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Oilers: Game film shows what Alec Regula needs to do to avoid further healthy scratches

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01.01.2026
The Alec Regula experiment has hit a stumbling block recently with the Edmonton Oilers, so much so that Kris Knoblauch opted to play Riley Stillman, a career AHLer, in his spot against the Winnipeg Jets on Monday night.

Regula was a mystery coming into the season. He was claimed off waivers last December but never played a game due to a knee injury. Edmonton gave him a new two-year contract in May with an average annual value of $775k. Taking the chance on a right shot, 6’4″, mid-20-year-old defenceman is well worth the risk, especially for a team in Edmonton that is actively trying to get younger.

The Jake Walman injury has given Regula extra minutes alongside Darnell Nurse on the Oilers’ second pair. With Walman in the lineup, Regula averaged 12:05 in time on ice in nine games, but that shot up drastically from November 21st onwards. He has now averaged 17:18 in the 14 games since, and with that, mistakes have started to trickle more frequently into his game.

Regula played 13:06 against Calgary on December 27th. That was his lowest time-on-ice since Tampa Bay on November 20th, which was the last time Walman was in the lineup.

I took a look at Regula’s game, shift by........

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