Connor McDavid criticizes the Edmonton Oilers performance
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The Edmonton Oilers are coming off the ugliest weekend of hockey all season long, and things are going bad to worse very fast. The Oil have let in 13 goals in the span of just two days, and the team needs to sharpen up or they could swiftly fall down the standings.
The bigger, deeper, better Capitals slapped Edmonton around all afternoon, running up a 5-1 lead through 40 minutes before cruising to a 7-3 victory over 20 minutes of third-period garbage time.
Edmonton actually led 1-0 on Leon Draisaitl's league-leading 42nd goal of the season (and fifth-straight game with at least one goal) but five-straight Washington goals settled the argument for good.
Connor McDavid speaks on the Oilers brutal loss
«They came at you in waves, wave after wave,» said Connor McDavid, who's gone from the ultimate high of scoring the 4 Nations gold medal goal on Thursday to back-to-back soul-crushing defeats on the weekend.
«They have four lines, six D men and they just roll them. They're an impressive group, they're having a great year. Is there a way to play against that? Push back, I don't know. It was just not good.»
-Connor McDavid
«They have four lines, six D men and they just roll them. They're an impressive group, they're having a great year. Is there a way to play against that? Push back, I don't know. It was just not good.»
-Connor McDavid
What do they need to clean up, you ask?
«Everything,» said McDavid. «It's two (games) that haven't been very good. We had the puck more against Philly and just gave them offence (with turnovers) and today we struggled all around. They played really well, we struggled all around.
«(Calvin Pickard) did a great job keeping them to what he kept them at. We weren't very good, obviously.»
-Connor McDavid
«(Calvin Pickard) did a great job keeping them to what he kept them at. We weren't very good, obviously.»
-Connor McDavid
Well, the road moving forward doesn't get any easier for the Oilers unfortunately. With another tough test against the Tampa Lightning coming up, the Oilers better wake up as a four game losing streak looms over their head.
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