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“They came out hot, and we weren’t ready to match that,” defenceman Josh Morrissey told reporters in Edmonton.
Published Dec 07, 2025 • Last updated 23 minutes ago • 4 minute read
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Winnipeg Jets’ Morgan Barron (36) and Edmonton Oilers’ Evan Bouchard (2) battle in front as goalie Stuart Skinner (74) makes the save during third period NHL action, in Edmonton on Saturday, December 6, 2025. The Jets surrendered four first-period goals in a 6-2 loss. Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson /Winnipeg SunArticle content
The Edmonton Oilers lit a fuse early on, and the Jets responded with zero spark.
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Winnipeg allowed four first-period goals in an eventual 6-2 loss at Rogers Place on Saturday night.
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“They came out hot, and we weren’t ready to match that,” defenceman Josh Morrissey told reporters in Edmonton.
Two ways to earn a win in this Saturday night special were to capitalize at 5-on-5, while holding serve on the penalty kill.
After all, the Jets were 53-53 in goals for and against at even strength. Consequently, the Oilers were minus 16 in 5-on-5 situations, allowing 70 goals in 28 games. The Oilers’ power play scored four times in the 9-4 win over the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night. The Jets’ power play entered the game on a 0-10 slide over the last five games.
Well, that didn’t work either way as Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Leon Draisaitl and Matt Savoie scored even-strength goals before the period was eight minutes old. And Evan Bouchard notched a power-play goal with a blast from the blue line at 13:31 to complete the onslaught.
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“(We knew) they (were) going to come hard and we didn’t respond in the right way,” head coach Scott Arniel said.
And just like the scoreline, the raw numbers heavily favoured Edmonton in the opening stanza.
The Oilers outshot the Jets 16-5. According to Natural Stat Trick, the Oilers generated eight high danger chances in the first period, while the Jets manufactured one. Heading into league action on Saturday, Edmonton was 6-1-3 when leading after one period of action. The Jets were 1-6-0 when trailing after one period of play.
“It obviously wasn’t what we wanted,” Mark Scheifele said. “They’re a good team. With us playing Friday night (against the Buffalo Sabres), the Oilers got on us early. That’s usually what you have to do against a team that’s coming back-to-back, especially with travel.”
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Not an excuse, though.
“We have to be better,” Scheifele said.
The Jets have lost five of their last seven road games. After beginning the season with four consecutive road wins, they are 3-8-1 as the visitors. They are 2-6-1 since Connor Hellebuyck was placed on the IR late last month.
After a 34-save performance in a 4-1 triumph over the Sabres, Comrie didn’t last beyond the first period. He stopped 12 of 16 shots before getting the hook for Thomas Milic to start the second. The banishment to the bench for the Jets number one was the second time it has happened in six games
“We hung Comrie out to dry in that first period,” Scheifele said.
For the second consecutive game, Scheifele had a potential goal called back due to an offside. His second–period ripper off the crossbar was nullified as was his third-period marker on Friday night.
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Two of the goals occurred with Edmonton forwards working to gain inside positioning prior to finding the back of the net.
Nugent-Hopkins beat Alex Iafallo to the right post before swatting home a rebound exactly three minutes in. Savoie fought through an Adam Lowry checking attempt before batting home a rebound at 7:24. The Savoie goal was helped along by an ill-fated Cole Perfetti pass to no one in particular near the Edmonton blue line, with the puck going the other way in an instant.
Draisaitl’s goal was a breakaway marker at 4:37 as he got behind Neal Pionk and Dylan Samberg, who were spaced too far apart in the neutral zone, allowing Draisaitl to exploit the gap before hustling in alone on Comrie.
“We talked about the first 10 minutes, that we had to be smart about how we did things,” Arniel said. “Mentally and physically, we weren’t ready to go. I’ll take responsibility for that. But, you know, we do a terrible line change, they get an opportunity to get a rebound, put it in. Next time, we give up a breakaway with our defencemen outside the circle, then we do a turnover in the neutral zone. That’s the mental side of things, that’s the stuff, the details, especially, like I mentioned, the first 10 minutes.”
“That is where little details matter,” Morrissey added. “You can’t make excuses in this league. You have to find ways to win games and get extra points and things like that when you are in a tough schedule. And you can’t let mistakes compound and end up in the back of your net.”
Gabe Vilardi and Cole Koepke scored for the Jets in the third period. Milic allowed two goals on 11 shots.
Curtis Lazar and David Tomasek also scored for the Oilers. Stuart Skinner turned aside 19 shots for the victory.
The Jets host Dallas on Tuesday night. The Stars beat the Jets 5-4 in the home opener on Oct. 9.
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