The Edmonton Oilers penalty kill derailed their Stanley Cup final in 2025. Host Nick Zararis analyzes the Oilers penalty kill over the last several seasons and why last year's postseason was an absolute worst case scenario. Nick also explores potential personnel changes including building the units around players other than Adam Henrique and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. 3:06 Aggressive vs passive penalty kill approaches

 6:40 Importance of structure in penalty killing 

11:45 Analyzing Oilers' playoff penalty kill stats

 15:50 Impact of poor goaltending on penalty kill 

19:24 Personnel considerations for penalty kill 22:59 Challenges of maintaining discipline on PK 

26:31 Oilers' regular season vs playoff PK performance 

The Edmonton Oilers penalty kill is unpredictable | Why it should bounce back in 2025 

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