Oilers lose home opener for second straight year [Video]

EDMONTON –

It was a familiar start to the NHL season for the Edmonton Oilers.

The Oilers were trounced 6-0 in their home-opener Wednesday by the Winnipeg Jets, after starting the 2023-2024 campaign in similar fashion when they were stomped 8-1 by the Vancouver Canucks.

“It sucks, especially when you do it two years in a row,” Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner said. 

“You just don’t want to believe that you are going to have a crappy start again.”

Skinner made his first opening-night start in his three seasons in Edmonton, and it was one he will likely want to forget. 

He allowed five goals on 13 shots and was pulled just past the mid-mark in favour of backup netminder Calvin Pickard.

“I feel terrible about what happened tonight,” he said. “It is very frustrating to start like this. It is just not ideal, I don’t feel great. But I can’t do much …