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“The goal for me coming in this season was to make Carey be the best goalie he can be,” Allen said. “When he’s on his game, he’s the best in the world. My job is to come in here and collect points as well. Points are crucial. My mindset coming into this year is no exhibition games is no excuse, it was just to build my game, keep building and find pieces of my game that are going to continue to get better. I thought it was a good start, but still a long way to go.”
Allen said the biggest challenge was dealing with the traffic in front of his net.
“That’s something you don’t get in practice,” he said.
Allen had to share the spotlight with the penalty-killing unit. The Oilers, led by Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, had the best power play in the NHL last season but they went 0-for-7 Monday and 0-for-10 over the two games.
