The Edmonton Oilers and LA Kings look destined for a third consecutive playoff matchup. — The Oilers are eight points back of first-place Vancouver, with two games in hand, but it is really nine points as the Canucks have six more regulation wins.
With two losses on the board at the hands of the Leafs and Senators, the Oilers found themselves in Winnipeg in a situation where they almost needed to win.
In a battle of two teams who needed a win, the Edmonton Oilers came out on top. The Oilers dropped back-to-back games this weekend, starting with an ugly loss in the spotlight against the Toronto Maple Leafs which was followed up by a blown lead in Ottawa against the lowly Senators.
When the Oilers and Buffalo Sabres squared off 13 days ago, Edmonton blew an early lead only to lose the game in the shootout. Yeah, it’s fine to pick
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.
When the Edmonton Oilers made the trade with the Anaheim Ducks before the deadline, the most significant piece coming back was Adam Henrique, with Sam Carrick being the lesser-known player who also came Edmonton’s way.
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.
I’m sorry Edmonton Oilers power play, I was not familiar with your game. After all, heading into last night’s game against the Washington Capitals, the Oilers top power play unit was on a 0-for-17 run.
The Edmonton Oilers have had the best powerplay in the NHL over the past five seasons, 354 games, running at a 28.5% success rate. They’ve scored 305 power play goals, while Colorado is second with 280, Tampa Bay has 279, Florida 267 and the New York Rangers have 255.
It feels wrong watching the Pittsburgh Penguins these days. Once a franchise that was the face of the league, they now are the face of what can go wrong.
I don’t know about you, dearest Internet friends, but these last two Oilers losses to Columbus and Buffalo bothered me a lot. Both of those teams are on the outside of the playoff chase right now, and the last thing I expected was for our beloved Edmonton Oilers to punt both games, picking up only one of a possible four points.
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 Boston Bruins have long been one of the league’s most consistent teams. Engrained in the fabric of their franchise is a mentality, a work ethic, and an identity.
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.
There probably hasn’t been more of a lightning rod on the Edmonton Oilers in recent years than Darnell Nurse. The veteran blueliner often faces the ire of Oilers fans, whose frustration over his defensive mistakes is only aggravated by his eight-year contract with an annual cap hit of $9.25 million.
The Edmonton Oilers have always had passionate fans. Whether the team is great, good, bad, or just flat-out awful, they are very vocal about their team.
Edmonton Oilers defenceman Darnell Nurse recorded 36 points in 56 games during the shortened 2020-21 campaign and was rewarded with a massive eight-year, $74 million contract worth an average annual value (AAV) of $9.25 million.
Edmonton Oilers’ defenseman Darnell Nurse recently appeared on the Mitts Off Podcast with Luke Gazdic, covering a wide range of topics, including his substantial
We have two games tonight in the NHL, as the Maple Leafs look to stave off elimination at home and the Oilers-Golden Knights head back to Vegas for a pivotal fifth game.
The Vegas Golden Knights and Edmonton Oilers will both be without a key defenseman for Friday's pivotal Game 5 after the NHL handed down a pair of suspensions on Thursday.
The Edmonton Oilers will be without defenseman Darnell Nurse for Game 5 of their Western Conference semifinal playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights as he serves a one-game suspension for instigating a fight.
The automatic suspension holds Nurse, Edmonton’s leader in average time on ice among defensemen, out of Edmonton’s most important game this season to date, with the second-round series locked in at two games apiece against Vegas.
Nurse came in along the boards and hit an unsuspecting Kyle Burroughs from behind.
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