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The Day After 23.0: ‘Fragile group’ can’t find a way to win as Oilers’ best not good enough

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22.11.2025
By most accounts, you couldn’t ask for much more from the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night.

They played in the second half of a back-to-back, arriving in Tampa Bay in the middle of the night, taking on the Lightning hours later. It was one of those games you look at on the calendar and say, “Yeesh.”

And for 50 minutes, the Oilers had the Lightning right where they wanted them. Trent Frederic scored his second goal of the season just a minute and a half into the game, while many Oilers fans were either just getting home from work, or were in the kitchen making dinner.

They established that

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