Not a day goes by that goaltending isn’t a conversation amongst fans of the Edmonton Oilers. Both Stuart Skinner and Calvin Pickard have been under a microscope since the season began on October 8, with each goal allowed being nitpicked by fans looking for someone to blame.
After what felt like a lucky win in Carolina on Saturday, the Edmonton Oilers rolled into Buffalo to start the back half of this seven-game road trip. Stuart Skinner stole two points against the Hurricanes, but the goaltending has been mediocre all season and relying on miracles is not a plan you can get behind.
The Edmonton Oilers walked into KeyBank Center expecting a battle with the Buffalo Sabres, but what they got was a collapse that pushed Kris Knoblauch to speak harder and clearer than he has all season.
The Edmonton Oilers are facing heavy criticism on Monday night after a disappointing 5–1 defeat to the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center. Buffalo controlled the game from start to finish, handing Edmonton its second regulation loss of the road trip.
The Edmonton Oilers might not be a good hockey team. On Monday evening, they played the fourth of seven games on the road, falling 5-1 to the Buffalo Sabres.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
The Edmonton Oilers made a couple of roster moves last week, sending Isaac Howard to the American Hockey League and Troy Stecher on waivers in order to make room for Zach Hyman to come off the LTIR.
The Anaheim Ducks are off to a scorching-hot start this season, with an 11-6-1 record. They look like a legitimate threat to the Edmonton Oilers in the Pacific Division race for the first time in nearly a decade.
Allan Mitchell’s latest analysis in The Athletic posed a surprising but interesting suggestion around Edmonton Oilers prospect Ike Howard — specifically, whether the young winger could factor into trade discussions as the 2025-26 deadline approaches.
While the first month of the season for the Edmonton Oilers has left more to be desired, again, one of their star players is doing what he can to turn the team’s fortunes around.
The Edmonton Oilers, Boston Bruins and Vancouver Canucks each play their 21st games of the season tonight, the most in the NHL, and after this coming Saturday’s game in Florida, the Oilers will be the only team to have played 24 games.
Allan Mitchell of The Athletic: Mitchell writes about the woes of the Edmonton Oilers ever since their loss to the Colorado Avalanche a little over a week ago.
The Edmonton Oilers face the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night at KeyBank Center, and this one’s personal. Not for the organization, not for the coaching staff, but for Matt Savoie—the young forward who gets to show his former team exactly what they traded away.
The Edmonton Oilers have been better as of late, but have started the 2025-26 season very poorly. It’s become a trend with this era of Oilers teams to start season off slowly, but this season has felt a bit scarier than previous ones.
The Edmonton Oilers finished their two-game homestead with a win against the Columbus Blue Jackets 5–4 in overtime. Two highlight goals were scored, and some of the Oilers’ set systems seem to be coming together right now.
The Edmonton Oilers are now 20 games into their 2025-26 schedule, and it’s not been a particularly impressive start to the season for the back-to-back Western Conference champions.
The 2025-26 NHL season is just over a month old, which means we now have a large enough sample size to start making more educated predictions on player and team accolades. Here are five leading candidates for the Hart Trophy.
With 32 teams, games every night and countless narratives emerging, the NHL season can make one’s head spin, and it’s easy to miss out on the weekly storylines.
The Edmonton Oilers walked out of Carolina with two points and an overtime winner from Leon Draisaitl, but let’s not pretend the victory was a clean one.
Recently, I wrote an article for The Hockey Writers asking: Why isn’t Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid scoring like he used to? There was evidence
Leon Draisaitl scored 19 seconds into overtime and also had two assists to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-3 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night in Raleigh, N.C.
The Edmonton Oilers made a pair of roster moves on Friday, and all signs point to one thing: Zach Hyman is coming back. As the team prepares for Saturday’s matchup against the Carolina Hurricanes, Edmonton announced that they have placed defenseman Troy Stecher on waivers and assigned rookie forward Isaac Howard to AHL Bakersfield.
There is light at the end of the tunnel for Zach Hyman. According to reporter Tony Brar, the Edmonton Oilers will activate Hyman this weekend, and he’ll make his season debut against the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday.