EDMONTON — Frankly, the Edmonton Oilers were due for one of these.

You know, a night where the guy who took a puck in the head but didn’t spill his beer, and the woman who gave birth at Rogers Place were both more dedicated to the cause than the Oilers seemed to be, in a 5-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights.

It was the kind of night where the best quote had nothing to do with a goal or a save, but about a post-game yack fest between the benches by two teams that are destined for their second playoff meeting in as many springs.

What do they say in those scrums?

“It's just bickering back and forth, everyone telling everyone they make too much money. Which is all true,” said Edmonton winger Trent Frederic, who is being paid $3.85 million this season and has produced six points thus far. “Sounds like a lot of people are jealous.”

There are certain games that have ‘L’ written all over them. For Edmonton, we thought walking into the rink Saturday, this was one.

Edmonton had won five straight games, nicely securing their spot in the post-season — whomever their opponent might turn out to be. They’d won their past five meetings with Vegas, and if you throw in a playoff series, the Oilers had beaten their toughest divisional rival in nine of the past 10........

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