EDMONTON — How do the Edmonton Oilers get better in goal and on defence?
What is the bigger priority or are they inextricably tied?
Was Ben Scrivens’s .893 save percentage and 3.09 goal average in his 55 games, not nearly good enough in a league where .910 is the usual bar, because his consistency wavered or because the Oilers just give up half a dozen gold-plated chances every game because the puck is in their end too long and Carey Price would look bad, too?
Probably both. If Scrivens had a .920 save percentage and a 2.