Oilers record ninth win vs. Senators further proof rebuild is finally over
Devin Shore broke the deadlock in the third period and Jesse Puljujarvi scored an empty netter as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Ottawa Senators 3-1. | April 9, 2021, 1:33 AM
April 9, 2021, 1:33 AM
“If it was so easy,” Dave Tippett asked, “why didn’t everybody do it?”
His team has just beaten the Ottawa Senators again, for the ninth time this season, surrendering nary a loser point in a season series so dominant even the glory years Oilers had never accomplished the same feat.
Sure, the Glory Years Oilers beat Dale Hawerchuk, Doug Soetaert and the 1993-94 Winnipeg Jets eight straight times. But not nine, the way the 2020-21 Oilers did to Ottawa.
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