The Nashville Predators started their Western Canada road trip tonight in Edmonton, desperately hoping to scrape some wins together. Their season has been bad so far, with a struggling offense, a worse power play, and not enough defense or—especially—goaltending to make up for it. Unfortunately for the Preds, the skid continued, as the Edmonton Oilers took a decisive win.
Mattias Ekholm got the scoring started early with his first of the season, taking advantage of a weird bounce to get the Preds on the board 34 seconds in. Unfortunately, the Oilers soon responded, as Leon Draisaitl made a fantastic pass to Evander Kane and Kane managed to lose the Preds defenders before putting the puck past Saros.