When the Edmonton Oilers get hammered 7–2 by the Dallas Stars, it’s not the kind of night you shrug off and move on from. Games like that tend to pull a few uncomfortable questions out into the open.
After one of the Edmonton Oilers’ best games of the season, the Oilers put up a stinker in the following game. On Thursday, the Oilers played the third of four games on the road, travelling to Dallas to play the Stars.
Thursday night’s matchup between the Dallas Stars and Edmonton Oilers hasn’t been going the way that captain Connor McDavid might’ve liked. The Oilers had been reeling lately with their goaltending issues, but back-to-back wins over the Colorado Avalanche and Vegas Golden Knights had fans dreaming of the team peaking again at the right time.
The Edmonton Oilers are sitting second in the Pacific, but they are not exactly a model of consistency this season. Ups, downs, a few “what just happened?” nights sprinkled in.
The Edmonton Oilers will have one of their top players celebrate a significant milestone on Thursday night. As they take the ice to play the Dallas Stars, Zach Hyman will suit up for his 700th National Hockey League game.
In the lore of the NHL, it's the Stanley Cup-winning teams that are remembered the most from seasons past. Yet, when looking back on the best of the best
According to Edmonton Oilers’ media host Paige Martin, here are some key notes for tonight’s matchup between the Oilers and the Dallas Stars. The biggest of which is that goaltender Connor Ingram appears to be fine after a collision during the previous game, and there are no concerns that he might miss time.
Remember that Stan Bowman quote from a few months ago? You know the one: “We needed something different.” It was supposed to explain the Edmonton Oilers’ goalie shake-up.
The injury bug bit the Edmonton Oilers hard on Tuesday night. While they walked out of Colorado with a 4-3 victory over the Avalanche, they did so carrying out a few wounded players.
It hasn’t been the smoothest of roads, but the Edmonton Oilers have won three of their last four games and will need to keep it up to stay afloat in a tight Western Conference.
After some inconsistent efforts coming out of the Olympic break, the Oilers have locked things down through the first half of this four-game road trip.
Connor McDavid is chasing 400 goals against the Dallas Stars when the Edmonton Oilers visit the American Airlines Center to face a Dallas squad that has steamrolled through the Western Conference.
The Edmonton Oilers have made it clear that getting Connor McDavid his elusive Stanley Cup is the top priority, and the trade for Connor Murphy could be a key piece in that puzzle.
Welcome to the 47th annual “Are the Edmonton Oilers better than they were last year” debate: trade deadline edition. I’ll be your host, moderator, and judge as well as arguing both the for and against positions which is really the kind of objectivity and diversity that every debate strives for.
Since the Olympic break, the Edmonton Oilers have started to show signs of a team tightening up its game at the perfect time. The numbers have improved in several key places, including goals against, puck possession, and overall defensive play.
The Edmonton Oilers have faced heavy scrutiny for a trade back in December that saw them part ways with both Stuart Skinner and Brett Kulak, as well as a second-round draft pick, in exchange for Tristan Jarry and Samuel Poulin.
There are some aspects of Edmonton Oilers forward Vasily Podkolzin’s game that don’t necessarily make the highlight reels, like his hard work, the big hits, and the board battles he wins time and again.
The Edmonton Oilers made multiple trades ahead of the NHL trade deadline, looking for that elusive Stanley Cup. They have lost in the Stanley Cup Final in consecutive years, and getting Connor McDavid his title is important.
The NHL calendar has quietly crossed the 1,000-game mark, and the regular season's final stretch is upon us. Contenders have stopped tinkering. Sellers have finished purging.
The trade deadline has now passed, and the Edmonton Oilers’ system saw zero prospects get traded. Some European leagues, like the Mestis, have entered playoff mode.
The NHL Trade Deadline is in the past, but that does not mean rumors around players being traded are done. The Edmonton Oilers were one of the teams that made some moves at the deadline, such as the Oilers trading away Andrew Mangiapane in a deal that brought Jason Dickinson to town.
The Oilers were quiet on deadline day, doing their bidding earlier in the week by acquiring Colton Dach, Jason Dickinson, and Connor Murphy in a pair of deals with the Blackhawks.
There may be trouble brewing in Edmonton. On the latest episode of the 32 Thoughts: The Podcast, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman brought up an incident involving Edmonton Oilers’ goaltender Tristan Jarry and some of his teammates.