With chaos brewing in the Pacific Division, the Edmonton Oilers seem relatively drama-free in comparison after three solid wins in a row.

The Vegas Golden Knights threw the hockey world for a loop with their unceremonious firing of coach Bruce Cassidy on Sunday afternoon. Enter John Tortorella, who made his coaching debut with his new team on Monday night.

It goes to show how quickly the pressure shifts in the hockey world.

A week and a half ago, Connor McDavid’s comments following the loss to Tampa Bay read to some like Kris Knoblauch’s seat was getting extremely hot. Since then, to Knoblauch’s credit, the Oilers have gelled and played a consistent brand of structured hockey.

“I’m pro keeping coaches as long as possible,” Knoblauch joked when asked about the Vegas situation on Monday after practice.

Knoblauch can breathe a little easier for the moment. Three points up on Vegas, and three points behind Anaheim, the Oilers are stacking good performances together. The coach has found clicking line combinations and stuck with them.

Meanwhile, the Seattle Kraken are scratching, clawing, trying to stay in the wildcard race. They’ll play their sixth straight road game when coming to town tonight.

Hot sticks

Both Matt Savoie and Jack Roslovic have three goals in their last three games, being the finishers for their lines.

Savoie’s inclusion with Connor McDavid and Vasily Podkolzin on the top line has them outshooting the enemy 22-10 over these three games. It’s the third three-game point streak for Savoie since the Olympic break.

He now sits 12th amongst rookie scorers with 31 points and has been one of the most productive rookies since the end of February.

Meanwhile, Jack Roslovic now has his third 20-goal season under his belt after Saturday’s tally, sitting two back of his career high of 22. Playing beside Nugent-Hopkins and Hyman, Roslovic has the Oilers’ highest output in goals per per 60 at five-on-five.

“I feel good. Game’s improving, the team game is improving. So I love the direction that it’s going right now. We just got to figure out a way to keep it........

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