Mark Spector’s piece on David Tomasek pulls back the curtain on something the Edmonton Oilers probably don’t love admitting publicly: they don’t really know what they’re doing with him.
Edmonton left Pittsburgh Tuesday night with a 6–4 win, and it didn’t feel like a throwaway result. Leon Draisaitl hit 1,000 points. Connor McDavid had one of those nights where the numbers pile up.
The National Hockey League has long been aware of Leon Draisaitl’s dominance and Oilers fans have long been aware of hockey lucky they are to watch #29 play on a nightly basis.
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.
Last night in Pittsburgh, Leon Draisaitl became the 21st-fastest player to score 1,000 points in NHL history. Draisaitl needed 824 games to reach the 1,000 mark — two more games than Mark Messier, and six fewer than Adam Oates to slot in between the Hall of Fame players.
Plenty of storylines emerged in the Edmonton Oilers’ 6–4 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins last night. There was a netminder duel between Stuart Skinner and Tristan Jarry, along with Leon Draisaitl recording his 1,000th NHL point.
Leon Draisaitl entered Tuesday’s game against between the Edmonton Oilers and Pittsburgh Penguins just one point away from 1,000 in his career. It should
The Edmonton Oilers made their long-awaited move for a goaltender on Friday, acquiring Tristan Jarry and Sam Poulin from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for a package of Stuart Skinner, Brett Kulak, and a 2029 second-round pick.
Connor McDavid‘s goal on his former teammate and goaltender Stuart Skinner was a beauty on Tuesday in a 6-4 win by the Edmonton Oilers over the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Tuesday night wasn’t easy for anyone. Tristan Jarry, Stuart Skinner and Brett Kulak had the band-aid ripped off, facing off against their former teams just days after a massive trade shook both the Edmonton Oilers and Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Edmonton Oilers landed in Pittsburgh for the third game of their five-game road trip, only four days after making the trade that sent Stuart Skinner and Brett Kulak to the Penguins in exchange for Tristan Jarry and Samuel Poulin.
Last Friday, the Edmonton Oilers pulled off a big trade to acquire Tristan Jarry from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Stuart Skinner and Brett Kulak.
One storyline that has not been talked about too much this season is the Edmonton Oilers captain, Connor McDavid. What was noticeable at the start of the year was that McDavid was slow to find his game and get back to his offensive self.
It was only a matter of time for 23-year-old Quinn Hutson, as the Edmonton Oilers officially announced that they are calling up the standout forward from Bakersfield.