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Oilers handed worst loss since 2009 in 9-1 walloping by Avalanche: Recap, Reaction and Highlights
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Ryley Delaney
Nov 9, 2025, 01:00 ESTUpdated: Nov 9, 2025, 01:30 EST
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This is rock bottom.
On Saturday evening, the Edmonton Oilers returned home to host the Colorado Avalanche. The Oilers did not win.
About six and a half minutes into the game, Cale Makar scored his fifth of the season. Just over a minute later, the defenceman scored a carbon copy of the first goal to put the Avalanche up two. The game didn’t snowball in the first period, as Gabriel Landeskog’s goal was waived off due to offside, but the second period was a whole other story.
Just over two and a half minutes into the second period, Gavin Brindley scored to make it 3-0. Jack Drury made it 4-0 just over two minutes later, and Parker Kelly made it 5-0 midway through the middle frame.
There was a brief glimpse of hope with 9:30 left in the middle frame, as Connor McDavid ripped it past Scott Wedgewood on the man advantage. The Oilers then killed off a penalty and returned to the power play.
However, it was the Avalanche to score on the Oilers’ power play, as Kelly scored his second of the game on a breakaway. In the third period, Nathan MacKinnon beat Calvin Pickard with a shot from the faceoff dot, going under his blocker. Leaving the penalty box five minutes into the final frame, MacKinnon did it again to make it 8-1.
With five minutes left in the game, the Avalanche added a ninth goal, as Drury scored his second of the game to give the 2022 Stanley Cup winners a field goal and a touchdown.

Takeaways…

The last time the Oilers lost by eight goals was over a decade and a half ago on January 27, 2009, falling 10-2 to the Buffalo Sabres. That was the game where Drew Stafford scored a hat trick en route to a 10-2 win. It’s not great to be compared with the 2008-09 Oilers.
When the broadcast doesn’t show the score for seven minutes in the third period, you know something needs to change. In 2023-24, an embarrassing loss to the San Jose Sharks led to a coaching change, sparking the Oilers to overcome a 2-9-1 start. Somehow, this season feels much worse than two years ago. Hopefully, this is the game that sparks some change.
In the 2025 Stanley Cup Finals, the Oilers were down by a lot in Game 3 against the Florida Panthers. Instead of going quietly in the night, Trent Frederic, Darnell Nurse, Mattias Ekholm, Evander Kane, and Kasperi Kapanen received game misconducts as the Oilers totalled 85 penalty minutes.
While there were a ton of minor penalties in Saturday’s game, the Oilers lacked the chippiness that they had shown in June. They are the only team in the league that hasn’t dropped the mitts in regular season. Show some passion.
Neither Oiler netminder had a good game. Stuart Skinner made a couple of big stops, but finished the game allowing four goals on 13 shots before being pulled for a .692 save percentage. Calvin Pickard was slightly better, allowing five goals on 21 total shots.
There just aren’t a lot of positives to take away from this game. Special teams were alright, the Oilers’ power play scored a goal on five opportunities, while killing off seven Avalanche power plays. Pretty much the lone “bright spot”, if you want to call it that. Well, they also didn’t blow a multi-goal lead in this game.
It’s not looking good for the Oilers. Next up is a matchup with the Columbus Blue Jackets at 6:30 PM MT on Monday. They’ll then begin a seven-game Eastern Conference road trip. For context, the Oilers are 2-5-2 on the road this season.
Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for Oilersnation, FlamesNation, and Blue Jays Nation. Follow her on Twitter @Ryley__Delaney.

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