from Joanne Ireland of the Edmonton Journal,

Ho. Ho. Ho-hum.

For a team that has given away as many points as the Edmonton Oilers have this season, it was only fitting they could continue the tradition in their final game before the Christmas break.

In spite of the fact that the Arizona Coyotes had been smacked around to the tune of 7-1 by the Vancouver Canucks less than 24 hours earlier, in spite of the fact that the Rexall Place visitors had won just two of their previous 12 games, the Oilers just coasted to a 5-1 defeat.

They have now lost 19 of their last 20 games, but what made Tuesday’s result even more head scratching was that the Oilers had at least been in the three games they had played after interim head coach Todd Nelson and general manager Craig MacTavish took over for Dallas Eakins.

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from Terry Jones of the Edmonton Sun,

The Oilers hit the Christmas break with one win in 24 games against the Western Conference.

That’s 1-16-6 if you want to declare the loser points.

They’ve now been outscored 92 to 48 versus the West.

At least December is coming to an end.

The Oilers, you might want to know, have won an NHL-low number of games — 27 in all — in the month of December since owner Daryl Katz took over the team to start the 2008-09 season.

What do you do now? Fire one of the interim coaches?

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