The 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs are exactly one week away. The Edmonton Oilers currently sit second in the Pacific Division, holding a record of 48-24-6.
It’s not how you start, but how you end it, as the Oilers defeated the Buffalo Sabres at home by a score of 8-3. With the win, they now move to 88 points on the season, five ahead of the Los Angeles Kings for home ice in the first round.
The Edmonton Oilers, displaying their resilience, clinched an unconvincing 3-2 overtime win against the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night. Despite leading 2-0 after 40 minutes, the Oilers faced a tough challenge in the final period as the Habs fought back.
For most of the 2023-24 season, the Edmonton Oilers have deployed the same three defensive pairings. Edmonton is the only team in the NHL with three different pairs each playing 500 minutes together at 5-on-5.
The Edmonton Oilers have scored 11 goals in their last two games and appear to be heating up just in time for the playoff stretch, led by their impact players.
The Edmonton Oilers had an up-and-down wrap to their road trip, dropping two games against mediocre teams in the Columbus Blue Jackets and Buffalo Sabres before getting back in the win column with a dominant performance against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
After dropping back-to-back games against non-playoff teams, the Oilers are back in the win column as they defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins by a score of 4-0.
The trade deadline has come and gone and we now know who the Edmonton Oilers will have on their roster down the stretch and into the playoffs. Somewhat
The three-game losing streak is in the rearview mirror now, as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins for their fourth consecutive win. With the win on Sunday night, the Oilers move to a 37-20-2 record for 76 points, three ahead of the Vegas Golden Knights and nine behind the Vancouver Canucks.
The best way to erase a three-game losing streak is by winning the next three, and that’s exactly what the Edmonton Oilers have done after beating the Seattle Kraken by a 2-1 score at Climate Pledge Arena on Saturday afternoon.
That’s three wins in a row now for the Edmonton Oilers, as they defeated the Seattle Kraken 2-1 in a tightly contested game between Pacific Division foes.
I expect the Edmonton Oilers to make three additions before next Friday’s trade deadline, and I believe those will be two forwards and a defencemen for their playoff push.
The Edmonton Oilers still haven’t had a losing streak in the year 2024. After starting their Central Division road trip with a loss to the St. Louis Blues, the Oilers rebounded on Saturday with an overtime victory over the Dallas Stars.
Friday’s game against the Anaheim Ducks wasn’t the prettiest win the Oilers ever collected, but the job got done, and that’s ultimately what matters. Against the Los Angeles Kings, however, Edmonton needed to be a whole lot better if their plan was to turn one win into two.
The Edmonton Oilers bounced back in a big way after their horrendous start to the 2023-24 season. Heading into tonight’s (Jan. 27) matchup against the Nashville Predators, the Oilers are riding a 15-game winning streak, which is not only a franchise-best, but it’s among the greatest streaks in NHL history.
After Oilers Now host Bob Stauffer hinted that Brett Kulak might be the defenseman the team is considering moving to make an upgrade ahead of the NHL Trade Deadline (he didn’t say Kulak’s name), more rumors are surrounding the useful blueliner.
With the NHL trade deadline only weeks away, the Oilers are actively exploring options to free up cap space and strengthen their roster for a deep playoff run.
The Edmonton Oilers are, without a doubt, in win-now mode. Make no mistake about it.
If the Edmonton Oilers are to do anything else significant this offseason, it will require a trade.
Brett Kulak was good this season but not great. That is until this first-round series against the Los Angeles Kings, where he has been great. The general consensus is that the Edmonton Oilers’ defence has been driven by Evan Bouchard, Mattias Ekholm, and Kulak in the postseason, and it’s not even close.
Kulak is coming off of a three-year contract worth $1.85 million annually that was signed in May of 2019, so this contract with the Oilers will feature a nice raise for him.
He has been limited with hip trouble in recent years, missing time with injuries on four separate occasions this season.
Andrew Copp and Evander Kane are among the players who opened the postseason with a bit less fanfare but may have climbed into higher-income brackets with their efforts.
Kotkaniemi, the 2018 third overall pick, has five goals and three assists in 19 playoff games this postseason. He has just one assist through three games against the Bolts.
Habs defenseman Brett Kulak and Senators center Jayce Hawryluk both confirmed positive COVID-19 years on Friday.
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