The Edmonton Oilers have only played two games this season, but head coach Jay Woodcroft is already concerned about their performance following a 4-3 loss to the Calgary Flames on Saturday.

"We're not near where we're capable of," the Edmonton bench boss said postgame of his team's five-on-five play after the Oilers dug themselves an early hole for the second straight contest.

"I'm not going to put a percentage on it or anything like that, but certainly there are areas we've got to get better at, and we've got to get better at (them) quickly," Woodcroft continued. "I think the teams that are finding some early success in this young year, they're the ones that are a little bit cleaner and a little bit more assertive in their own end."

Leon Draisaitl pointed to his club's slow starts as an area in which it needs to improve.