Going 7-1-2 in their final 10 games of the regular season. Everything was going right, and the team was playing their best hockey going into the postseason. And the Oilers had the fifth-best penalty kill as well, sitting at 87.4%. However, the team was also elite defensively, finishing fifth only giving up 2.68 goals per game. Edmonton was an elite team in every area of play, leading the league in goals per game with 3.52 and tying the Washington Capitals for the best power-play percentage with 20.7. In the month of January, the team went 13-0-2 to catapult themselves into first in the Pacific division.Īnd they never held back, they dominated the regular season finishing only behind the Colorado Avalanche in the league standings.

They started to heat up into the month of December before really taking off in January. Regular Season Record: 51-20-11 (First in Pacific division)Īs the season started the Oilers actually struggled early on. With all that being said, let’s see how the Oilers fared in this simulated season. Trades between CPU teams can still take place, but trades between the CPU and the Oilers cannot. Lastly, there will be no trades because, like injuries, they are too difficult to predict. Whatever the game has as the default lineup will be the lines for the duration of the season. Second, the line combinations will not be touched. First, injuries will be turned off, as they are impossible to predict. With early access now available to those who have EA Play, I decided to simulate the Edmonton Oilers season in the game’s franchise mode.īut before we get to the simulation, we have a few rules to go over.

The NHL’s regular season is right around the corner, and the Edmonton Oilers are gearing up for a year where they are looking to prove their postseason failures are in the past.Īlso right around the corner is the release of the video game NHL 22, EA Sports’ newest entry in the series. Connor McDavid and Zack Kassian, Edmonton Oilers (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)

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