There’s been a lot of talk about the goaltending woes of the Edmonton Oilers and how inconsistent their blueline has been this season. But as the team struggled through a disastrous month of February,

The Edmonton Oilers are a discombobulated bunch right now. Outside from their two best players being far and away their two best players, the rest of the roster has taken a noticeable step back from last year’s run to the Stanley Cup Final.

Welcome back to NHL Predictions. Each day, Last Word on Hockey takes a look at the games that are scheduled then offers insight and analysis to help predict who will be victorious in head-to-head matchups.

There is a reason the NHL plays 82 games in the regular season all for a chance to earn home-ice advantage in the playoffs. Simply put, it’s important. Just ask the Edmonton Oilers if a home-crowd bump might have made all the difference when they went down to Fort Lauderdale in Game 7 of last year’s Stanley Cup Final and came out on the wrong side of the deciding goal.

The Montreal Canadiens are riding a streak of their own as they have won a season-high five straight games. The Canadiens won their only meeting with the Oilers this season by a 3-0 score, holding both Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl without a point. That marked the sixth time they held McDavid and Draisaitl without a point in the same game.

And with the post season just 21 games away, the Edmonton Oilers look a mess. A sample size that’s now about 15 games long is revealing some uncomfortable truths about the wanna be Stanley Cup contenders.

Simply put, if Connor McDavid doesn’t find his game, it’s lights out in Edmonton. When McDavid is just OK as he has been — by his standards — all season long, it seems like the team follows suit.

Dark clouds are starting to surround the Edmonton Oilers and their pursuit of their first Stanley Cup since 1990. The team hasn’t been playing well since

Nate Schmidt and Carter Verhaeghe had third-period goals, Anton Lundell had a goal and two assists and the Florida Panthers topped the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 on Thursday night. Uvis Balinskis also scored for Florida,

Don’t poke the bear. Or the Duck, as it turns out. With nine American players in the Anaheim lineup Tuesday night, it probably didn’t go over very well when fans at Rogers Place began booing the U.S.

The Edmonton Oilers lineup will have some new looks Thursday night as the Montreal Canadiens roll into town. Mattias Ekholm and John Klingberg will both be out of the lineup, as Max Jones is set to make his Oilers debut,

Just ask the Edmonton Oilers if a home-crowd bump ... “We love playing at home, love playing in front of our fans,” said Oilers forward Zach Hyman. “It’s nice to be home, sleep in your ...