from Mark Spector of Sportsnet,

The Edmonton Oilers opened the season with a slate of unchecked boxes, then went 0-2 out of the gates. Yikes!

But, slowly, the blanks have started to fill in. First, the goaltending came around. Check.

Then the team defence. Check.

Finally, some support scoring. Check.

Special teams. Check.

Suddenly the Oilers, who just swept a weekend road trip through Nashville and Chicago, are 6-3-1 and playing .650 hockey through their opening 10-games of the season — by far the toughest stretch of their 2018-19 schedule.

They didn’t just survive this killer start to the season — Edmonton crushed it. Now the Oilers come home for games against Minnesota and Chicago this week with a three-game winning streak and a 4-2-0 road record. A once-fragile team couldn’t be more confident.

Here are some takeaways from a four-point weekend, capped off by a Draisaitl-to-McDavid overtime winner that makes the Oilers perhaps the best OT bet in hockey.

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Game highlights of Edmonton's OT win over Chicago can be watchec below.