Defenceman Cam Dineen, who spent last season in Bakersfield, continued his excellent performance by scoring the overtime winner on the rush. Dineen and partner Connor Carrick both looked very comfortable with the puck all night, making plenty of breakout passes and joining forwards on the rush.

Defenceman Cam Dineen scored the overtime winner and added an assist as the Oilers started NHL pre-season play with a 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets. Sam O’Reilly and Raphael Lavoie also scored for the Oilers (1-0) who are coming off their devastating loss in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final against the Florida Panthers.

When the Edmonton Oilers played their last game at Rogers Place in late June, the building was loud and proud in a rollicking Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final. Three months later? Not so much. There wasn’t a single Oilers player from that 5-1 win over the Florida Panthers that dressed for Sunday’s far-less-tense exhibition fixture with the Winnipeg Jets,

Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch was happy with his team’s start to exhibition play, especially considering not a single player in his lineup on Sunday played with the club during its lengthy recent playoff run.

While there were strong performances from Matt Savoie, Raphael Lavoie, and Cam Dineen, it was Noah Philp made a strong and surprising impression in the Edmonton Oilers’ first preseason game, a 3-2 OT win over the Winnipeg Jets.

Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch was happy with his team’s start to exhibition play, especially considering not a single player in his lineup on Sunday played with the club during its lengthy recent playoff run.