from Mark Spector of Sportsnet,

The Edmonton Oilers lost a player and a head coach to COVID-19 on Tuesday, and dropped their sixth straight hockey game, this time to the Toronto Maple Leafs by a 5-1 score. In their six-game losing streak — the last five games at home — they have not led in a game for even one second.

And that’s the good news.

Worse yet, the way they are losing does not behoove a club that fancied itself a Pacific Division contender this season.

“We had a lot of good chances and none went in,” opened winger Warren Foegele, who had four shots on goal himself. He is blessed, however, with hands that require five or six more chances before one might go in.

As the losses mount, and the cracks in Edmonton’s roster construction start to become crevices, there was a dire sense at the post-game podium Tuesday, attended only by Foegele, fourth-line goal scorer Colton Sceviour, and co-coach Jim Playfair.

“We just need to keep pounding the rock. We are not going to quit,” promised Foegele. “We need to keep battling every night and keep playing simple and pounding on that rock. It didn’t happen tonight, but we have to keep going. There is no easy way to get out of this. The only way to get out of it is to believe in each other and support each other and keep pounding away.”

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