EDMONTON — Looking down from 30,000 feet at an Edmonton Oilers team that has scored just once in its last two games — but allowed only two— they look just fine, with one game left before the playoffs begin.

Because when you’re dissecting the Oilers, it always comes down to two things: Do they have goaltending, and can they defend well enough?

Well, with Connor Ingram simply getting better and better as the season goes on, we’re getting awfully close to a point where the question, “Have the Oilers finally found a goalie?” is sounding more and more legit.

“His battle (level),” marvelled defenceman Connor Murphy, who blocked a game-high six shots in front of Ingram. “The way he can survive some scrambly plays when we’re getting a little bit hemmed in… He can find those lateral one-timers and make saves. He’s got to be your best penalty killer, too.

“Some of those one-timers he’s making, and being able to find through the screens and the high tips and stuff, he’s been very good.”

Suddenly the penalty kill is better, a major cog in any playoff run. And every mistake isn’t ending up in the net, which the D-men always like.

“He's really coming into his own here, coming into a situation (this season) where he doesn't know anyone and he's trying to do his thing,”........

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