Edmonton Oilers forward Corey Perry made a sarcastic remark regarding his exchange with J.T. Miller following a heated second period between the Oilers and the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday.

The Oilers are Stanley Cup contenders one point out of first place in the Pacific Division while the Canucks are a middling soap opera currently outside of a playoff spot.

Early in the third, Teddy Blueger tried to get Perry to drop the gloves, and then not long after Mark Friedman gave him a shove — which somehow was ruled a misconduct. A fight with Blueger was right there. Hockey code called for it.

Corey Perry is the gift that keeps on giving. At 39 years of age, he’s not the scorer he once was. He’s not playing the minutes he used. Heck, Perry isn’t always a regular in the Edmonton Oilers lineup.

The Oilers prove their ability to win even without the best player in the game, as Leon Draisaital and Zach Hyman dominate with some help from Corey Perry.

The Edmonton Oilers clearly didn’t forget about what happened on Saturday night. That was all put to bed Thursday night, settling the score in more ways than one with the Vancouver Canucks.

Garland, of all people, jabbed at Calvin Pickard when the Oilers goalie had the puck covered midway through the second period, which ignited a scrum behind the net. Perry quickly got involved. He was about to grab Canucks centre Elias Pettersson until he saw defenceman Quinn Hughes, who’d come in off his point, without a dance partner.

Welcome to this edition of the Vancouver Canucks post-game analytics report. This recurring deep dive breaks down the analytics behind each Canucks game as recorded by Natural Stat Trick. In this article,

All five of those players are still on the Canucks’ roster, which is only missing Elias Lindholm, acquired on the eve of All-Star Weekend, of the six that went to the All-Star Game. And yet, the team they’re on now is unrecognizable.

After all the hostility at the end of Saturday game, all the talk about “response” and using all this emotion to their advantage, the Canucks barely made a peep on Thursday. Where has all the heart gone?

Somehow, this soon-to-be 40-year-old, who had one assist and one shot on goal, was on everyone’s lips post-game on a night when Zach Hyman scored twice, Leon Draisaitl had three points, and too many Canucks to name shorted their employer in a game the Oilers led 5-0 at the 32-minute mark.