Edmonton brings a 10-2-2 record and a two-game winning streak to Madison Square Garden against a Rangers team searching for a way to slow Connor McDavid.
The stakes are stark: Edmonton is 10-2-2 with 22 points and a two-game win streak, while New York is 7-6-1 with 15 points and has lost three straight. The power index underscores the gap, ranking the Oilers third at 85.1 and the Rangers 16th at 63.5. Connor McDavid has 37 points in 14 games, with Leon Draisaitl adding 26; New York’s leading scorers, Alexis Lafrenière and Adam Fox, have 16 apiece. The matchup turns on whether the Rangers can contain Edmonton’s prolific duo while getting enough offense from their own leaders to end the slide.