PREVIEW: Oilers at Flyers

The Edmonton Oilers will try for their second consecutive road victory on Thursday night when they wrap up a two-game road trip at Wells Fargo Center against the Philadelphia Flyers.

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PREVIEW: Oilers at Flyers

PHILADELPHIA, PA – If you continue to work, the results will find you.

The Edmonton Oilers earned themselves a 6-1 victory over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday at Bridgestone Arena, with the positive performance serving as a reminder to the group heading into Philadelphia on Thursday that if they continue to accomplish their daily business, the results will come.

"No one scripted starting 0-2, but things happen,” Head Coach Jay Woodcroft said. “I think what you do is you try and maintain a level head; you do your work and you make sure you're addressing the areas that you've got to get better at.

“Sometimes not getting the result, but forcing yourself to stick to the process, is the best thing in the long run. For us, sometimes success or two points is a lagging indicator – meaning you've done a lot of really good things. But then eventually, you get rewarded.

“I thought it was a good sign for our team.”

The Blue & Orange put their preparation into action during Thursday’s 6-1 victory in the Music City by focusing their daily business on attacking the dangerous areas of the ice and bumping up their even-strength efficiency.

Led by the efforts from their newly assembled second line of Zach Hyman, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Warren Foegele, the Oilers were rewarded for putting emphasis behind their forecheck, going hard to the net and causing chaos around their opponents’ crease as part of a collective team approach following their opening two losses.

“I think we're a work-based line,” Hyman said. “I think Foegey brings a lot of energy, pace, and he's got a heck of a shot… I think we have good chemistry. We've played together a little bits and pieces of last year, but obviously a good first game together.”

Zach Hyman led the way alongside Leon Draisaitl with four points on the night – with each scoring goals in a four-goal first period for Edmonton that marked their most offensive opening period since 1985. Warren Foegele found the back of the net in the second period of his first game playing in the top six this season by adding one of Edmonton’s four even-strength goals.

"I thought our line was good on the forecheck and getting pucks back," Hyman said. "I think it was important to establish our five-on-five game, and I thought we did a good job with that."

Draisaitl became the club’s all-time leader in power-play goals with his 127^th and 128^th markers with the man advantage, but the return at five-on-five for the Oilers was an important takeaway for a club that’d managed only score one at even strength in their opening two games.

"You can't win just relying on your special teams,” Hyman said. “I think we're fortunate that our power play can score a lot of goals, but especially, as we get near the end of the season, everything tightens up and you have to be able to figure out ways to score even-strength goals.”

“A lot of that is going to the net, getting pucks off the forecheck and creating havoc, as the league is really tight."

The Oilers will continue their work rounding out their full-team game on Thursday night at Wells Fargo Center, where they were handed a 2-1 shootout loss in a goaltending battle between Edmonton-area netminders Stuart Skinner and Carter Hart last season.

Jack Campbell made 42 saves in Tuesday's dominant win over the Predators and is a strong contender to receive back-to-back starts for the Blue & Orange.

GAME DAY ESSENTIALS

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• HERITAGE CLASSIC | Lowe & Ballantyne
• Access Insurance Goal of the Game
• ANALYSIS | Post-Game at Predators
• OILERS TODAY | Post-Game at Predators
• HIGHLIGHTS | EDM 6, NSH 1
• POST-RAW | Coach Jay Woodcroft
• POST-RAW | Leon Draisaitl
• POST-RAW | Jack Campbell
• POST-RAW | Zach Hyman

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