On the same night that Oilers insider Bob Stauffer guaranteed that rookie Matt Savoie will sign a new contract with the Edmonton Oilers , Savoie came alive as an NHL scorer, potting two goals in Edmonton’s 9-4 blow-out of the Kraken of Seattle.

The Grade A shots (which go in about 22% of the time) were 22 to 13 for the Oilers, with the subset of 5-alarm shots (which go in about 33% of the time) 11 to 10 for Edmonton.

Connor McDavid , 9. Hat trick, one assist. Some miscue on defence, but we can forgive him, no? Ripper of a slotter as he eagled on his skates cross-ice to score the critical first goal. Brilliant pass to Drai on the 3-0. He smartly faked out Joey Daccord on the 5-2 quick snap, the last we saw of Daccord in the game. But his turnover kicked off the sequence of pain o

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