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The Day After 10.0: Knoblauch finds, sticks with line combinations as Oilers lose to Canucks

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28.10.2025
For maybe the first time all season, the Edmonton Oilers stuck with their line combinations for a whole game.

It’s been a point of contention for the fanbase — possibly even the players — through the first 10 games of the Oilers season, and while the team would fall 4-3 in overtime Sunday night against the Vancouver Canucks, more positive signs started to show.

For one, Jack Roslovic had a breakout game, scoring a goal and an assist to go along with four shot on goal, as Leon Draisaitl lit the lamp twice in what would be a failed comeback effort. And while the line combinations are different than what’s been seen so far this season, they worked — for the most part.

Connor McDavid centred Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Andrew Mangiapane on the top line, while Draisaitl, Roslovic and Vasily Podkolzin made up the........

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