It’s a long season and we’ve had only a vanishingly small sample size of games to judge the 2025-26 Edmonton Oilers , but with that proviso, it’s fair to note a number of positive signals for the team and many veteran players. Article content

Connor McDavid . He’s yet to score but he’s had six Grade A shots on net in the first two games, 3.0 per game. In his last great goal-scoring year, 2022-23, when McDavid potted 64 goals in 82 games, he averaged 3.1 Grade A shots per game. Article content Article content

In the past two seasons, when McDavid scored 32 and then 26 goals, he averaged 2.3 and 2.0 Grade A shots per game.

McD came into this season saying he wanted to get back to shooting. So far he’s getting it done. The goals will come and would already have come, if not for ste

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