from Mark Spector of Sportsnet,

The Edmonton Oilers are sick. And now, Connor McDavid is, to some degree, injured.

Trailing Vegas by nine points in the Pacific Division — and it’s not even November yet — the Edmonton Oilers are five games into the season and still searching for their first third period goal.

They scored 100 of those last season, fifth best in the NHL. Today, after a 1-3-1 start punctuated by a 3-2 overtime loss on home ice Saturday, they’d kill to be ranked fifth at anything — from goals scored, to power play, to penalty kill, to goals allowed.

“We are just too up and down. Not consistent enough right now,” lamented Leon Draisaitl. “It feels like every mistake we make ends up in the back of our net. We have lots of things to fix.”

The mistake Draisaitl made in OT most certainly ended up in the back of his team’s net, as the veteran centre let his man (Mark Scheifele) get away, and the Jets sniper tapped in the game-winner with Drasiaitl in his wake.

“There was a little mistake there by me,” he admitted after the game.

continued which includes this on McDavid...

It appeared to be muscular more than anything as I watched the play,” said Jay Woodcroft, who like all coaches do, claimed to have little knowledge of his franchise player’s injury. “I thought it was more him coming up the ice and just something felt off for him. That’s what it looked like from the bench but I’ve got to re-watch the tape.”

Game highlights are below.