The Edmonton Oilers 5×5 offence needs to make an appearance in the series starting tonight. They’ve scored five goals at 5×5 through the first three games, and the forwards have only scored two.
As per a report by Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli, goaltender Calvin Pickard is expected to start for the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4. The Oilers are looking to tie their series with the Vancouver Canucks up at two games and after Stuart Skinner struggled in Game 3, allowing four goals on 15 shots, Edmonton will go with a playoff rookie.
It becomes the battle of the third-string goaltenders. After three shaky games against the Canucks in which Stuart Skinner posted a .793 save percentage, he is set to be replaced in net by backup netminder Calvin Pickard for Game 4, according to Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli.
EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers are expected to tap Calvin Pickard to make his first career Stanley Cup playoff start in Game 4 against the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Place on Tuesday night, sources tell Daily Faceoff.
Tonight is the perfect type of night to trust in the two home teams and their explosive offenses to deliver us some winning props.
It’s not a stretch to say that the Edmonton Oilers have outplayed the Vancouver Canucks in every facet in this second-round playoff series. Well, except for one, that is.
One of the biggest concerns for the Edmonton Oilers in their second-round series against the Vancouver Canucks is their goaltending. Three or four more big stops from Stuart Skinner over the last three games could’ve meant a different outcome in the series so far.
The Edmonton Oilers only trail their Western Conference semifinal series 2-1 heading into Tuesday's home clash against the Vancouver Canucks. Yet the Oilers are staring at two big, age-old questions about their team -- goaltending and depth -- as they feel the pressure to pull even before the series gets out of hand.
Edmonton Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner was apologetic and reflective in his media availability on Monday morning in the home dressing room at Rogers Place.
Edmonton Oilers defenseman Mattias Ekholm has made quite the splash in round two. In all three games of the series, Ekholm has found a way to put the puck in the back of the net.
The NHL’s Department of Player Safety has handed out a one-game suspension to Carson Soucy for his cross-check on Connor McDavid at the end of Game 3. This comes roughly six hours after the department stated they would have a phone hearing for the aforementioned play.
After announcing a player safety hearing for Canucks defenseman Carson Soucy on Monday morning, the NHL was swift with its decision.
A goaltender making more than 40 saves in winning a Stanley Cup Playoffs game is quite a feat, but Edmonton Oilers star Leon Draisaitl has a different take on the performance of Vancouver Canucks goalie Arturs Silovs on Sunday night.
Live by the nuclear option, die by the nuclear option. Coaches may come and go, but Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl playing together in the playoffs stands the test of time.
Connor McDavid said, “I feel great,” when asked by media on Monday how he’s feeling after taking a cross-check to the back and the face at the end of Game 3 versus the Vancouver Canucks.
In an Edmonton Oilers news and rumors update, Connor McDavid took a nasty cross-check to the face on Sunday night and Carson Soucy is likely to receive a suspension because of it.
The Edmonton Oilers are now trailing in their best-of-seven Stanley Cup Playoffs series after losing Game 3 to the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 at Rogers Place on Sunday (May 12).
EDMONTON — That sound you hear? That’s the Edmonton Oilers’ season swirling in the bowl with Stuart Skinner jiggling the toilet handle. The Oilers are swimming in you-know-what in the deep end of that pool now after Sunday’s 4-3 loss to the Vancouver Canucks, and the problem is, there doesn’t seem to be a life raft in sight.
The rivalry between the Edmonton Oilers and the Vancouver Canucks reached a boiling point as Connor McDavid received a cross-check from Carson Soucy in the closing moments of their Game 3 loss on Sunday.
Goaltending has become the story of the Western Conference second-round playoff series between the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers.
As the Edmonton Oilers roster prepares for their first home game of round two of the 2024 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs, they have a decision on their top line.
Leon Draisaitl will be a game-time decision Friday when the Oilers take on the Canucks in Game 2 of their second-round series.
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