The Edmonton Oilers lost ugly in Vancouver on Saturday night, coming out on the wrong end of a 3-2 score in a game they were widely expected to win. After all, the Canucks hadn't won on home ice since February, and the Oilers were following up the great win Wednesday that opened their season. "I thought we were going to play a cute, control-type game, and they played a scrappy, hard game," McLellan said of the hole his team dug for itself. For the half-empty crowd, Saturday's game offered proof that the Oilers' young defence remains a work in progress. - Oilers coach Todd McLellanFor the half-empty crowd, the Oilers powerplay was, in the coach's words, "abysmal."

Source: CBC News October 08, 2017 16:41 UTC