In a season riddled with far too many lows, it felt like Edmonton Oilers hit a new one in Carolina on Wednesday night. Seemingly unsettled from the the moment Darnell Nurse took a puck in his unhelmeted dome in warmup, the entire team started the game as if in a daze. An early goal post provided brief respite, but the dam burst in the tenth minute of play with a pair of Hurricanes goals, and by the fifteenth minute 2 more were on the board. That 4-0 deficit proved insurmountable, even as a late comeback bid made the final a somewhat more palatable 6-3. Read More
