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Best Oilers Fights of 2024-25: Ty Emberson throws down with Jakub Lauko

Originally posted on Oilersnation | By Ryley Delaney | Last updated Jul 26, 2025 1:00 PM ET

Early in the season, the Edmonton Oilers needed to find a way to get going.

After starting the season 0-3-0, the Philadelphia Flyers were threatening to give the Oilers four consecutive losses before Troy Strecher fought Sean Couturier after hitting Stuart Skinner. Add in another fight and a game-tying goal, and the Oilers were able to win this game.

That started a notable streak for them, as their first six games with a fight were a win. That streak ended with a game against the Minnesota Wild on Nov. 21, 2024, as Drake Caggiula squared up with Matt Boldy. Less than a month later, the two teams faced off again. This game included the fight we’ll look at in this game.

Up 1-0 midway through the first period, Ty Emberson dropped the gloves with Jakub Lauko at centre ice. The Wild forward started by throwing four overhand rights, before switching and getting a good left off. Lauko caught him with a right after Emberson whiffed on a punch. The Oilers’ best set of punches came with a few upper cuts. Emberson missed wildly with a punch, and the two exchanged good shots until the linesman stepped in to end the fight.

It was a good old classic fight, no drama, just two players dropping the gloves early in a game to get the team going. On Hockeyfights.com, 59% of 54 votes gave the fight to Lauko, 17% gave it to Emberson, and 24% called it a draw. Overall, it finished with a 7.17 rating, the second-highest rated Oiler fight this season.

The two teams traded goals late in the first period, but the Oilers took control of the game in the second period, scoring three times in the middle frame and adding two more in the third to secure a 7-1 win.

This win extended the Oilers’ streak to four games during a stretch where they went 24-8-2. In regular-season games with at least one fight, the Oilers were 10-3.