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The Day After 26.0: Oilers snag win that means a little more

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All wins don’t come equal.

Some you have to fight a little bit harder for, and some just mean a little bit more.

For the Edmonton Oilers, all of the above were relevant in their 4-0 drubbing of the Seattle Kraken, as they won in every which way. They dominated on the scoreboard, putting up four goals, they dominated on the power play, scoring on both opportunities, and they dominated on the penalty kill, negating all six of the Kraken’s chances which included a minute and a half of five-on-three time at the end of the first.

“We had a fighting mentality,” said Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner, who posted a 26-save shutout — the ninth of his career — as rumours of a trade involving him swirl.

And when........

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