The 2025-2026 NHL season is underway with 8 games played for the Edmonton Oilers with as 4-3-1 record. Captain Connor McDavid wanted a better start but that has not been as great as anticipated. Edmonton sits at 14th spot in league standings (in the second wild card spot for the Western Conference) with a $12.5 million dollar captain and Minnesota sits at 25th spot (way outside a wild card spot) with the highest paid player in the NHL, Kirill Kaprizov.
Although Kirill has 10 points in 8 games compared to McDavid’s 11points in 8 games, the two teams have had very different starts.