After struggling for much of the year to string more than two wins together, Edmonton appears to be settling into a groove at the right time.<\/p>\n
With victories over Utah, Vegas, Anaheim, and now Seattle, the Oilers are now just two points back of the Ducks for the top spot in the Pacific Division<\/a>.<\/p>\n Max Jones opened the scoring five minutes into the first period, and Kasperi Kapanen extended the lead to 2-0 later in the frame. Edmonton shut things down from there, with Connor McDavid adding an empty-net goal in the final few minutes of the third.<\/p>\n Connor Ingram, who turned 29 on Tuesday<\/a>, was the star for the Oilers, stopping all 27 shots he faced for his second shutout of the season.While the win was Edmonton\u2019s fourth in a row<\/a>, it was Seattle\u2019s seventh straight game without a regulation win. Despite picking up just four points in that stretch, the Kraken remain in the playoff mix, sitting two points back of the second wild-card spot with two games in hand.What they said\u2026<\/p>\n Edmonton head coach Kris Knoblauch on the Oilers succeeding with a simple game\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cOur game isn\u2019t sexy right now, it\u2019s not fancy. It\u2019s just a lot of little things, and that\u2019s usually the difference between winning and losing.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have six defencemen and 12 forwards each night who are doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n Oilers goaltender Connor Ingram on picking up his second shutout of the season\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe more you play, the easier it\u2019s gonna get. I thought everybody in front of me did a great job today. I didn\u2019t really have to do much back there. Maybe that bad bounce on the PK that kicks out to the slot, but other than that, I thought everybody in front of me made my job really easy.\u201d<\/p>\n Edmonton winger Max Jones on how the Oilers are hitting their stride late in the season\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cEverybody expects at this point in the season to know where you\u2019re at and know what you need to be doing on the ice, so I feel like you can see it out there. Guys are playing the way that they know that they should be, and we\u2019re playing great. It\u2019s fun to be a part of outside of the ice and just being in the locker room.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like ever since we had the conversation about just everyone stepping up a bit, it seems like everyone\u2019s kind of just doing a little bit extra out there. The start of the game was pretty evident. You saw how fast it was and how fast we were playing, and just playing simple. That carried throughout the whole game.\u201d<\/p>\n Seattle head coach Lane Lambert on what went wrong for the Kraken in their loss to the Oilers\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI thought there were some good things. We know that they are a bit of a handful in the offensive zone. I thought we, for the most part, kept their opportunities to a minimum. I think we had some, not a lot, but we had some good enough chances to score. It was a low-scoring game and we didn\u2019t convert on our opportunities.<\/p>\n \u201cIt clearly wasn\u2019t the start we wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n Kraken forward Jared McCann on the team struggling to score goals during their recent funk\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI thought we had some good looks. It\u2019s easy to be negative when the puck\u2019s not going in but we\u2019re going to keep pushing and keep moving forward.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s easy to say we\u2019re just not scoring and that\u2019s why we\u2019re losing. I feel like we\u2019re doing a lot of other good things that are creating good offence, like playing well defensively, but we\u2019re just not finding the back of the net right now.\u201d<\/p>\n Up next\u2026The Oilers continue their four-game homestand<\/a> on Thursday against Chicago, followed by a visit from Vegas on Saturday.Next week, Edmonton heads out for its final road trip<\/a> of the season, with stops in Utah, San Jose, and Los Angeles. After that, they\u2019ll host Colorado and Vancouver to close out the regular season.PRESENTED BY SOUTHVIEW ACURA![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775130882_138_image.webp\"\/)
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