The Edmonton Oilers are running out of room in the Pacific Division race. They have 29 wins and rank fourth in the standings, but recent results have created pressure. Edmonton has dropped five of its last six games,

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Some more late game heroics have given the Edmonton Oilers a spark in the midst of what has been a tough stretch. Leon Draisaitl had two goals and three assists and Evan Bouchard scored the overtime winner as the Oilers overcame a two-goal deficit through 40 minutes to emerge with a badly-needed 5-4 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.

The Edmonton Oilers are sliding at the wrong time. They have won just one of their last six games and sit at 29-24-8, sliding to fourth in the NHL‘s Pacific. More specifically, losses to the San Jose Sharks and

Zach Hyman and Leon Draisaitl each picked up power-play goals to make it 6-1 on the Kings just 31 seconds into the third period, with McDavid's primary assist on his German teammate's 30th goal of the campaign giving him 100 points in 60 games – the fourth-fastest rate that No. 97 has reached the century mark for points.

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The Edmonton Oilers face the Los Angeles Kings in a regular season NHL game on Thursday, Feb. 26, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

Shakir Mukhamadullin broke a tie midway through the third period and the San Jose Sharks snapped a five-game winless streak by beating the Edmonton Oilers 5-4.

With European regular seasons wrapping up over the next couple of weeks, expect to see extra intensity in the Edmonton Oilers prospects playing in the Scandinavian, European, or Russian leagues.

Turning to Ottawa winger Drake Batherson, he’s marked the scoresheet in five of his past seven games to climb to a rock-solid 3.08 points per 60 minutes for the year and remains in a go-to offensive role on the top line and No. 1 power-play unit.