"He's a fantastic goalie and I've been able to work with him a bit and become good friends, so it's always fun playing against him," Stuart Skinner said back on Feb.
Philadelphia has shared some of Edmonton's struggles in extra time, losing 8-of-10 games this season that have gone beyond regulation. So we've got to expect that same effort and attitude from them tonight and we've got a match that for sure. "They didn't give up much, didn't make anything easy on us, and also they didn't take any penalties to get our power play rolling. "Obviously (Hart) is a good goalie and made some big saves for them, but at the same time, I thought that Philly played a hard game," Skinner recalled. The Flyers arrive at Rogers Place for the second of back-to-back games after defeating the Calgary Flames 4-3 on Monday night, ending a four-game losing streak of their own after their last win before the skid came over the Oilers back on Feb. Video: PRE-RAW | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 02.21.23 Being able to find our game before playoffs start would be ideal." "We're just trying to get better every day, and it's always a good time to go on a run, especially now kind of getting closer to playoffs. "The job here is just to keep growing our game and keep getting better every day, and we're learning from our mistakes and we're going to keep on working towards those mistakes. "We've lost one game in 15 games in regulation, so we're getting points every single game and we're doing the best we can," goaltender Stuart Skinner, who'll start in between the pipes tonight for the Oilers, said pre-game. While there are positives to being beaten in regulation over your last 15 games, the key in the Oilers locker room for the players and coaches is turning more of those overtime and shootout losses into two points. The Oilers find themselves losers of four straight (0-3-1), their longest losing streak so far this season, but have still only dropped one result in regulation over their last 15 games (9-1-5). "We put ourselves in a good position both games, but especially later in the season, you've got to find a way to close out games and we didn't do that last couple of nights." "Obviously we don't want those last two games to go the way that they ended up going, but we can still take some positives out of it," forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins said.
Then, after staking themselves to a 3-0 advantage near the midway point of Saturday's matinee in Denver, the Oilers gave up five goals over the final 32:23 of the game before losing the extra point in overtime - their third straight defeat beyond regulation.
The Oilers held two separate three-goal leads (3-0 and 4-1) on the New York Rangers in the opening period this past Friday before falling in the shootout to the Blueshirts, who chipped away at Edmonton's lead over the final 40 minutes. > READ MORE IN THE INSIDE THE OILERS BLOG PRE-GAME REPORTĮDMONTON, AB - Keeping a lead through regulation in recent games has been a struggle for the Edmonton Oilers that they're keen to reverse starting Tuesday against the Philadelphia Flyers. News and notes from the Oilers organization, including the latest Gene's Blog on Family Day and Raphael Lavoie & Ty Tullio both recording hat tricks for the Condors. You can watch Tuesday's game on Sportsnet West at 7:00 p.m.
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