The Edmonton Oilers have demonstrated significant improvement as a hockey team, successfully overcoming injuries to key players like Leon Draisaitl. Their recent 3-2 victory over the struggling San Jose Sharks reflects their growing cohesiveness and effectiveness. Notably, players like Connor Brown and Viktor Arvidsson have stepped up impressively in the absence of stars like Connor McDavid. Brown's swift goal and high expected goals share, in tandem with Arvidsson's scoring surge, underscore the depth and resilience of the Oilers as they prepare for the playoffs.
Considering they're currently dealing with a nasty injury bug and lost Leon Draisaitl again on Thursday night, that's pretty impressive.
Brown's game wasn't all flash, either. He and linemate Mattias Janmark were dominant on Thursday, playing to respective 94% and 96% expected goals shares.
Arvidsson is heating up at the right time. He scored his first powerplay goal of the season in the second period, giving him goals in three straight games.
Despite struggling to score and to stay in the lineup for much of the season, the veteran winger has emerged as one of the Oilers' top forwards.
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