NHL: Oilers benefit from improved special teams [Video]

Special teams are starting to show up for the Edmonton Oilers.

Head coach Kris Knoblauch identified improved play – and results – from both the National Hockey League team’s power play and penalty kill as “important” factors in their last two games, both wins on the road, as the team prepares to play Tuesday night (8 p.m.) in Las Vegas against the host Golden Knights.

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“What’s so important is special teams, and special teams right now has been really good,” Knoblauch told media following the Oilers’ morning skate on Tuesday.

“We won a game in Utah because the power play with two key goals, and the other night against Colorado, I know we gave up one in that game, but that penalty kill was very important to us, especially later in the game.”

While Edmonton’s power play hasn’t played at the level it has in recent …