Bloom /Winnipeg SunArticle content

Before the Jets knew what hit them, they were knocked flat by the slick Oilers.

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The Jets allowed four first-period goals in a 6-2 loss in Edmonton on Saturday evening.

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Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Leon Draisaitl and Matt Savoie scored even-strength goals before the period was eight minutes old. Evan Bouchard then notched a power-play goal later on to finish the onslaught.

Edmonton improved to 7-1-3 when leading after one period of action. The Jets are 1-7-0 when trailing after one period of play.

Naturally, the analytics heavily favoured the home team.

Edmonton outshot the Jets 16-5 in the first period and, according to Natural Stat Trick, the Jets generated one high danger chance in the first period, while allowing eight high danger chances to home side.

Eric Comrie didn’t last beyond the first period. Comrie stopped 12 of 16 shots in 20 minutes of action.

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The four goals allowed were the most the team has surrendered in a period this season.

Gabe Vilardi and Cole Koepke scored for the Jets in the third period. Koepke scored his first goal of the season in a 4-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night. Mark Scheifele has his second-period goal called back for offside. Scheifele also had a third-period goal against the Sabres nullified due to an offside call.

Comrie started his fourth game in six days. He earned the win over the Sabres on Friday night. Thomas Milic took over to start the second period. Milic allowed two goals on 11 shots.

Curtis Lazar and David Tomasek also scored for the Oilers. The last time the Oilers scored four goals in the first period was against the Carolina Hurricanes in December of 2023. With their nine-goal outburst against the Kraken on Thursday night, the Oilers have now scored 15 goals in their last two games.

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Stuart Skinner turned aside nine shots through 40 minutes and 19 of 21 overall.

The Jets host the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night.

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Colin Miller, Gustav Nyquist, and Elias Salomonsson were scratched.

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The Oilers opened the game with three consecutive goals, two of the markers occurring with Edmonton forwards skating for inside positioning prior to finding the back of the net with rebound goals. Nugent-Hopkins beat Alex Iafallo to the right post before cashing home the rebound from a Connor McDavid shot on goal. Savoie then fought through Adam Lowry’s checking attempt before swatting home a rebound from a Mattias Ekholm shot.

Well, it is official now.

Prior to the puck drop, the NHL, the Jets and the Montreal Canadiens offcially announced the 2026 NHL Heritage Classic.

The game will be played at Princess Auto Stadium on Oct. 25. No scheduled time has been announced.

This will be the third outdoor game for Winnipeg. The Jets are 1-1-0 in outdoor regular-season action. The Jets defeated the Calgary Flames 2-1 in overtime in 2019 at Mosaic Stadium in Regina and Jets lost 3-0 to the Oilers at Princess Auto Stadium in 2016.

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