Edmonton Oilers Strong on the Road but Still Searching for Answers at Home
Edmonton Oilers home ice struggles: The Oilers have posted a 7-0-1 road record to start the season but have been inconsistent at Rogers Place, where they opened 5-3-2 and allowed 3.6 goals per game. Head coach Mike Babcock says the team is working to improve its play at home.
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On the road, Connor McDavid and the Oilers have been all business, taking care of it to the tune of a 7-0-1 record to start the season and capturing 15 out of a possible 16 points.
Back home at Rogers Place, however, the team has struggled. Losses to the Anaheim Ducks, the Utah Mammoth and the Vancouver Canucks early in the season pulled Edmonton’s record back to 12-3-3 entering Monday’s game against the New York Rangers.
Even so, the Oilers come into the week first in the Pacific Division and lead the entire Western Conference with a .750 win percentage.
The home performance has fallen short of their road pace. At home, Edmonton started 5-3-2, having lost as many games as it won through its first 10, while giving up 3.6 goals per game.
“We haven’t been as good,” said head coach Mike Babcock. “Are we cuter with the puck?
What goes on in the second period? So, we go through all those things.
“What I usually find is over time, things sort themselves out and that’s what we’re trying to do.”
Babcock said the focus remains on the task at hand each day and on the next team on the schedule, whether at home or on the road.
“I think consistently through 60 minutes, we’ve put together some really good stretches, it’s just being able to manage that for 60 minutes. For whatever reason, at home it’s been a little harder to do than on the road.
“We take a lot of pride in playing at home and getting to feed off the energy in the building. We want to be a hard team to come in here and play against every night.
So, we’ve got to continue to improve in that aspect, but have been showing some good signs and we’ve got to keep climbing here.”
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