How many powerplays does it take to score a goal? For the Seattle Kraken it turns out you need at least seven. The Oilers killed off six penalties, including a 1:45 long 5-on-3, and dominated the Kraken 5-on-5 through the majority of Edmonton’s final November game.

Edmonton started the game outshooting the Kraken 8-2 before Brett Kulak was called for a weak holding penalty. Edmonton managed to defend against four shots and killed off the penalty; Mason Marchment decided to run over Stuart Skinner after the powerplay ended and sent the Oilers to their own odd-man advantage. Edmonton slowly and methodically passed Daccord out of his crease and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was able to open the scoring while the Kraken netminder was splayed out on the ice.

Kulak went to the box again for high sticking in the dying minutes of the first after the officials missed a holding call on Andrew Mangiapane. To make things worse the Oilers took a bench penalty 15 seconds later, giving Seattle an extended 5-on-3 powerplay opportunity. Nugent-Hopkins, Bouchard, and Ekholm played a tremendous extended shift to keep the Oilers’ lead alive, but Connor McDavid took a sloppy tripping penalty with 30 seconds remaining. Edmonton played a hard pressing penalty kill to start out the second and managed to hold the Kraken shotless for their fourth powerplay of the night.

The game fell into a back-and forth and Edmonton had a strong chance to exten the lead but Daccord was able to rob Janmark of a goal from point blank. The Kraken went back to the powerplay on a Leon Draisaitl elbowing, but the Oilers were again up to task and killed the fifth penalty off with relative ease.

Once Edmonton was allowed to play the game they struck quickly. Drasaitl drove hard into the net and narrowly missed a centering pass with Podkolzin; the players left the zone but Edmonton maintained control and managed to come back on an odd-numbered rush. Leon Draisaitl looked off his partners and fired a rocket straight through Daccord for the second goal of the game.

Stuart Skinner made a heroic save on a Seattle breakaway to keep the game 2-0 Oilers, and the rattled Krakens gave Edmonton a powerplay immediately after. Edmonton wasted no time, and Leon Draisaitl used Zach Hyman as a human pylon to redirect a shot ninety degrees into the net, between Joey Daccord’s legs.

Seattle looked completely deflated in the third period after wasting their countless powerplay chances. Zasch Hyman completely worked over the Kraken defence and bowled his way through to the net before making a quick pass to Connor McDavid for a tap in goal. With the game 4-0 at 12 minutes remaining, Saturday’s matinee had become a rout.

Tensions boiled over and culminated in a fight between Freddy Gaudreau and Connor Clattenburg; Calttenburg wiped the floors with Gaudreau before going to the box, and the referees threw Hyman in as well just for fun. Edmonton killed off the sixth penalty and the disgruntled Krakens started a second fight between Kartye and Regula.

Skinner finished the game with his ninth career shutout and the second of this season. Skinner and the team played much better Saturday – night and day compared to the disaster class game played Tuesday against the Stars. Was the imminent trade of players getting traded away what the Oilers needed to finally play a full sixty-minute game? It worked, but you can’t play every game like that. Tuesday was a great result, but Edmonton needs to continue pushing forward and build out a winstreak

Edmonton will have a chance to forge a win streak with a five game homestand starting against the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night.