Oilers Getting Contributions From Taxi Squad Call-ups

Following their 3-0 road victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday, it can be officially declared that the Edmonton Oilers are on fire; They’re on a five-game win streak, have won eight of their last nine games, and are 11-2 over the last four weeks.

There are many factors in this surge that have seen Edmonton climb to second in the North Division standings: Connor McDavid doing McDavid things, the goaltending of Mike Smith, secondary scoring and Darnell Nurse’s emergence as an elite defenceman.