The Edmonton Oilers are becoming familiar with slow starts.

Last season, the Oilers came up one game short of winning the Stanley Cup. The run was so dominant that you would be excused for forgetting how grim the opening stretch of their regular season was, where Edmonton collected just five points in their opening 12 games. It was ugly, and culminated in a coaching change.

As for this season, it’s only been three games, but there is some concern with how the team has looked. After being detonated on by the Winnipeg Jets in the opener 6-0, the Oilers dropped a winnable game against the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2, and then lost to their Alberta rival Calgary Flames on Sunday night 4-1.

It goes without saying that any time you are 12 goals underwater in just three games, there are problems.

What’s a bit hard to disentangle, at least for now, is how much puck luck has exacerbated this issue – especially over such a small sample of games. But the Oilers shooting and save percentage splits are extraordinary outliers at the moment.

Edmonton’s shooting 3.2 per cent in all........

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