Player grades, Game 31-40: Edmonton Oilers' record keeps improving, but gap to playoff cut line keeps widening

The Edmonton Oilers finally broke out of their win-one-lose-one cycle that had dominated much of their 2017-18 season with a nifty new twist: win-four-lose-four. The Oilers did muster one pity point for an overtime loss to Chicago, but it’s a league-wide trend that one loss in four gets such a bonus. Effectively, then, the Oilers have been running in place over the course of their last ten games:
Games 1 – 10: 3-6-1, .350 | 22 GF, 33 GA | 377 SF, 310 SA | .952 PDOGames 11-20: 4-5-1,