Oilers’ Hall ready for season to begin
EDMONTON – Taylor Hall looks like he is ready to get the regular season going.
Hall, who has finished in the top 10 in NHL scoring the past two seasons, scored a pair of goals as the Edmonton Oilers came away with a 3-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Monday night in pre-season play.
“I feel good. I don’t want to be that guy who says ‘I’m in the best shape of my life and I never felt better,’ but I feel good,” Hall said. “For me, my stick handling, my shot, my skating is always there at the start of the year. It’s just my thinking of the game and the way I process it that takes a while to get up to speed. So that’s probably been my focus throughout training camp.”
Mark Fayne also scored for the Oilers, who improved to 3-2 in exhibition play.