His goal was one of three the Oilers would score en route to their 3-1 victory over the Hawks, putting the team in a spot many thought was impossible just two weeks ago: one where they could win their division for the first time since 1986-87.<\/p>\n
The Oilers have rattled off five-straight wins to put themselves in such a spot, clicking at the right time while doing it without superstar Leon Draisaitl, and with an inept power play that looks none-the-same without the Deutchland Dangler in his office. But the team has prevailed, in large part due to their goaltending.<\/p>\n
Connor Ingram and Tristan Jarry have combined for a .935 save percentage (SV%) over this five-game winning streak, providing the Oilers with the second-best mark in the league over any team\u2019s previous five games. Jarry, who backstopped Edmonton to wins over Utah and Chicago, has allowed three goals against on 33 shots, for a .917 Sv%. Ingram, who had wins against Vegas, Anaheim and Seattle, has allowed five goals on 98 shots for a .944 Sv%, including a shutout.<\/p>\n
The crease has seemingly stabilized for the Oilers at the right time and now, with six games to go, the team can control their fate.<\/p>\n
What they said\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not something that I\u2019ve been putting extra pressure on myself to do, but it\u2019s certainly nice to go and get one and finally get back on the board.\u201d<\/p>\n
Matt Savoie on Edmonton\u2019s winning streak\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cOur group\u2019s just been really attentive these past few weeks. I think we\u2019re really buying in. Obviously, we know how important this time of year is and the push we have to make the playoffs and give ourselves a really good spot in the standings. So guys know how big a time of year it is, and guys are digging in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kris Knoblauch on the Oilers penalty kill\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s looking very good. Having two really good penalty killers in Dickinson and Murphy, they\u2019ve been a really big part of that, and then just everybody blocking shots. Your most important penalty killer is your goaltender, and you saw the Grade-A chance that we gave up at the end of the first period. He came up with a huge one there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Up next\u2026<\/p>\n
The Oilers host the Golden Knights Saturday night (8 p.m. MT), before embarking on a three-game road trip next week. They\u2019ll visit the Mammoth Tuesday, the Sharks Wednesday and cap it off with a matinee game Saturday against the Kings.<\/p>\n
Zach Laing is Oilersnation\u2019s managing editor, and The Nation Network\u2019s news director. He also makes up one-half of the Daily Faceoff DFS Hockey Report<\/a>. He can be followed on X at @zjlaing<\/a>, or reached by email at zach.laing@bettercollective.com.PRESENTED BY PRAIRIE TOYOTA DEALERS The Toyota Tacoma is the ultimate power play. Its standard i-FORCE engine delivers more power than ever and a towing capacity of up to 6,400 lbs. It helps you take on challenging landscapes with confidence with its available Panoramic Multi-Terrain View Monitor that provides a live, underfloor view of the terrain you\u2019re tackling. It even makes loading and unloading gear effortless with its available Power Liftgate. Whether it\u2019s for early morning practice or weekend away games, the Tacoma is a teammate you can rely on. Visit your local Prairie Toyota dealer during Red Tag Days for limited-time offers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Day After 76.0: Henrique\u2019s slump-busting goal, great goaltending put Oilers in position to win Pacific The last…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5125],"tags":[198,146,5300,5,4,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-539340","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edmonton-oilers","8":"tag-edmonton","9":"tag-edmonton-oilers","10":"tag-edmontonoilers","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-oilers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116343370958657090","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775258836_721_image.webp\"\/)
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