NHL Streak Watch
Streak Watch: Edmonton Oilers Have Won 3 Straight (NHL)
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Every result in NHL feeds a streak somewhere, and a few of them have now grown big enough to deserve names. Everything below comes straight off the results; nothing fancier than counting.
Count them up and seven teams are currently on streaks of at least three, so there is no shortage of momentum stories to argue about.
Riding high
The longest active run belongs to Edmonton Oilers: three consecutive wins. Nobody stays hot forever, but while it lasts, every night has looked like a rerun of the same comfortable movie.
Dallas Stars carry a 3-game winning run of their own.
Add Montreal Canadiens to the list too, 3 in a row.
The skids
On the other side of the ledger, Vancouver Canucks have dropped three straight. Losing streaks carry their own gravity, the pressing starts, the bounces stop cooperating, and close games keep finding the same ending.
Ottawa Senators are on a slide of their own at 3 straight losses.
The board
The full board, longest runs first:
| Team | Active streak |
|---|---|
| Edmonton Oilers | won 3 straight |
| Dallas Stars | won 3 straight |
| Vancouver Canucks | lost 3 straight |
| Montreal Canadiens | won 3 straight |
| Ottawa Senators | lost 3 straight |
The fine print
A 3-game run is long enough that it stops being a footnote and starts being the lead, expect it to come up in every broadcast until it ends.
Streaks end, that is the one thing every single one of them does. They tell you where a team has been, loudly, and nothing at all about where the next game is going.
One to circle: Edmonton Oilers meet Calgary Flames in their next game, and we will find out quickly whether this stretch travels.