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.
Inside Rogers Place, you could feel the tension in the air Sunday night. Two teams are entrenched in a rivalry transitioning from the regular season to the playoffs: one with nothing to lose and one with everything to lose. The problem for the Edmonton Oilers is that they’ve played scared to lose.
In the aftermath of the Edmonton Oilers’ 4-3 loss to the Vancouver Canucks in Game 3 of their second-round series, one aspect of Leon Draisaitl‘s review of the game caught my attention.
While a lot of the discussion after Game 3 of the Pacific Division Final between the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers is about what happened following the final buzzer, there is a lot of concern about what is going on between the pipes in Edmonton.
The Edmonton Oilers could not solve the Canucks defence at 5v5 and, as a result, find themselves trailing the series two games to one. It was not strictly because of Arturs Silovs either, as the Oilers hit enough posts to spell that narrative right away.
Kris Knoblauch has a very big decision to make: Who will be his starting goalie for Game 4 on Tuesday night? Stuart Skinner didn’t start the third period in Game 3 after allowing four goals on 15 shots in the first 40 minutes.
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).
After coming back from three separate one-goal deficits in Game 2 to win it in OT, the Oilers returned home to Rogers Place with a chance to take their first series lead and to put all of the pressure back on the Canucks.
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 Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers series is living up to the hype. Imperfect teams with high-end brilliance and just enough flaws to ensure no lead is safe.
Leon Draisaitl and the Edmonton Oilers did everything they could to defeat the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday night. Unfortunately for them, it wasn’t enough.
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.
Edmonton Oilers forward Adam Henrique has been ruled out for Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinal series versus the visiting the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday due to a lower-body injury.
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.
There's no NHL team facing more pressure to finally get the job done than the Oilers. After losing to the eventual champion Golden Knights last year, Edmonton entered this season with the hockey world wondering how they would respond.
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