EDMONTON — Now they’re just showin’ off.

The Edmonton Oilers got one empty net goal from its Top 6, zero points from its top defensive pairing, and Leon Draisaitl still isn’t even playing.

Still, Edmonton beat Seattle 3-0 —the Oilers’ first four-game winning streak of the season — on goals by depth wingers Max Jones and Kasperi Kapanen, and a shutout by a guy who started the season in Bakersfield, the emerging Connor Ingram.

A team that stumbled and bumbled through the first 65 games of the season suddenly has a defensive posture, has eliminated the risk from its game, and is getting top-tier goaltending. It’s the ultimate flick of the switch — from derelict to deadly, from frazzled to focused.

“A lot of pucks don’t even get to me anymore,” marvelled Ingram, who stopped all 27 shots on his 29th birthday — the first Oilers goalie ever to post a shutout on his birthday. “And when they do, there’s bodies and guys around helping out. We put an emphasis on coming back, and now it’s just about doing it.

“I’m not an X’s and O’s guy, but for me it seems like it’s going well.”

Sure, it must be said that Seattle has a popgun offence, and the........

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