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 Adam
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
6 Cups
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| NZ Oiler Fan wrote on Fri, 19 January 2024 14:58 |
I normally don't bother reading Gregor's "articles" on ON, as over the past 6 months or so they have degenerated into nothing but stats spam, but I did find it interesting that a Western Conference team has never had a 13 game win streak.
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Worth noting, pretty much none of the records compare before and after 2006. The Oilers would have had at least one tie if this was a game before that point - they went to a shootout. Not to mention, 3v3 OT provides significantly more decisions than 5v5 OT ever did so there's a real chance we could have had 3 ties in this stretch if this was played with the old rules.
The Oilers had a 15-game undefeated streak in the 1980s. That's tied for 26th longest ever. If we can go to 15 games, then I think that's comparable. That's three long games away though!
We are in pretty rarefied air though in the post-2006 era. There have only been five streaks longer than our current one. Columbus (!) went 16 wins in a row in 2017, Pittsburgh went 15 in 2013, the Capitals went 14 in a row in 2010, the Panthers and Devils both had 13 game streaks in 2022. 12 game streaks aren't AS rare in the shootout age. it's been accomplished five times before us - Penguins (2010-11), Bruins (2013-14), Panthers (2015-16), Blackhawks (2015-16), and Wild (2016-17).
It will be fun to see if we can keep it going and rise up that list a little further.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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