The final few weeks of the regular season for the Edmonton Oilers are all about two things: making sure you’re playing your best hockey leading into the regular season and locking up home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
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.
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.
Sam Carrick didn’t take long to acquaint himself with Oilers fans. In his debut with the team on March 7th, it took all of four shifts for him to drop the gloves with one of the game’s most technical fighters, Columbus Blue Jackets winger Mathieu Olivier.
Defeating the Montreal Canadiens in Edmonton has never been easy for the Oilers. Well, except for the first time Les Canadiens visited Edmonton. — Edmonton crushed Montreal in their inaugural game in Edmonton.
Despite the post-game reaction online after Saturday’s 3-2 overtime loss, the Edmonton Oilers have become a very good defensive team. The Oilers have allowed the fewest goals in the NHL over their past 10 games, 18.
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.
The Edmonton Oilers’ biggest acquisition before the trade deadline was landing forward Adam Henrique from the Anaheim Ducks and as NHL_Sid mentioned, he’s been a very good player on an awful team for the past several seasons.
For the second straight game, the Oilers fell to a non-playoff team, as they lost by a score of 3-2 to the Buffalo Sabres. It was a low-scoring game that the Oilers should’ve won, but the Sabres ultimately managed to pull off a comeback.
Edmonton Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is the “jack of all trades” player that every Stanley Cup contending team needs. He plays on the power play, the penalty kill, on the wing, at center and if Rogers Place ever required a Zamboni driver in a pinch, he’d likely be the first to volunteer.
As I watched Leon Draisaitl hammer a puck past Linus Ullmark, capping off a comeback victory over a legitimate Cup contender in the Boston Bruins, the first thought that popped into my head was that this Oilers team could be something special.
When the Oilers and Bruins met up for the first time a couple of weeks ago, the result was one of the most exciting games of the season despite our side losing 6-5 in overtime.
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.
As everyone who lives in Alberta knows full well, it can snow here for days on end. The weather conditions in this province have even been known to deter prospective free agent signings and cause Edmonton and Calgary to be included on no-trade lists.
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.
In an Edmonton Oilers news and rumors update, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins will slot back into the lineup as the team takes on the Minnesota Wild on Friday. He was out due to illness and the roster will be slightly reshuffled to make room for his return.
It looks like the Edmonton Oilers are going to have to make a go of their matchup with the Boston Bruins without one of their key power-play contributors and top special teams forwards.
We split our point SGPs yesterday in the NHL, but we're sticking in this market to attack what is a massive 13-game slate on the ice.
In the Edmonton Oilers’ latest outing, a 5-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday (Jan. 2), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored twice and added an assist.
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